London, Oct. 29.
The British Minister to Athens, acting on instructions from London, will assure the Prime Minister, General Metaxas, that Britain will give Greece all possible assistance in defending herself against Italian aggression, On inquiry at the Turkish Embassy in London, Reuter was informed that no information has been received regarding a report to the effect that Turkey and Italy were at war.
When reports reached London that Italian forces actually had crossed the Albanian-Greek frontier on expiration of the time set in the ultima. tum, Ministers were hastily summoned and consultations were in progress at an early hour. The determination of the Greeks to resist caused no surprise here, but rather the stand thus made against aggression was welcomed. Needless to say the fullest support in accordance with the British guarantee to Greece was Undertakings Affirmed These undertakings were affirmed by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons on April 13, 1939, when it was declared that the British Government attached the greatest importance to avoidance' of disturbance of the status quo. in the Mediterrancan and Balkan Peninsula, The Italian move was preceded by reports of frontier incidents put about by the Italians and alleging that Greek bands had attacked Italian frontier posts causing loss of life. N was further alleged that British or Greek agents caused explosions in an Albanian port, These baseless Italian Charges were firmly denied by the Greek Government.
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