https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/e2b21c2df69d82bbd25aed121975b6ad.pdf 92710a0ba270327ff076250f323366c4 PDF Text Text V i'Vj HOi'i£ APRi'if f>9 C\JAYD TO EXTERNAL J32 C S C / IS fa INFO LDN EMBASSYPARIS NATOPARIS BONN TT WASHDC FM OTT tt HOkbft'ffi [n'mi)]Q•-..«<£•.A^S HI-DTO REF OUR LET 245 APRS MISSILE BASES IN ITALY HAVING READ NATOPARIS TEL 782 APR16 I MAY SAY THAT ITALIAN GOVT HAS NOT RPT NOT BEEN MORE LOQUACIOUS IN ROME THAN THROUGH ITS REP IN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE IN PARIS IN REGARD TO SUBJECT UNDER REF ..THE REASON I PRESUME IS THAT FOR MILITARY REASONS THE TWO PARTIES TO AGREEMENT ARE ANXIOUS TO KEEP SOME OF ITS TERMS AS SECRET AS POSSIBLE* 2oIN ITALIAN PARLIAMENT MATTER HAS CAUSED LIVELY DEBATE WHICH TERMINATED IN SENATE YESTERDAYpTHIS BODY HAVING REJECTED '_Y S33 TO 87 COMMUNIST-SOCIALIST PROTEST AGAINST AGREEMENT.COMMUNISTS AND LEFT WING SOCIALISTS COMMANDING 78 VOTES,if SEEMS THAT ONLY 9 OTHER SENATORS BACKED THEIR OBJECTIONS. 3.WHILE COMMUNISTS TOOK DIRECT VIEW THAT AGREEMENT WAS OPEN ACT OF HOSTILITY AGAINST SOCIALIST COUNTRIES.fSOCIALISTS RATHER DEVELOPED THEME THAT ITALY WOULD HENCEFORTH BE INVOLVED IF WAR OF ANNIHILATION UERE TO BREAK OUT BETWEEN THE TWO GREATEST POWERSeR£PUBLICAN LEADER PACCIARDI NONE THE LESS OBSERVED THAT SOCIALISTS HAD THEREBY SHOWN THAT THEIR SLOGAN ABOUT AUTONOMY OF SOCIALIST PARTY IS A MYTH, 4.OPPOSITION MADE GREAT FUSS OVER PELLAS REPORTED STATEMENT IN NY THAT ITALY PREFERRED TO RUN RISK OF ATOMIC ATTACK RATHER THAN THAT OF COMMUNIST DOMINATIONjALSO OVER RUMOUR THAT GENERALS MANCINELLI AND LUIZZI,UNTXL RECENTLY GENERAL CHIEF OF STAFF AND CHIEF OF STAFF FOR ARMY,HAD HAD TO ABANDON THEIR POSTS FOR BEING OPPOSED TO AGREEMENT. ON ONE HAND PELLA WAS NOT RPT MOT TOO SKILFUL IN FIRST DENYING HAVING MADE STATEMENT AND THEN INTIMATING THAT WHAT HE HAD MEANT WAS THAT ITALY INTENDS TO PRESERVE HER FREEDOM AT ALL COSTS*QN OTHER HAND GENERAL LUIZZI DID NOT RPT NOT DISPEL RUMOUR BY PUBLISHING LET IN WHICH HE MAINTAINED THAT INSTALLATION OF MISSILE BASES IN ITALY WAS OPPORTUNE BUT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT RECONCILED NATO INTERESTS WITH ITALIAN NATIONAL INTERESTS IN BEST POSSIBLE WAY, 5,ON BASIC ISSUE PELLA INSISTED THAT IT WAS NOT RPT NOT QUESTION o0a 2000507 �*• . \ PAGE TWO 132 OF GRANTING BASES BUT OF EQUIPPING ITALIAN ARMED FORCES WITH NECESSARY MODERN MEANS OF DEFENCE. 6.ON THE WHOLE I WOULD SAY THAT WHILE GOVT COULD NOT RPT NOT BE IN DANGER OVER THE ISSUE OPPOSITION MADE BEST IT COULD OF IT AND INDEED REMARKABLY WELL IN CIRCUMSTANCES MAYRAND08S 000508 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDNW04110 Title A name given to the resource CDNW04110 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "NATO Cooperation Regarding Nuclear Weapons And Missile Bases (IRBM)," RG24-B-1, vol 21468, file CSC 2108:1, part 2, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Nuclear Weapons Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en