Berlin, Nov. 26.
Negotiations between the Netherlands and Germany on the "Kidnapping" of two British secret service men at Venlo, Holland, are proceed-g in "a good spirit," the Nazi spokesman told the press last night when questioned regarding the "New York Times" report that the Reich would demand an explanation of the presence of a Netherlands military official with the two men when they were taken to Germany.
'The spokesman said that since the Netherlands Government has asked the German Government for an explanation of the Venlo incident, the German Government, through' the German Minister at the Hague has presented counter questions "about certain things."
The two Englishmen are being held in Berlin charged with implication in the attempted assassination of Chancellor Adolf Hitler at Munich, November 8—United Press.
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