DEPARTMENT OF STATE

PUBLICATION 2669

EUROPEAN SERIES 17

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(1) Proclamation of Establishment (excerpts)

(2) Statement by Count Ciano, October 25, 1936

(Excerpts).

(3) Speech by Prime Minister Mussolini, November

1, 1936 (Excerpts)

2. Anti-Comintern Pact: Protocol Concluded by Italy, Ger-

many, and Japan at Rome, November 6,

1937

3. The Invasion of Albania: Statement by the Secretary of

State (Hull), April 8, 1939 . .

4. European Situation: Communication of the President to

Chancellor Hitler and Prime Minister

Mussolini, April 14, 1939 (Excerpts)

5. Appeals for Peace: Exchange of Communications between

the President of the United States and the

King of Italy, August 23 and 30, 1939

(Excerpts).

6. Bombardment from the Air of Civilian Populations:

President Roosevelt's Message to the Gov-

ernment of Italy and Reply, September 1,

1939

7. Myron C. Taylor's Mission to Rome as the President's

Personal Representative: Letter from Presi-

dent Roosevelt to the Pope, December 23,

1939 .

8. Exchange of Communications between President Roosevelt

and Prime Minister Mussolini Regarding the

Entrance of Italy into the European War,

May and June, 1940 (Excerpts)

9. Neutrality of the United States in the War between Italy

and France and the United Kingdom: Presi-

dential Proclamations, June 10, 1940

10. President Roosevelt's "Stab in the Back" Address at

Charlottesville, Virginia, June 10, 1940

(Excerpts)..

11. European Possessions in the Western Hemisphere: Note

of the United States to Germany and Italy,

June 19, 1940

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