Office of the Historian

701.6593/14: Telegram

The Ambassador in Italy (Long) to the Secretary of State

Rome, September 26, 1934—2 p.m.
[Received September 26—8:40 a.m.]

208. Following Stefani communiqué just issued to be published this afternoon.

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“In authorized circles it is learned that the Italian Government has decided to raise its diplomatic representation in China to rank of Embassy in order to make it correspond with the importance of China as a great power and with the importance of the political, economic and cultural relations between Italy and China.[”]

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