FRANCO VICTORY ESSENTIAL
Mussolini’s Attitude To Truce
REBELS MUST DICTATE TERMS (United Press Assn. —Telegraph Copyright) LONDON, June 23. The Australian Associated Press understands that Signor Mussolini has made it clear to the Prime Minister (Mr Neville Chamberlain) that his constant aim—the complete and final victory of General Franco —remains unchanged. This undoubtedly tempers recent optimism about a truce. It is learned that a despatch from the British Ambassador to Rome (the Earl of Perth) to the Foreign Secretary (Viscount Halifax), recounting his conversations with the Italian Foreign Minister (Count Galeazzo Ciano), shows clearly that II Duce’s approval of a truce or the cessation of hostilities in Spain is contingent not only on a rebel victory but also on General Franco dictating terms and extinguishing the Republican Government.
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Southland Times, Issue 23544, 25 June 1938, Page 7
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