confirms what I personally sail.I to you on that occasion. As you know. the Italian-French agreements of 7 fanuary 1935 consist of a Treaty on a sct1lemcnt llf mutual interests in Africa and of a series of instruments ch,scly related to that Treaty. Article 7 of the ·r reaty slate, lhal ii shall he ratified and make its enlry inlo force ,uhject lo lhe exchange of in,1rumen1s of ra1ilica- 1io11. ·r hi, cxd1angc never Joo!-. pla,e. II i, Im,· lhal 1h,· conslitu­ Jional procedure, preliminary 111 ra1ili,·:11i1111 were ini1ia1,·d in1111edi­ atl'ly al"il-r lhl· ,igni11g. h111 raliliealinn never 11,·,·11rn·d. Negolialions were m•vcr l'Vl'II slarll·d for I hl' forn111l:11 inn nf_ I hl' ,pn:ial l'onvcn- 1 i11n eo11n·rning ·11111i,ia. whid, an:01ding 111 art irk I 11f th,· ·1 realy should haVl" l'111l·r,·d inlo f111n· 1111 lhl' ,:11m· dall· a, lhl' ·11<·a1y it,l'lf. ·1 h<· Italian hTm:h ·1 n·alv 11n a "·11kn1c111 111 11111111:il illll"rests in Af1iea wa, 1h11, 11,·v,·1 <·11111pk1t·d. -..J -..J .-tPPE.\'l>IX .\lap a11111·x,•d to the Tn•aty of Rome of 7 Ja1111ary /935 \,, 11 ,: 1,,,111.:erning Fren.:h nationality law: this Treat\" did lh'l t'lllt'r i111,, f,,r.:e). n.1rJ.. bla,J.. line=prop,,sed new frontier. II ._ -• F L I • • • • S I I • • • • ,iii ... Pt· : >-·· -· ·;. .... - : 0 r,_,;,.,_ !"_ l'!_n~-:_ __ -;--...-;.:-,: --B __ 'yl,_'y ' A --- ......... ... ·-. • • : ·"1 • • • • . . .... --~\ "'i I : ... '....;.., :"v. . A~~Si1~'"·" ...... .,r,:..;.~k.3>....... ,.,_ : i ·-... ! \ 11~~~1~~~ ,......... : '· ...... . ·~ . 0 F • - . ·· .~;a,;nN ........... : \ ' . ·•.. ••••• •-•_:.,__ •. a. ~ f w~-~ ·-...... _._,,,.-~----.,_) '- ............___ I : 