Laval parle... Notes et Mémoires rédigés à Fresnes d'août à octobre 1945

Mulitlateral strategy and diplomacy: The Anglo‐German naval agreement and the mediterranean crisis, 1935–1936

“…According to Laval, the Franco-Italian military collaboration was 'our chance to benefit not only from the whole Italian military effort, but from the military effort of Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Rumania.' 83 Then, on 22 June, only four days after Mussolini had made specific Italian claims on Ethiopia, Laval reaffirmed France's commitment to that part of the January Agreement which affected Ethiopia. 84 Although the Italo-Ethiopian dispute and Mussolini's claims were not discussed during Eden's Paris visit the day before, Laval's pre-meeting brief did address the issue.…”