The Archive · 1940

Reactions in Berlin

Berlin, Mar. 19.

The meeting yesterday between Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini "showed the firmness of a common basis of German-Italian ce-operation," states the German news agency, which notes that no details of the Brenner Pass conversation had yet been obtained here.

"The hope for Western Powers that Germany and Italy could ever be separated from their common basis must be considered foolish in view of this fact," the news agency says. "It may be emphasized that at yesterday's conversation all the foremost problems of the day were discussed in a spirit of frankness, which is a matter of course.—Reuter.

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