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order to bring it about. Should such a relationship be 
 
established it would do much to prevent any possible 
 
entry of Italy into the war, and should a negotiated
 
peace in Europe prove practicable, the ability of the
 
United States through the President to maintain a 
 
friendly and confidential contact with Mussolini might 
 
in many contingencies  prove of exceptional value.