Inside the Allied headquarters of the Security Organization, General Onorato di Giva, the overall commander of the Sardinian Army, looked at the orders in his hand for a long while before finally managing to say, "Isn't this… a bit too long?"
"Perhaps… I ought to return to report to His Majesty the King..."
The French officer before him smiled and said, "Please rest assured, the General Staff has already received the approval of His Majesty Emanuele IV. I believe his courier will arrive at Ancona very soon."
This officer was a member of the Mediterranean Security Organization Headquarters.
Just now, he had delivered the General Staff's orders to General Giva—that, in order to prevent Naples from launching retaliatory actions, and to supervise their strict adherence to the armistice agreement, the Security Organization had decided to station troops, rotating garrisons in Ancona.
