ITALY AND GERMANY
Details of Pact
Announced
MILITARY HELP
PLEDGED
Separate Peace Not
To be Signed
OrXITKS PRIM AMOCIATIOX—COfT*I«T.)
(Received May 22, 11 p.m.) BERLIN, May 22. The Italian-German Pact will last 10 years, after which it will be renewable. It will become operative when signed.
jSach party must unconditionally assist the other if involved in war, when consultation will be limited to military matters. War guilt must not be discussed. Neither party may sign a separate peace or remain neutral if the other is involved.
It is understood that supplementary pacts provide foxmarine and aerial co-operation.
Germany retains supreme command.
The pact was signed to-day by Count Ciano and Herr von Ribbentrop.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22717, 23 May 1939, Page 9
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