Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
VaItaly vakabatanidza Albania pakupera kwevhiki kweIsita muna 1939, Paul akaramba kuita chinyunyuto, icho chakatambudza zvikuru ukama neYugoslavia yeBalkan Pact yakabatana neTurkey, iyo yakaratidzira zvakanyanya kupokana nekubatanidzwa kwenyika yechiMuslim iyo maTurkey aive nehukama hwepedyo. Kubatanidzwa kweAlbania neItaly kwakatungamirira kuItaly kudzora mativi ose eOtranto Strait, uye nokudaro kwakabvumira vaItaly kudimbura Yugoslavia kubva pakuwana nyika yose. Musi waMay 12, 1939, Britain neTurkey dzakabudisa chirevo chakabatana chaivimbisa "kuita kuti pave nokuchengeteka muBalkans". Sezvo Paul akanga ava kuda kuita shanyo yehurumende kuItaly, akawana kutaura kwakabva kumumiriri weTurkey muBelgrade kunoratidza kuti Yugoslavia ishande neTurkey mumweya wechiziviso cheAnglo-Turkish kuti irambe chero humwe kufambira mberi kweItaly muBalkan kwakashata kwazvo uye yakajekesa kuti yaisada kuita chinhu nechirevo cheTurkey.