The Archive · 1941

"Neatest Trick"

London, May 1.

Competent observers here yesterday described Russia's ban on transit of war materials through the Soviet "neatest trick of the Germany was believed to have made at least informal remonstrances {o Moscow following last week's news that the Russians had agreed to the (transit of armaments from Sweden to Turkey.

M, Joseph Stalin apparently not only "complied with Germany's wishes but went much further and prohibited transit of all reunitions, thereby striking an unexpected blow to the far more Important armaments trae between Germany and Japan. Ht was believed—United Press.

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