Evening star., 1941-02-26
Eden Sees u. 5. Envoy
Soon After Arrivinq
In Turkish Capital
Gen. Dill Visits Heads
Of Turk Army; Expected
To Remain Three Doys
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 26-With-
in two hours after his arrival in the
Turkish capital, Britain's Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden conferred
separately today with j. V. A. Mac
Murray, United States Ambassador
to Turkey, and with the Greek Min
lister to Ankara.
Both called on Mr.. Eden at the
British EmoasSy, where he went
after an uproarious welcome from a
cheering crowd when he arrived
aboard President Ismet Inonu's
special train.
Gen. Sir John G.. Dill, chief of
the British imperial general staff,
who arrived here with Mr.. Eden,
called upon Turkish military leaders
almost Immediately.
The British Foreign Secretary and
his group are expected to remain in
Ankara about three days.
High Turkish officials were on
hand at the station to greet Mr..
Eden, who came here from Cairo
for an exchange of opinions which
foreign observers believed would de-
termine British Turkish plans to
meet a threatened crisis in the
Balkans.
Among the official greeters were
Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu
and members of his staff, the Mayor
of Ankara, the Greek and Polish
Ambassadors and the Egyptian Min
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British and Turkish flags.
With Mr.. Eden were Gen. Sir
John G. Dill, chief of the British
imperial general staff, and five
other uniformed British of1cers-in-
cluding a killed Scot who was an
object of great interest to the crowd.
Pays Courtesy Calls.
After being escorted to his hotel,
Mr. Eden paid several courtesy visits
to Turkish officials.
Mr.. Eden planned to call on
President Inonu briefly this after
noon, then place wreath on the
tomb of Kamal Ataturk, Inonu's
predecessor and builder Of modern
Turkey. Later, the British Foreign
Secretary will pay his respects to
Saracoglu and Premier Refk Say
dam, and tonight he will be honor
guest at a state banquet.
Commenting on his arrival, the
government newspaper illus asserted
the British-Turkish alliance has no
aggressive aims and declared one of
its purposes is Ito try to prevent
the war from spreading to our zone
of security"
I'VE are approaching one of the
most important periods in European
history" illus said. What can be
more natural than for allies to get
together to study the situation?'
Eden May Disclose Plans.
The question of the British
Turkish position in the event Ger
many attacks Greece was expected
in most quarters to be the principal
Item on the agenda.
Some sources said that in eXplor-
ing the whole Balkan problem Mr..
Eden also might disclose to the Turks
settlement If Britain is victorious.
These sources recalled that Italy
now holds much territory which be-
longed to Turkey before the World |
War.
Mr.. Eden and Gen. Dill arrived |
in Southern Turkey last night after |
a plane trip from Egypt-details of |
which were kept secret in advance !
because the route led over territory
within range of hostile aircraft.
(The Budapest wireless said
last night Sir Reginald Hoare,
British Minister to Bucharest, |
Ell route home after a break in
5Eitish-Rumanian diplomatic re-
lotions, had arrived in Ankara
and would see MI. Eden there.
Germans in Belgrade reported !
the German Minister to Yugo-
s.avia had been summoned uneX-
pectedly to Sal2burg to confer
with Foreign Minister Joachim
Won RibbentropD
Mr.. Eden was given an enthuSi- .
estic greeting before he boarded his
train for Ankara, and Turkish Off
cial quarters expressed deep pleasure
at his arrival.
Known as a student of the Near
East. the British foreign secretary is
in Turkey. One newspaper
praised him as that brilliant man
who read Persian poetry at the age
of 17-something we Turks cannot
even do"