Istanbul, Sept. 19.
France has assured Turkey that she does not intend to give Italy facilities for naval or military bases in Syria, authoritative sources disclosed today.
The French assurances were' given in reply to informal Turkish enquiries regarding Syria's status under the French-Italian armistice which was agreed upon following the reported arrival of Italian members of the Armistice Commission to Syria The trip of the Italians aroused considerable conjecture in political circles in Istanbul which associated the arrival with the Italian drive in Egypt.
The French Embassy informed the Turkish Foreign Office that the armistice agreement contained no secret clauses and that France had not received any demands for any change in the political status of Syria, affecting Syria's security or the maintenance of peace and order.
The reply further declared that France did not intend to accord Italy any naval or military facilities in
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