text: 14th June 1898. shall apply equally to the territories situated to the south of the 14°~0• parallel of north latitude. and to the north of the 5th parallel of north latitude. between the 14°~0' meridian of lon­ gitude east of Greenwich ( l~th degree east of Paris) and the course of the Upper Nile. DoNL Al LoN1>0N. the 21st March 1899. (Sig11ed) SAUSBCRY (Sig11ed) Paul CAMBON i: i ,,. ,,··-Jo ; c:::f" " . r' ,I I D• • ! II I : .c • V 0 . C "" ... ~ C ' ... II " .,,. • T!. ANNEX III Franco-Italian Agreements of 1902 reaffirming the previous Agreements .• A. MR. PRINETTI, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ITALY, TO MR. BARRERE, AMBASSADOR OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC IN ROME Following our conversations concerning the reciprocal situation of Italy and France in the Mediterranean basin, with particular reference to the respective interests of the two nations in Tripolitania Cyrenaica and in Morocco, it seemed to us appropriate to clarify the commitments arising from the exchange ofletters dated 14 and 16 December 1900 on that subject between Yeur Excel: lency an·d Marquis Visconti Venosta, to the effect that each of the two Powers might freely develop its sphere of influence in the above-mentioned regions at such time as it deemed appropriate, and without the action of one of them being necessarily subordinated to that of the other. It was explained on that occasion that the limit of French expansion in North Africa referred to in the above­ mentioned letter dated 14 December 1900 from Your Excellency is taken to mean the frontier of Tripolitania marked on the map an­ nexed to the Additional Declaration of 21 March 1899 to the Franco-British Convention of 14 June 1898. We noted that that interpretation now leaves no differences out­
analysis: The text appears to be a historical document related to international agreements and treaties between France and Italy, specifically regarding their interests and spheres of influence in North Africa and the Mediterranean basin. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that the document is a formal agreement or treaty.