ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL OF THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT SERVISIO INFORMASIONI (INFORMATION SERVICE)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002700500003-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 1998
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 1, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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,SUBJECT Organization and Personnel of the Italian NO. OF PAGES a
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1. The Servizio Informazioni (Information Service) is divided into the
follat:ri.ng offices:
a. Division of Radio Broadcasts for Foreign Countries;
b. Radio Reception Division;
c.. Information Agencies, Cultural Relations, and Press
Atthches Division;
d. Publishing and Compilation Division;
es Cc nunicationa and Italian. Press Review Division;
f. Foreign Press Review Division; and
g. General Affairs Division.'
3R Division of,,F?Qo Broadcasts for Foreign Countries
This office., located in Via Veneto, Rome, is directed by Dr. Gilberto
I3ernabei. This division is concerned with short wave radio broadcasts
abroad the maintenance of relations with the RAI (Radio Audizioni
Italia5, and television problem. The broadcasts are given in the
following languages:
a. Europe:. Rumanian, Slav, Turkish, Greek, French, English,
Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian,
German, Czechoslovak, Polish and Russian.
bb. Overseas: English and Italian to the Far East and the
Pacific, Italian and dialects to Eastern Africa.
C. Latin America: Portuguese, Spanish and Italian.
d, North
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North Africa: Arabic
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3. This division includes the following sections:
.. Section 1: Personnel, general and administrative affairs,
and accounts. The section head is Dr. Flaminio
Coppotelli.
b. Section 2: Compilation of daily bulletins for the various
d. Section 4: Special Broadcasts (Special and unusual programs,
registrations, installation of microphones, radio
corivearsations, musical programs, etc,) The section
head is Dr. Luigi Rossi.
language departments. The section head is Dr.
Francesco Random.
Section 3,: Special Bulletins (Italian Bulletins of the
Foreign Ministry, Italian Bulletins for South
Africa, Economic Bulletins, Sports Bulletins,
Radiotelegraph Bulletins, etc.) The section head
is Dr. Filippo :Lennini.
e. Section 5: Television, study and legislation, and relations
with RAI. The head of the section is Dr. Piero
Paiolli.
Presently the following individuals are attached to this division:
Raoul Moretti
lsidoro Di Falco
Bodil Borge Ciccarella
Torgen Runa P3raino
Giovanna Capristo
Dr. Antonio Cuvella
C elebi Perizat
Srecko Berger
Viera Maguglian.i
Dr. Raffaele De Liso
Umberto NiTani
Iva Do Paci
Roberto Andreani
Luigi Giannelli Viscardi
Leone Laazerini
}tadso technician
English language translator
Danish translator
Swedish translator
German translator
Greek translator
Turkish transl:;tor
Croat translator
Serbian translator
Rumanian translator
Slav.. German and Eastern European
questions.
Portuguese translator
,-.ish translator for North America
English translator for Africa.
English translator for the Far East
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Elena Parisini
French translator
C ater i,na Baydac
Russian translator
Karol Klesseczynski
Polish translator
Employment scheduled
Giovanni Simko
Hungarian translator
to terminate 1 January
1949
Boushav Votruba
Czech translator
Andrea Cincura
Slovak translator )
Additional information on the division is as follows:
ao_ The Prato Smeraldo Short Lave Center, which is in the course
of preparation, will not be ready until July 1949; and until
that time the technical means available to this division cannot
be effectively determined;
b, On 25 October 1948, the International Conference for the
Assignment of Short Wave Frequencies convened in Uet co
City. The conference was to decide upon frequency
assignments for each country, their hour schedule and
their direction. The conference was expected to complete
its activities by February 1949. The assigned hours and
frequencies, at that time, must be effectively covered;
6. Radio Reception Division
This office, located on Via Veneto, Rome, is directed by Dr. George
Nelson Page. Presently the radio receptions are being received by
the various stations in Italian, English, German, Hungarian and
French. Among those employed by this division are the following:
Giorgio Britti
Angelo Natoni
Giuseppe Nicosia
7, This division. is presently composed of the following sections:
a. Se':tion 1 - Radio receptions;
b. Section 2 - Radiotelegraph receptions; and
c. Section 3 - Bulletin editing.
The complete program which could be put into immediate operation
requires the work of 48 technically trained personnel including the
three mentioned above.
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8. Inforn:tian Agencies Cultural Relations and Press Attaches Division
This office, located on Via Veneto, Rome, is directed by Dr. Giuseppe
Padellardo, It is composed of the following sections:
a. section 1: Press Attaches - The functions of this section
include relations with the prefectures, study of the press,
contacts with the press federation and analogous organizations
and travel concessions to Italian journalists.
-Staff: Supervisor - Dr. Carlo Cavazzuti ( Communist
cell leader)
Personnel Officer - First Techf .cal Aid Gustav
Bottini
Adjunct Officer - Olga Vallario
Section 2: Cultural Relations - The functions of this
section include the dissemination of Italian culture
abroad, relations with international organizations,
relations with foreign newspapers, agencies and journalists,
travel concessions to foreign journalists, relations with the
Italian Foreign Minister, Minister of Public Instruction and
Minister of 'oreign Commerce, and the examination of journals
and reviews concerning import and export practices.
