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JOACHIM VON RIBBENTROP

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JOACHIM VON RIBBENTROP
JOACHIM VON RIBBENTROP
RIBBENTROP SEEKS TO SPLIT THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH OVER SPAIN Fine content partial D.S. as Foreign Minister, 1p. 4to., Berlin, May 17, 1938, the eighth page of a letter or perhaps a speech. Only a day earlier, Mussolini had given a speech before visiting Adolf Hitler, attempting to split the French and British. Mussolini stated that he intended to retain his soldiers in Spain until Franco achieved complete victory, and claimed that he had the moral support of the British government. Ribbentrop appears to address the turmoil which following Il Duce's pronouncements, in part: "...I supported my conclusions with respect to the press with a few examples from the American Press and added that the Mussolini speech appeared to me to be only an answer to that kind of provocation. Francois Poncet [Ambassador to Germany] maintained that Mussolini's speech meant a step backwards, but expressed hope for renewed discussions. Incidentally, he agrees with me that now it is up to Prague to bring out a sensible resolution to the Sudeten German question...". Fine condition, very elaborately framed with a photo of von Ribbentrop, brass plaque, and the document set in a swivel which reveals the translation beneath.