BRITAIN DECLINES
ITALIAN NAVAL PARITY
United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, March 28. The Rome correspondent of the Times says the Earl of Perth’s Sunday conference with Count Ciano followed the receipt of fresh instructions from London. The negotiations are fairly advanced, necessitating experts carefully drafting formulas, which the principals may discuss. The Rome correspondent of the News-Chronicle says it is understood that the general terras of the agreement drawn up include the exchange of information regarding the strength and disposition of all forces in the Alediterranean and Red Sea, which has already begun, also that neither will increase the fortifications in the Mediterranean and Red Sea. although both will retain the existing fortifications. Britain refused an Italian request for naval parity in the Alediterranean.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 13819, 29 March 1938, Page 5
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125BRITAIN DECLINES Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 13819, 29 March 1938, Page 5
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