Moscow, Oct. 21.
Plans "to drive a wedge between Germany and the Soviet Union" are attributed to Great Britain and France by the "Izvestia" in commenting on the pact between Great Britain. France and Turkey.
These two Powers, the newspaper says, hoped for a Soviet-Turkish parallel agreement, with the aim of drawing the Soviet into a combination chiefly against Germany and the eventual adversaries of Great Britain &nd France in the Mediterranean zone, The clear and determined position of the Soviet, it adds, has thwarted the "artful" plans of those who once again have attempted to fan enmity between Germany and the Soviet.—Reuter.
London, Oct. 21.
A conference between Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan at an early date is forecast by the Rome radio station. These four countries, it is said, will decide their attitude following the failure of the Soviet-Turkish conversations.—Reuter.
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