The Archive · 1938

Franco-Italian Move For Rapprochement

Paris, Oct, 13, The appointment of M. An¢ Prancols-Poncet, the present Amba: sador to Germany, as the new Ambassador to Italy, will become effective upon the agreement of the Italian Government.

Restoration of normal. diplomatic relations between France and Ttaly will involve the recognition of the Italian Empire by France, after Which the two countries will start negotiations to settle pending problems, mainly the enforcement of the agreement signed in Rome in January, 1985, between I! Duce and M. Pierre Laval, then French Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the border between Eritrea and French Somaliland, and of the agreement on the Tunis problem.

Rectification of the Eritrea-French Somaliland border is based on the London Pact which granted compensations to Ialy and ws cement on Tunis tions in Rome at the end of 1934 anc curly in 1035, the results of which were nientioned in a special, protocol annexed to the January, 1988, Musso-Tini-Laval accord.

Materiallzation of the agreements on Eritrea and Tunis was delayed 'e-cause of the Ethiopian affair and the Nahas Pasha Injured

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