Venizelos-Tittoni Agreement

Background

The Venizelos-Tittoni Agreement was a non-binding secret agreement between the Greek Prime Minister, Eleftherios Venizelos, and the Italian Foreign Minister, Tommaso Tittoni, in July 1919, during the Paris Peace Conference.

Main Terms

The agreement attempted to reach an agreement on the opposing territorial claims of Greece and Italy. The main terms of the agreement were as follows:

* Greece pledged to support Italian claims over Vlorë and the establishment of an Italian protectorate over Albania.
* In Asia Minor, Greece would support Italian claims over parts of the sanjaks of Aydın and Menteshe, which were not already captured by the Greek army. A line of demarcation between Greek and Italian zones was drawn in the Maeander River valley.
* Greece would also secure a free zone for Italy at the port of Smyrna (under Greek administration from May 1919).
* Italy pledged to support Greek territorial claims over Northern Epirus and transfer the Dodecanese to Greece, except for the islands that were already under Italian control.

Significance

The agreement was an effort to achieve a mutually beneficial arrangement between Greece and Italy, taking into account their competing interests in the region. However, it is worth noting that the agreement was non-binding and did not lead to any concrete outcomes or territorial changes.

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