Word: saracoglu
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...Berlin had come home, would not go back to Germany. But Hitler's envoy, wily Franz von Papen, instead of racing for Berlin, canceled a vacation, hotfooted to Ankara for a last-minute, bootless talk with Turkey's Premier and Foreign Minister, Sükrü Saracoglu. This move also gave Papen a chance to burn some papers, pack his bags...
...have been disastrous. Last week, when Anthony Eden (who reportedly dislikes Menemencioglu) complained that German warships, disguised as merchantmen, had been allowed to cruise through Turkey's Dardanelles, Ankara had to give in. Numan Menemencioglu took the fall, handed over his portfolio to Premier Sükrü Saracoglu. But nobody thought brilliant Mr. Menemencioglu was out for a very long count...
...Ankara last week the Turkish General Staff suspended talks with a British military mission after a month of inconclusive palaver. Premier Sükrü Saracoglu immediately called in foreign correspondents, gave them a 50-minute exposition of Turkey's present position. The effect of his talk: Turkey is still sympathetic to the Allied cause but is not yet ready to fight...
...Turkey should choose neutrality against Allied wishes, Saracoglu will need all his underlying toughness, for the Allies have trump cards...
Postwar Insurance. Probably the most powerful trump card the Allies can play is the prospect of furnishing postwar influence for Turkey against Soviet Russia. Despite the "series of most advanced treaties" which Saracoglu announced as having consolidated the Turkish rapprochement with Russia, Russian postwar aims remain Turkey's greatest fear. Control of the Dardanelles, Russia's only outlet to the southern waterways, has been a sore point between the two nations for decades; Turkey's control of it today hinges on the Montreux Convention...