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President Roosevelt’s Envoy in Italy

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
40/19
Date Released
4 Mar 1940
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Royal Visit to Scotland
  2. 2Exeter Welcomes Men of HMS Exeter
  3. 3It’s a Long, Long Way
  4. 4President Roosevelt’s Envoy in Italy
  5. 5Tanks in the Desert
  6. 6Australia Answers the Call
  7. *Kid Boxers in New York
  8. *Laying Keel of SS Alabama
  9. *Japs Jubilant
  10. *US Navy Gymnasts
  11. *Chinese Rice Celebrations
  12. *Ladies in the Saddle

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
Mr Sumner Welles, US Undersecretary of State arrives in Naples as the first call of his "peace" exploring tour in Europe. In Rome he meets Count Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, prior to visiting Mussolini, and later leaves for Berlin for talks with Hitler.
Keywords
Politics and government; Diplomacy
Locations
Italy; Naples
Length of story (in feet)
50
Story extras:
Film clip

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