The Archive · 1938

Italian First Squadron Visits Malta

Return Call for British Visit to Spezia London, June 23.

In reply to a question in the House of Commons today regarding the visit of the Italian first squadron to Malta, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, said that in April 1937, the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet paid an official visit to Spezia.

This visit, Mr. Butler said, was now being returned by the Commander-in-Chief of the Italian first squadron. Wireless through Reuter.

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