740.0011 Four Power Pact/103: Telegram
The Ambassador in Italy (Long) to the Acting Secretary of State
Rome, June 10,
1933—noon.
[Received June 10—10 a.m.]
[Received June 10—10 a.m.]
69. The German Ambassador this morning said that the French had given an interpretation to the pact which was not acceptable to Germany. France advised the Little Entente concerning the pact to [Page 420] reassure them and to prevent their opposition to it.53 The interpretation of the pact in this communication was the subject of the Ambassador’s remarks to the effect that Germany would not subscribe to it.
Repeated to London, Paris, Berlin.
Long
- The French statement, dated June 7, was transmitted to the Governments of the Little Entente and Poland; for text, see Pacte d’entente et de collaboration, pp. 23–30.↩