The date April 4, 1939, the diary of the fascist foreign minister Ciano Gaetano, contains several diplomatic meetings with the British and the Yugoslav ambassador. Of course the main issue was the aggression against Albania, which was in the last preparations. For the first meeting, Count Ciano has written “He went more relieved and infinitely more decisive for the Albanian cause. It was the same thing I want too”. While for the Yugoslav representative, he states that when he left, “he was pretty quiet, even though the issue is of extreme importance for his country.” Therefore, as the fascist minister has written, in Venice Palace, in a meeting with Duce, Sereqi and me, we decided to give a final ultimatum to King Zog I,…
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