La Grèce et son droit légitime de militariser Lemnos et Samothrace : un problème artificiel à la lumière de nouveaux témoignages historiques

Abstract

In September - October 1939 a Turkish delegation, led by Sükrü Saraçoglu, the Turkish Foreign Minister, visited Moscow to negotiate a mutual assistance pact with the Russians. Shortly thereafter Under State Secretary Dr. Woermann, Director of the Political Department of the German Foreign Office, succeeded in assembling a secret report containing a more or less complete account of the talks held. It may be assumed that this report not only enabled the Germans to obtain a useful insight into the character of Turco-Soviet relations at the time, but also influenced their expectations regarding future Russian foreign policy, in particular with regard to the Straits.