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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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Gen. Gamelin to confer with British officers on military cooperation for security front; Russia offers conditional acceptance of British pact proposals, seeking clarifications amid appeasement fears. (London, June 1)
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LONDON, June 1. (UP)-Gen. Maurice Gamelin, chief of the French fighting forces, will negotiate with British staff officers next week an agreement on British and French cooperation in any contingency which might arise under the new "security front" commitments, it was understood today.
Gamelin's visit will be the first of a series of big scale military conferences designed to put teeth into anti-aggression arrangements.
It was understood that in advance of the formal opening of negotiations, four separate French military missions had visited London secretly within the past week.
It was proposed to bring Russia into negotiations upon the expected conclusion of a defensive agreement with her.
As regards the speech at Moscow yesterday of Premier-Foreign Minister Viacheslav Molotov of Russia, Soviet quarters here said that it was not a rejection but a "conditional acceptance" of British proposals for a security pact.
These sources said that Russia would insist on clarification of the British proposals. Russia fears a situation in which Britain might return to an "appeasement" policy with Germany and leave Russia isolated.
The view of Russians here seemed to be that agreement was possible and that Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain would not be able to risk, at this stage, a breakdown in negotiations.
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June 1
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conditional acceptance by russia of british proposals for a security pact; ongoing negotiations expected to include russia after defensive agreement.
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Gen. Maurice Gamelin, chief of the French fighting forces, will negotiate with British staff officers next week on British and French cooperation under new security front commitments. This is the first of a series of military conferences to strengthen anti-aggression arrangements. Four French military missions visited London secretly in the past week. Plans to bring Russia into negotiations upon conclusion of a defensive agreement. Molotov's speech at Moscow was a conditional acceptance of British proposals, insisting on clarification due to fears of British appeasement with Germany. Russians believe agreement is possible and Chamberlain will not risk breakdown.