on 19 may 1941 pavelić and mussolini, in accordance with the contract signed in rapallo at the end of wwi between serbs kingdom of jugoslavia and italy, signed roma operating contract by which ndh had to cede to italy (in accordance with rapallos contract) almost all of dalmatia and parts of hrvatsko primorje and gorski kotar. ndh was also forbidden to have a navy. these "contracts" illustrate more than anything else the dependence of the country upon the axis powers.