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depended a great deal on the Serbs.
 
      
 
 
(d) He foresaw that Yugoslavia would go to war in Albania 
      imediately after the coup d'etat. He asked if Turks would then 
      join in to which I replied that it was very possible but that 
      I had no positive assurance regarding exact circumstances he 
      described.
 
      
 
 
(e) He then asked what could the British do to help Yugoslavia 
      if she went to war against the Italians, Bulgarians and Germans. 
      I replied in the sense of Secretary of State's telegram from 
      Cairo of March 25th. He seemed impressed by conception of a common 
      pool for materials and asked if it included supply of food to 
      which I replied that although I spoke on this matter without 
      precise authority, I felt sure that it did.
 
      
 
 
(f) He appeared to be disappointed that we could not promise 
      precise numbers and quantities of war material but agreed that 
      they should do well out of Italian loot in Albania. He feared 
      however that types of weapons were not the same and that Italian 
      ammunition could not therefore reinforce Yugoslav units. Reserves 
      of 76.5 and 75 mm. ammunition for field artillery would be required.
 
      
 
 
(g) In answer to a question he replied that the Prince Regent 
      and even the President of the Council appeared to be very depressed 
      over the signing of the pact. This may indicate that the Prince 
      Regent intends to try and remain in power in the event of the 
      Government
 
      being/