"He has authorized me to say, and indeed, hhis speeches have since made plain, thet he too was in complete Agreement with the decision arrived at, From Greece there has. been no Fepining and no recrimination, The other day T sent a message to the Greek Government congratulating. them on the valour and actions of their troops, and T received a reply like to give to the Fane ious pages of Pish TYesire once again to assure tthe ideas 8x liberty morality gh reheat Rati" lite Eden continued: T think the rouse will agree that the generous Fpirit of that message has animated the Greek nation throughout ts ordeal Turning to Yugoslavia. Mr. Eden said they. got plenty: of aevirances {hat the German attack on Yugoslavia trould be resisted but, he eat "hat was not enough.
What was' needed was a. common plan so that "it the. tack developed we should have the' best chance "of "resisting together, We made every effort to secure this and every effort filed tin the moment of he coup eat Army Mobillzed "Durin these conversations we anxieties thal they would be too late. the reply always came, but we are mobilizing, so that it the worst comes the worst. we shall be ready.' "In fact, that mobilization had not pro~ ceeded fast enough, and it was not until the coup defat that the new Government, made a real and urgent effort to get their armies ready.
"Tt was then too late—too late for the best will in the world to mobilize armies and concentrate them where they ought to be if they were to give tus the support and help needed.
"Luis perhaps idle and unprofitable to speculate, but had the Government, which preceded the coup d'etat as. clearly understood Yugoslavia's true interests as the Government General Simovitch. the whole story ight have been different. But none Of these things can detract from the courage of the decision which the Yuoslay people eventually took. We have pledged ourselves to redeem Yugoslavia's independence, and that pledge will be honoured, The Turkish Government were informed, as an ally, of our plans in connection with Greece, Throughout these conversations T was deeply impressed by the loyal friendship shown by all the Turkish statesmen whom we had occasion to meet, and by the determination the people showed to stand firm against any menace to their sovereignty or any encroachment on their rights and interests, Great Service "Since the beginning of this war. Turkey has rendered a great service dependence. importance. of her to our cause by her policy of in-
role as a bulwark against further aggression in the Middle East is obvious. T am sure that loyalty to their alliance with this country will, as ever, be the basis of the Turkish Government's policy."
Turning to Iraq Mr. Bien said: "Unconstitutional action by Rashid All has already ted once to his all from power. When later he ecized
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