Secretary expressed regret that Italy did not adopt the Anglo-French suggestions for a triangular conference.
He said he had acquiesced in Italy's proposal that the matter be tackled by the Non-Intervention Committee because he did not wish a breakdown to come—if come it must—upon the issue of procedure. He hoped that real international collaboration would be shown in the next few days; otherwise a grave situation would face us.
Non-intervention, Mr. Eden continued, did not mean that Britain should be indifferent to the territorial integrity of Spain or to complications that might arise in the Mediterranean as a result of intervention in Spain by others, The Foreign Secretary rejoiced in the Anglo-French community of interests ana common outlook.
The United States, he said, was equally conscious of this aspect of the present situation in the world.
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