Learning Curve
HEROES & VILLAINS
Mussolini & Abyssinia > League of Nations
Source 3
A secret plan drawn up by the British and French foreign ministers, Hoare and Laval, 10
December 1935
(Catalogue ref: PRO 30/69/621)
Questions
1. What is being proposed in the plan?
2. Who would benefit from this plan?
3. Hoare and Laval planned to present the proposal to Mussolini before showing it to the
League of Nations or Haile Selassie. What does this plan show about the determination of
Britain and France to stand up to Mussolini?
4. The plan was abandoned when the British public found out about it. Both foreign ministers
were forced to resign. Were Hoare and Laval wrong to draw up this proposal? Explain your
answer.
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Mussolini & Abyssinia > League of Nations
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