"Nevertheless, the preamble of the' treaty expresses safeguards of the existence of contractual arrangements of each party. The Turkish Government has repeatedly made it plain to us that first and foremost amongst these engagements stands the Anglo-Turkish treaty. They have specifically assured our Ambassador since the conclusion of the agreement, and once again in the last 24 hours, that our treaty stands intact.
"As to the northern flank of the new war, the Finnish Minister asked to see men" concluded Mr, Eden." Gnd gave me a message from his government. He assured me that' Finland's attitude was, and would continue to be. fully a defensive one in the present conflict, and he told me that there was no change in diplomatic relations Between the Soviet Government and Finland and that his government had hoped that Finland would not become involved in the conflict.
"I told him that I took note of his assurance and was confident that the course which his government had announced it desired to follow was the right and only course for Finland."—Reuter, Russia Not Taken by Surprise Weshington, June 23.
"Hitler has not attacked an unprepared people by surprise, but a powerful nation of 193,000,000 inhabitants, a nation which knows what it is defending and which will throw back and crush the enemy by attacking with iron determination" M. Constantin Umausky, Soviet Ambassador to Washington, told the press here this evening,
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