 Umberto in September 1944 vetoed an attempt by the Bonomi government to start an investigation of who was responsible for abandoning Rome in September 1943 as he feared that it show his father was a coward.The same month, Badoglio who was kept on as an adviser by Umberto made an offer to British and the Americans on behalf of the regent in September 1944 for Italy to be governed by a triumvirate consisting of himself, Bonomi and the former prime minister Vittorio Orlando which purged the prefects in the liberated areas who were "agents of Togliatti and Nenni" with Fascist-era civil servants.Badoglio also spoke of Umberto's desire not to lose any territory after the war to Greece, Yugoslavia and France.