Staff: Supervisor Dr. Domenico De Gregorio
Personnel Officer - Guglielmo Paoloni
Section 3: Information encies - The functions of this
section include relations with Italian information agencies,
selection of news from the information agencies and
scheduled meetings with ANSA (Agensia Nazionale Stampa
Associata) and ARI (Agenzia Romana Informazionl) v
Staff: Supervisor - Guglielmo Lareo (Accountant)
Personnel Officer - Dr. Giuseppe Sarti
Attorney -- Dr. Aurelio Alesi
Attorney - 'relia L. oni
Attorney - Clara Barletta
9? Publishim, and ComAlation Division
This office, located on Via Veneto, Rome, is directed by Dr. Angel'
Russo. It is composed of the following sections:
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ao Section 1: Newspaper Publisher
(1)
Functions of the Section
(a) Relations with the C entrU Paper
Commission;
(b) Number of pages and daily prices of
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papers;
Application of decrees and pecuniary
fines;
(d) Contact with Interminieterial Committee
of Prices;
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(g)
Examination of the import and export
practices of paper for newspape's,
linotype moulds, typographic machines
and other materials necessary for the
publication of newspapers;
Relations with the Ministry of Foreign
Comerce, Ministry of Finance, Ministry
of the Treasury and the Ministry of Industrial
Commerce;
Contacts with the Newspaper Publisher's
Association of Northern Italy at Milan,
the Newspaper Publisher's Union at Home
and with the National Labor Bank;
(h) Remedial legislation concerning
publishing, cellulose and paper
organizations;
(1) Remedial legislation concerning the
weekly rest of employees of the newspaper
establishments;
(j) Travel concessions to the Administrative
Directors; and
(k) Questions and Inquiries of Parliament.
(2) Staff of the Section.
Supervisor: Dr. Giuseppe Della Rocca
Personnel Officer: Marino Antoniades
Attorney: Raffaella Giu.iti
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b. SectioBook PublishinSection
(t,) Functions of the Section
(a) Importation of paper for scholastic
books;
(b) Commercial agreements for import quotas;
(c) Customs tariff revisions
(d) Daily and periodic printing controls;
(e) Maintenance of a file of newspapers; and
(f) Management of various correspondence.
(2) Staff of the Section
Supervisor: Dr. Alfonso Oliveri
10. Communications and Italian Press Review Division
This office, located in Piazza Viminale, Rome, is directed by
Professor Renato Lefevre. This division has the following
duties: (a) Maintenance of contacts with the daily and
periodical press for everything, that concerns the political
activity of the Presidency of the Council; (b) Coordination
of the above (communications, press conferences, press news,
indicated trends, rectifications, etc,,) with the other
ministries; and (c) Calling attention to the President
of th,6 Council and to the Undersecretary to the President
of indications concerning government activities in the
Italian press. This office is provided with an established
teletype network to accomplish these duties, which directly
connects it with the principal Italian and Foreign Press
Agencies, and in the future.is to connect it with the Prefecture.
11. This division is composed of the following units:
as Section I Communications and Relations with the Press
Counsellors Dr, Lucio Leuzzi
Attaches: Vittore Zara
Ire Giovanni Iannelli (of the Finance
Ministry)
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b. Sectio2 Dai R2VJYL
(l) Rome Dal1., Pa prs
Counsellor: Dr. Giuseppe Del Buono
First.Secretary: Dra Bruno Gaeta
First Secretary: Dr. Achille Ragnisco
Attorney: Dr. Giulio Patrizi
Attorney: Dra Cesare Carta
(2) Provincial Daily Papers First Secretary: Dr. Fabrizio Antolini
Attache: Ieidoro Verga
Section Documentation (,CI.i and Periodical Review
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(1) Can& Section
First Secretary: Dr. Fabrizio Antolini
Accountant: Antonio Cecchin
Attorney: Venanzio Vannozzi
(2) Review of Periodicals
Attache: Dr. Donatella Piccioni
Attorney: Renato Borgo Caratti
Attache : Gianni C?.derone
d. hLelikVes
Carabineri Marshal Giovanni Muntoni
Carabineri Marshal Leonardo Concas
Attorney: Giovanni Zacchi
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F.ena Deroci
Fernando Tancredi
Columba Cerulli (Attorney for the African -Ministry)
Pietro Passacantando (Attorney)
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Public Security Marshal Giulio Quintavalle
Public Security Marshal Clemente .iintaval.7L.
Guard Francisco Arato
Guard Raimondo Delfino
Antechamber
Chief Receptionist Mario Petrini
Receptionist: Antonio Volante
Messenger: Arcangelo Mazza
Messenger: Cosimo Casa.7.ino
12. Foreig Press Division
This office, located in Via Veneto, is under the direction of Dr..
Goffredo Raponio This division has the principal task of examining
the foreign press for news concerning the Italian internal situation
and international reports and developments with which Italy is even
indirectly interested.
The division is divided into the following sections:
a. Forei-n?Press Bulletin Section - This section is
concerned with the selection of political items
from the foreign press, their translation and editing;
bo Fore. Press Review Section - This section is
concerned with news and interesting comments on
other services: Theater, Movies, Music, Travel,
Publications, etc.; and
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This office, located in Via Veneto, is under the direction of Dr. R.
Marchionne. -The division is composed of the following sections:
a? Section . This section is concerned with personal and
restricted affairs, the Archives, the Copy Office and the
Antechamber; and
b.. Section 2? This section is concerned with general affairs,
coordination, the budget and the acquisition of materials.
c. For Press In Italy Section - This section is
concerned with contacts with foreign news agencies,
newspapers and journalists in Italy.
General Affairs Division
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