The signing of the tripartite pact by Hungary and Rumania and "independent" Slovakia has made no appreciable change in the situation, while the mountain of Nazi speculation and hope following the visit of M. Viacheslav Molotov, Soviet Foreign Commissar, has produced a very small mound of diplomatic achievement for the only three countries which signed on with the Axis were, those which were already completely dominated by Nazi influence or Nazi armies, In the meantime Yugoslav resistance to Axis pressure is stiffening as a result of the Italian defeat by Greece and it seems certain that Yugoslavia would resists any Italian incursion. German participation would be regarded much. more seriously but even then it is unlikely she would allow herself to be drawn passively: into the Axis yoke, Russia's attitude, as always, remains enigmatic, The same complete silence is. also being maintained in Moscow for a change in Ambassador in Berlin—Reuter,
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