It seems unlikely that the future of the Franco-Soviet Pact of mutual assistance passed without mention during the Anglo-French talks, according to the Paris correspondent of "The Times."
"According to one report,' he adds, "when asked what action France would take in the event of an attack on the Ukraine, M. Georges Bonnet replied quite simply that France was bound to go to the help of Russia only in the event of her being the victim of unprovoked aggression.
"This apparent emphasis on the interpretation of what constitutes unprovoked aggression would hardly seem to point to an appreciable strengthening of the pact."
The correspondent declares that, during the discussion on aircraft production, the French representatives are believed to have expressed confidence in their ability to produce a very considerable increase in the number of machines now in service—in some quarters the figure is given as fivefold.
"But if this is so," he adds, "the British representatives may well have regarded the prediction as too optimistic."—Reuter.
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