After the Warsaw Treaty was signed, Prime Minister Chamberlain and Foreign Minister Bonnet no longer had the leisure to remain in Warsaw. They hurriedly left that place of sorrow.
Though neither said it aloud, both knew perfectly well that the so-called Warsaw Treaty was merely a fig leaf draped in the name of peace, concealing the sale of interests to the Axis powers.
Bonnet was somewhat better off, but Prime Minister Chamberlain was anxious to return home and give an account to the others in Britain. At the very least, he had to let the British know his painstaking intentions.
In a study at Wilanów Palace.
Having seen off Britain and France, Benito was now complaining to Adolf about the terms of the Warsaw Treaty.
"Under the terms of this Warsaw Treaty, Italy obtained Libya, but this outcome is far from satisfactory."
"Half of Libya was already in Italy's hands. Even with French Libya added in, its overall economic and military value remains extremely limited."
"Even a complete Libya would do little to help the Axis powers break Britain and France's hegemony in North Africa."
Benito himself was filled with resentment toward the Warsaw Treaty, especially since he had failed to obtain even Tunisia, which he had set his sights on.
Although, according to the terms, Tunisia would next become jointly administered by France and Italy, in Benito's eyes, that still meant Italy had not taken Tunisia.
If Bonnet had heard Benito's words, he would probably have been so furious that he spat blood. France had already suffered a tremendous loss by giving up Libya, yet it still could not satisfy the Italians' ambitions.
However, Benito had his reasons for being dissatisfied that Tunisia was not wholly under Italy's control.
Tunisia could be called the territory Italy most wanted