Ankara, Aug. 11, Five German trade exp€rts who arrived here recently now. have returned to Budapest because it was believed that the moment was not propitious to conclude a new trade agreement with Turkey, reliable quarters said today, A new.trade pact, it, was originally expected, would have been concluded immediately after the signing of the Turko-German non-egression accord.
Authoritative quarters said that the sudden withdrawal of the German trade delegation, whose existence the Germans intended to keep secret until the actual conclusion of the new agreement, which was in sight. had b was due to the war Russo-(which makes it almost impossible for the Germans to fulfill existing com: mitments as well às new ones.
"While transportation between Ger-any ud Turkey at present was limited to the Black Sea shipping route, it was almost at a standstill because Turkish ships were not allowed to call at foreign ports in the lack Sea, The railway line between "Turkey and Bulgaria has not been re-established since the dynamiting of bridges by the Greeks—United Press, A Soviet High Command communique at noon today states that "Fighting is continuing in the Smolensk. Belaya-Tserkov and Uman sectors and on the Estonian front,"
The Russian Air Force is reported to have been very active, inflicting heavy blows on enemy Panzer troops ti and infantry, Berlin claims that "the pursuit of the retreating Russian enemy in southern Ukraine is, making rapid progress. everywhere,"
On other sectors of the front operations are said to be proceeding "according to plan.
Last night's air raid on Moscow lasted four and a quarter hours, This was longer than some others recentjg, but to the ordinary Observer it lid not appear that any more German tti planes succeeded in getting through than usual.
There were fairly long intervals of silence before Moscow's heavy barrage of anti-aircraft guns of all types opened fire, There were a few faint glows of small fires, but they disappeared out of the sky even before the full light of dawn as fire-fighters maintained their excellent record of existinguish-—Reuter. ing. fires before they get a real hold.
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