military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (11/03/89)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Friday, 3 November, 1939 The German prize crew fails in their attempt to sneak the City of Flint through the British blockade. The ship makes a stop in the Norwegian port of Haugensund without permission, and authorities there intern the German crew and return the ship to the American crew, still on board. Germany is negotiating with Bulgaria, offering a favorable trade agreement in an effort to forestall a neutral bloc of Balkan nations being organized by Turkey and Italy. US Pacific Ambassador Grew warns the Japanese Foreign Minister that if problems persist in China, the US will take economic action against Japan. The Soviet-Finnish negotiations are clearly breaking down, as public statements on both sides become more adamant. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@cbnews.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "Only our common enemies desire that the flames of war should break out not only in Western Europe but also in Eastern Europe, especially along the Baltic coast..." - Pravda