The Archive · 1940

Further Hallan Losses

Cairo, July 25.

Further Italian losses of lorries and guns near Fort Capuzzo, in Libya, fare reported in the latest British communique issued here.

'Rumanian Foreign Minister, 'M. Gregory Gafencu, as new Ruman-fan Minister to Moscow. 'The Ruman-fan Government announced earlier that M, Gafencu would leave for 'Moscow' this week "on an important The Rumanian Ministry of Interior meanwhile announced that in accord finch with previous decrees, no polltlcal activity of any. sort will be {olerated in this country outside the 'oMelal National Party. Observers be-Tleved. the new order, presumably coming from Icing Carol, Was intend prevent the Premier, M. Glgur-"from attempting to collaborate plan the Rome-Berlin Axi The new order, it was pointed out, apparently would bar the way to any futeement Int. Gigurts might "make with Germany or Italy" to. permit pen polities) activity in Rumania tty" Paseist and Nez! partisans.

Tussia's acceptance of M, Gafencs now. IRumamian Minister to" Mos-was interpreted here 14st night fs" an Indication that relations tween the Soviet Union and Ttomonia 'Were improving, Regarded as especially. signineant wan the act that Moscow's accept free of M. Gafenett was announced only a few hours. prior to" the de-Parlure of M. Gigurtu and', Manol-Teseu for Snizburg.

Oficial circles Understood fast might that, the, main subject of- discussion atthe Salzburg conference. will, be the reetifeation of the, Rumanian. Hungarian frontier, based change of populations.

"In Somaliland," the communique continues, "active patrolling motorized detachments and the Somaliland camel corps continues. Many Italian frontier posts have now been successfully raided, and identification and information obtained.

"On other fronts, there is nothing German pressure on the Rumanian Government, which Berlin is seeking to align more closely with the Ber-Inn-Rome axis.

The presence of Bulgarian and Rumanian statesmen in Berlin, as reported two days ago, was. taken here to foreshadow decisive German ation to Impose a Germanic solution of the Balkan problem and thus "beat Russia to it."

Berlin, it was said here, is either elvising' Rumania to afford partial satisfaction to. Bulgarian revisionist claims, oF else is counselling Bulgaria to bide her time until the war is Germany's policy at present cannot be accurately gauged, British observers said, because Bulgaro-Turkish relations have improved of late and Bulgaria" may therefore "offer less! favourable ground for German seeds of advice."

Summing up, the same observers acclared Germany is visibly preoccupied with Balkan problems, "possibly even more immediately

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with the Western problem.

'The same quarters reported there would be'@ general discussion of the thecastern European situation, es: Peclaily regarding the Telendly" ex-hange' of ods" between countries in this region as a meinns for marne taining pence.

OMicial quarters also indicated that te Rumanian deletion to Saebure Would formally fin Rumania' hhesion to. Bona

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