The Archive · 1940

Ankara Comment

Istanbul, Nov. 19.

The official Ankara radio comment tator said today that the intense diplomatic in Berlin indicated that Germany was facing a difficult situation, The commentator declared that the visit of Sr. Ramon Serrano Suner, Spanish Foreign Minister, to Germany following Chancellor Hitler's conferences with M. Vyacheslav Molotov. Russian Foreign Commissar, probably resulted in "Germany giving Spain explanations and guarantees concerning the Russian conversation and promise that after the war the anti-Comintern pact will again apply."

He added that the fact that Premier Benito Mussolini considered it necessary to explain the Italian operations in Greece to his constituents should be given special significance.—United me Visits Chengtu Chungking, Nov. 19. The French Ambassador to China, M. Henri Cosme, proceeded from Chungking to Chengtu by air on November 12 for a short visit, He has visited many scenic spots in the neighbourhood during the past few da; Reuter.

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