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German peace efforts via Sweden failed. Ambassador Victor Mallet (left)
walking with Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth) and Prince Phillip

MAY 25-28, 1940
“THE WAR CABINET CRISIS” / CHURCHILL AND LORD

HALIFAX DIVIDED OVER ITALIAN PEACE MEDIATION

Giuseppe Bastianini, the Italian ambassador in London, requests a meeting with
British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax to discuss Italy's neutrality. Halifax
meets Bastianini later that afternoon. The discussion soon moves to that of
Italian mediation between the Allies and Germany.

Bastianini reveals that the goal of Italian leader Benito Mussolini (Hitler's close
ally) is to negotiate a settlement "that would not merely be an armistice, but
would protect European peace for the century." (16) Halifax responds very
favorably to the idea and takes it to the British War Cabinet.

The following morning Halifax reports to the War Cabinet, summarizing his
meeting with Bastianini and urging his colleagues to consider Italian mediation.
Again, Churchill would have none of it!

For several days, Halifax continues to press for the Mussolini mediation. In an
apparent attempt to placate Halifax, Churchill states that he doubts whether
anything would come of an approach to Italy, but that the matter was one which