may 11, 1939 - " Russia Is Assured She Need Not Fight Until Britain Does" NY Times 1939, May 11

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NY Times 1939, May 11 - Russia Is Assured She Need Not Fight Until Britain Does

Chamberlain Says French and the British Would Act First in War Covered by Pact STILL SHUNS AN ALLIANCE But Public Demand for Soviet Accord Is More Insistent— Closure Voted by Commons

With the Anglo-Russian negotiations still pending, Prime Minister Chamberlain gave public assurance to the Soviet yesterday that it would not be expected to enter any war until the French and British were already in the field. [Page 1.]

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