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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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Rising Italo-Greek tensions as Italian divisions mass on Albanian border; plane interned in Greece; Metaxas affirms neutrality amid submarine sinking of cruiser Helle. Italian press claims Albanian rights over Chamuria.
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Reliable reports said that an Italian plane had made a forced landing at Eleusis, 15 miles west of Athens and site of Greece's largest munitions plant. The crew of five was interned, bringing to 27 the number of Italian airmen interned in Greece.
A military spokesman said that Greek defenses on the Albanian frontier were adequate and there were no indications that any Greek mobilization was imminent, but it was learned reliably that Premier John Metaxas had conferred with the general staff yesterday following a discussion with King George II.
Observers said that tension was greater than at any time since last week's sinking of the Greek mine laying cruiser Helle by an unidentified submarine off the island of Tinos.
Metaxas was said to have told the general staff that Greece desired to continue a policy of neutrality but was prepared to oppose any internal or external political opposition.
(In Rome Virginio Gayda, writing in the authoritative Giornale D'Italia, said that "there is an acute open problem in relations between Italy, Albania and Greece."
He added that "Italy is ready to defend Albanian national rights."
Gayda also said that the Greek Chamuria peninsula is Albanian and "rightly belongs" to Albania.
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Albania Greek Frontier
Event Date
Aug. 21
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italian plane crew of five interned, bringing total to 27 italian airmen interned in greece; greek cruiser helle sunk by unidentified submarine
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Italian mobile divisions concentrating on Albania-Greek frontier amid increasing Italo-Greek tension. Italian plane forced landing at Eleusis, crew interned. Greek defenses adequate, no mobilization imminent. Premier Metaxas conferred with general staff after discussion with King George II. Tension greater since sinking of Greek cruiser Helle off Tinos. Metaxas stated Greece desires neutrality but prepared to oppose opposition. In Rome, Gayda wrote of acute problem in Italy-Albania-Greece relations, Italy ready to defend Albanian rights, Chamuria peninsula belongs to Albania.