Hoare–Laval Pact

The Hoare -Laval Pact was an Anglo - French plan to end the Abessinienkriegs between Italy and Ethiopia by dividing Ethiopia. It was founded in 1935, negotiated by the foreign ministers of the two countries, Samuel Hoare and Pierre Laval and should form the basis for a decision of the League of Nations in this matter. It was planned, the Italians parts of the Ogaden and Tigray regions - award and economic exclusive rights in the southern part of Ethiopia - a total of about one-fifth of the Ethiopian territory. In return, Ethiopia should have access to the Italian -Eritrean port of Assab. Background for this Italy to very generous arrangement was the effort of France and Britain to prevent a political rapprochement of Italy to the German Reich and a complete breakup of the Stresa Front. In addition, should further damage to the League of Nations, which belonged to both belligerents and its sanctions against the aggressor Italy had until then remained largely ineffective, be averted. Shortly before the planned submission of the plan before the League of Nations in December 1935, he became public, where he was heavily criticized and eventually led to the resignation of the two ministers. Nevertheless, presented in December 1935 also Hoare's successor Anthony Eden in Rome nor a variant of the plan, in which the UK even himself wanted to renounce in favor of Ethiopia to the British- Somali port of Zeila, Italy should not accept to surrender Assab be (proposta Zeila, Zeila proposal ).