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"PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES" LONDON, England, April 5. Reichs-fuehrer Adolf Hitler and Italian Premier Benito Mussolini in a long telephonic conversation today on the European situation, were said to have "agreed on "precautionary military measures" taken by Italy, according to the London Evening Star. The newspaper asserted that the two dictators discussed concerted action in case of "unexpected" developments. The British government scanned reports of increased Italian activity in Albania and the Adriatic area. The foreign office disclaimed official knowledge of rumors of increased participation by Italy and Germany in the affairs of Nationalist Spain. Officials asserted that the foreign office had no information about reports that the British and French ambassadors had protested to Burgos the reported landing of 4,000 new Italian troops on Spanish soil. They were also unaware, they said, of a report from Germany that General Franco had promised that Spains Atlantic ports would be available to the Italian navy in the event of war.
