Since March 1939, in Rome began the preparations for the aggression of April 7. Ciano, son in law of Mussolini and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, on March 23rd, 1939 wrote in his diary “Duce decides to hurry up for the Albanian issue and indeed draw up a very short draft agreements with three items. It is an agreement that preserving the forms, accept an effective annexation of Albania. Duce approves or King Zogu accepts the conditions that we put in, otherwise we will occupy the country. For this purpose we are mobilizing in Apulia four regiments, a division, air units etc “.
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