Rome. May 30.
A reciprocal air accord between Italy and Germany capable of dealing a crushing blow upon the outbreak of a war in Europe was claimed today py the Under-Secretary of the Air Ministry, General Giuseppe Valle, Gen. Valle, speaking in the Senate on the 1939-40 air budget, announced that Italy and Germany had reached an air accord upon the signing of the Italian-German military alliance pact.
Speaking at great length, he emphasized that the reciprocal air accord would allow the axis Powers to smash any attempts at encirclement of their territory. 3 "Aviation is the crushing force which must be rapidly used|on the first outbreak of war," he added, He boasted that the nature of the accord reached with Germany was very secret—United Press.
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