or its approaches; (c) an agreement providing that there shall 
      be no conflict between their respective policies on certain areas 
      in the Middle East more particularly Saudi Arabia and the Yemen; 
      and (d) a declaration providing that one party shall not engage 
      in propaganda against the other. There will also be declarations 
      on certain African matters of particular interest to His Majesty's 
      Government such as the sources of the Nile in Ethiopia (Lake 
      Tsana), the undesirability of raising large native armies and 
      the treatment of missionaries in Ethiopia. A declaration reaffirming 
      the intention of the United Kingdom and Italy to abide by the 
      Suez Canal Convention of 1888 will also be made.
 
      
 
 
Other subjects will be dealt with by exchanges of letters. 
      These will include the reduction by Italy of her forces in Libya 
      by one thousand men a week until peace time strength is reached 
      and her accession to the London Naval Treaty of 1936. In regard 
      to Spain Count Ciano will send Lord Perth a letter confirming 
      the Italian Governments full adherence to the United Kingdom 
      formula for the proportional evacuation of the foreign volunteers 
      from that country and pledging the Italian Government to apply