The Archive · 1941

Guard Off Syria

Ankara, June 10, The British Navy keeping a close watch to ensure that the Germans do not tow any small craft from the Dodecanese Islands to Syria. Germans here expect the British Navy to land forces on the Syrian coast, but so far as is known naval activities have been confined to patrol work.

Sellers of afternoon newspapers were besieged by eager buyers, for developments in Syria have aroused tremendous interest in Turkey. The Allied move is widely welcomed, and it is hoped that the Allies will be able to settle the matter quickly.—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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