Abstract:
In the first decade following the defeat of the Italian fascist and the death of Mussolini, the erstwhile Duce tended to cause problems to the British. In some cases bogus documents emerged to the surface from bank vaults reinforced by the statements of biased witnesses. The most important aspect of these false papers proved to be the alleged correspondance between Sir Winston Churchill and Benito Mussolini. On the other hand, the Foreign Office had difficulties in handling the entry of Mussolini’s daughter to Britain, taking into consideration the political impact of the expulsion. The allegations had been lingering on to the early 1980’s, the resurrection of which was thwarted by the collapse of the Soviet Union and access to the documents of the early Cold War.
