Evening star., 1941-07-28
Reich Peace Plan
Predicted After
Soviet Is Beaten
Portitioning Of Russia
Among Rum1niu, Turkey
And Poland Included
BY PRESTON GROVER,


Associated Press War Correspondent.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 28.-A
detailed report that Germany plans
TO partition European Russia when
and If she conquers the U. S. S. R.
up to the Ural Mountain divide and
then offer painless peace" to the
British Empire has gained credence
In o-British circles. who said IL
came from an Axis diplomat.
The diplomat-not, however,
representative of either Germany,
italy or Japan, but rather OF one OF
the satellites-Was said to have out
lined the broad scheme in a private
conference with an Allied of1lclal
here.
The conference was said to have
come during a stopover by the dlplo-
mat en- route home from MS war
vacated post at Moscow.
Outline of Plan.
From him, a pro-Brltlsh source
said, was gained Germany gen
eral plan for a quick peace before
United States interest in the war
becomes so deep as to make Ihe
envisaged peace impossible. Inc
Man and subordinate factors IN IL
were outlined as follows
/. Russia up to the Urals woulo
he divided into two classlhcatlons'
ono to include the Ukraine under
German governor and the otner
to be divided among Rumanla'
Turkey and Poland.
Runania's would be strip along
the Black Sea coast, ncludlng
odessa; Turkey would get part OF
,he Caucasus wherein lie Turkish
minorities. and Poland, to be re-
constituted in some form not tuiiy
,ndenendent. would get back all the
territory Russia occupied in Sep
tenber, 1899, and possibly more.
. japan wants Russian AslaIlc
,erritorv from Vladivostok westward
To Lake Baikal. 1t is not SAID oen-
nitelv that she will get it. FORMER
Foreign Minister Yosuke MatsuoKa
once pledged japanese entrance
into the war according to the OUT
line of the German planp but Ger
manv does not want her 10 ngnt
now because of the hkellhooo IL
would bring in the United States
Italy Wants Egypt.
q rta1v is claiming Tunisia, Ethio-
MIA and control of Egypt but the
Germans oppose this $50 the outline
coesl because their peace offer Woulo
stin,lste that the British empire
be left intace on condition Britain
recognizes Germany as the sole great
mower on the continent OF Europe
Egypt, whose military protecVlon
e a British function, comes. the
closest of any of the three to belng
actual parts of the British empire.
Except for British influence tgyPV
& independent, likewise Ethiopia, al
though control of both is important
for defense of British Meolterra-
mean. Near Eastern and African
holdings. Tunisia is French African
TERRITORY. Noteworthy is the absence
from this outline of any mention OF
France.
4 Once Russia is occupied as lar
as the Urals Germany Will oHer 70
recognize Britain's place IN the
world as a naval power and to reas-
SIRE her Germany will restore polltl-
cal independence to countries OF the
northwest coast-Norway Denmark
Holland and Belgium. CHere again
France might be mentioned, but Is
not0
Independence for Czechs.
& The German right to disposal
of central and eastern Europe must
not be contested. Germany will offer
the Czechs a measure Of independ-
ence, but they will not be permitted
to reunite with the Slovaks.
6 On completion of the Russian
campaign Germany will halt hostlll-
ties on all fronts. Even if the Brit
ish continue to fight, Germany Will
not respond for certain period, Sc
as to make the point that the war,
II it continues, goes on under British,
not German initiative.
7. Germany considers that for
this plan to succeed the United
States must not actually be in the
war when the plan is advanced. Ger
mans count on certain opinion If
the United States to compel British
acceptance of the proposals.
Pro-British sources here said the
whole report sounded highly cred
ible.