FASCIST COUNCIL
FATEFUL DECISION LONDON, July 26. Rome radio announced that the Fascist Grand Council met last Saturday, when Signor Mussolini made a statement. Those present included Marshal de Bono, Count Grandi, Signore Scorza, Farinacci, and Alfieri, Count Ciano, and Signor Bastianini. Amplifying the radio announcement the Italian news agency says that the Council adopted a resolution which was presented by Grandi inviting Mussolini to ask the King to assume the effective command of all the armed forces and the supreme initiative in taking decisions. The discussions lasted without interruption for ten hours, and Grandi's resolution was carried by 19 votes to 7. Those in favour included Ciano, Bastianini, and de Bono.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 24, 28 July 1943, Page 5
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