Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1940, The British Commonwealth, The Soviet Union, The Near East and Africa, Volume III

765.68/262: Telegram

The Chargé in Italy ( Reed ) to the Secretary of State

Rome , August 14, 1940—3 p.m.
[Received August 14—12:10 p.m.]

816. I have learned from a confidential source in which I place considerable credence that the Italian Government will shortly demand that Greece cede Corfu and neighboring islands and possibly that portion of Greek territory inhabited by Albanians; also that the Italian Government will demand that Yugoslavia cede to it the Dalmatian coast.

Repeated to Athens and Belgrade.

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