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Nov. 26 |
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Poland and Russia suddenly renewed their nonaggression pact. Poland, directly exposed to the German advance eastward, now required closer relations with Russia and, indeed, made efforts to build up a barrier of Baltic and Balkan states to join with Poland in the interest of the status quo. | 1 |
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Nov. 30 |
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Anti-French demonstrations in the Italian chamber of deputies (demands for Corsica and Tunisia, which were then taken up by the government-controlled press) ushered in a period of acute tension between France and Italy, which became even more accentuated with the Fascist victories in Spain. | 2 |
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Dec. 6 |
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France and Germany concluded a pact by which they guaranteed the inviolability of the existing frontier and provided for consultation with the aim of settling any disputes pacifically. | 3 |
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Dec. 17 |
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An Italian note to France declared the agreement of 1935 invalid because ratifications had not been exchanged. France rejected this argument. | 4 |
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