reasonable compromise.  As it was, once the thing was referred to the   
League of Nations, the first step was to hamstrong the Abyssinians, by   
saying that arms should not be snt to either disputant.  After that it was   
quite obvious to Mussolini that the League never meant real business and   
he got away with it.  On the other hand the pinpricking policy of the   
League so exsperated him that it drove him straight into Hiters arms,   
whereas in the spring of that year he had been prepared at Stresa to   
cooperate with France and ourselves in setting definite limits to Hitler's   
restless ambition.  So I definitley take the view that any similar policy   
is far more likely to promote a world war than to prevent it
 
                                                            
 
 
In all that I have dictated above I have been frankly expressing my   
personal opinions.  They are very far indeed from being the opinions of   
the British Government as a whole or of Mr. Churchill, or of the main body   
of British public opinion.  All the same I believe the event will prove   
right.  Anyhow, I have stated them with uncompromising frank
 
                                                            
 
 
You must have been greatly relieved to know that Rome has not only been   
               liberated bu liberated intact.               
 
                   With every good wish,                    
 
                     Yours sincerely,                       
 
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                   The Hon. Myron Taylor.