Cablegram 106 26 October 1938,
SECRET
Commonwealth Government strongly of opinion that, as a contribution to peace, Anglo-Italian agreement should be brought into operation forthwith and de jure recognition accorded to Italian Empire in Abyssinia. Italian withdrawal of 10,000 troops from Spain seems a real contribution and in present condition of world, a peaceful and friendly Mediterranean is in our opinion essential. To refuse de jure recognition seems to us to ignore the facts and to risk danger for a matter which is now immaterial. [1]
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1 On the same day Lyons cabled S. M. Bruce, High Commissioner in London, referring him to this cable for his information.
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[AA : A981, ITALY 30, ii]