Italy Seeks Share Of Suez Canal Defence
MEMORANDUM TO BRITAIN United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph.—Copyright. LONDON, Feb. 21. The Rome correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says it is understood fthat a memorandum from Signor Mussolini which the Italian Ambassador, Count Grandi, handed to the Prime Minister at the week-end suggested that in view of Italy’s newly won Empire in Africa it is imperative that she should have a share in the defence of the Suez Canal. In the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty signed in August of last year there was special provision for the protection of the Suez Canal. Britain was granted authority to station troops there, in a specified zone, to ensure, with Egyptian co-oper-ation, the defence of the Canal. Not more than 30,000 troops, or more than 4.00 Royal Air Force pilots, may be maintained in the Canal zone.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 45, 23 February 1938, Page 5
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