He had a "long and cordial talk with Count Ciano," the official communique said. During his talk with Count Ciano, the German Ambassador, Count Hans-Georg Viktor von Mackensen, called at the Foreign Office, but it was announced that the visit had no connection with the special conversations.
Mr. Welles, Vatican City officially announced, will be granted an audience by the Pope on Monday.
There were some quarters here that believed that Mr. Welles' talk with the Italian King might have involved a peace plan on which ghe German Foreign Minister, Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop, was reported to have sounded out Pope Pius at Vatican City this week. The fact that Mr. Welles will also see the Pope was considered especially significant by these quarters.
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