At 11.12 am., the two Foreign Ministers proceeded to the adjoining room, where they spoke over the radio. Count Ciano declared that the pact will strengthen the solidarity of Germany and Italy both militarily and politically, and expressed the determi ination of the two peoples to face their future in common. The countries are animated by th supreme desire to maintain peace but are firmly determined to defend their inalienable rights to life.
Herr von Ribbentrop stated that Germany and Italy now constitute an indissoluble community.
He affirmed that the pact is a normal conclusion to the Fuehrer's desire, expressed early in May, to consolidate the relations between
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