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...Mohandas K. Gandhi replied curtly that the campaign "must continue at all costs." In Iran tension increased with the fear that Russia was preparing to drive toward the Persian Gulf. In Iraq Nazi plotters had already unsettled Britain's hold (see p. 37), and Nazi Schemester Franz von Papen appeared to have cowed Turkey into some sort of agreement with the Axis. Egypt awaited a fresh Nazi drive. Object: Suez...
...Coincidentally or otherwise, 800 miles away in Ankara was Germany's oldest fifth columnist of them all, stumble-plotting Ambassador to Turkey Franz von Papen...
...Eden-Dill-Cripps visit to Ankara was apparently quite successful. Earlier in the week German Ambassador to Turkey Franz von Papen had practiced the standard Hitlerian strategy of showing Turkish officials a cinema of Germany's western conquests. Anthony Eden countered by exhibiting films of Britain's Libyan victories. Final upshot was that the Anglo-Turkish alliance was strongly reaffirmed. Turkey rushed additional troops to the Bulgarian border, and closed the Dardanelles to all but ships with special permits and Turkish naval pilots. Turkey "nullified" her two-week old non-aggression pact with Bulgaria, and many observers thought...
...Ankara German Ambassador Franz von Papen used all his talent for intrigue to persuade the Turks that they would be fools to move if Germany entered Bulgaria. The Turkish General Staff promptly held a long conference with representatives of Britain's Army, Navy & Air Force. That gave the Germans just the information they were looking for. As soon as Yugoslavia could be frightened into tipping her hand Hitler would know how far he could move in the Balkans-and at what risk...
Recent threats and inducements of Hit ler's velvet-voiced diplomat. Ambassador Franz von Papen, had failed to impress Turkey's astute little President. Ismet Inonii. Asked how he had managed to withstand the foremost Nazi pressure ex pert, the President declared: "Allah be praised, I am deaf." Not deaf was Tur key's leader to less polished but meatier promises of British Ambassador Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen. Last week his country firmly snubbed the Axis by signing a comprehensive economic agreement with Britain. By her sharp barter tactics Germany had corralled 54% of Turkey...