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Fourth: Naturally there would be no question of obtaining 
      from Italy positive action. It would be a question, purely and 
      simply, of Italy becoming aware of the fact that the integral 
      and complete withdrawal of her help from the Spanish rebels, 
      determined and sincerely carried out in fulfilment of her international 
      undertakings, would be the policy best conforming to an effective 
      defence of her political and economic interests in the Western 
      Mediterranean. And this because on the one hand the prospects 
      of her attempt at domination in Spain are daily more gloomy, 
      and on the other because the victory of the Republic would not 
      mean for her the dangers which she may have feared. If this total 
      and complete withdrawal, sincerely carried out, proved not to 
      be an obstacle for the victory of the rebels, she would have 
      lost nothing. If it should occasion the triumph of the Republic, 
      then there would be the undertakings offered by the responsible 
      men of that Republic, the fulfilment of which could be guaranteed, 
      for example, by the British Government, after arrangements to 
      be negotiated with the Government of the Republic.
 
      
 
 
Fifth: A solution of this nature could only be found on condition 
      that the Government of the Republic is maintained with its present 
      composition. It is only through the greatest possible authority 
      conferred on the Government by the fact that it represents all 
      the elements and parties mating up the Republic, that the pledges 
      and guarantees offered by it would have a worth and a solidity 
      which would permit them to be accepted for the fiture. The presence 
      of Dr. Negrin at the head of the Government would be an indispensable 
      condition; his undisputed authority in all section of opinion 
      constitutes the best guarantee of obtaining a speedy pacification 
      of Spain, for everyone would be ready to accept from him directions 
      which would not perhaps be accepted from another. When we speak 
      of the Republic, we mean the Republic of to-day; with its significance 
      an %d its men, who are