POSSIBLE POLICY CHANGES VIS-A-VIS THE TRIESTE QUESTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009200150006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 24, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: November 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Possible Policy Changes
DATE OF
DATE DIM. 5 Navy. 2.951
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1. As reported in Will on 19 October 1951 the pro .Cominform Communist
Party of Trieste reportedly received orders from Rom to eeaee support
of the policy advocating the application of the Italian Peace Treaty to
the Free Territory of Trieste. The Party was allegedly instructed to
advocate the return of the Territory to Itra1y. In this connection it
is noted that on 9 October 1951, Palmi.ro Togliatti, in a speech before
the Italian Chamber of Deputies regardingA"the Tric*to question, ?nade tiro
following statement: "I brought back a proposal for tiro L]ivialan of
Trieste made by 1 rshm1 Tito ..... but we state clearly that cro could not
accept that proposal."
2. Togliatti was referring to his meeting with Tito on 5 November 1946.
His recent assertion appears to be in line with the alleged change in
policy regrading Trieste and directly contrary to what he stated in
1946. This change of face is currently being exploited by anti-Co an .
ist organizq~tionss inn widely distributed poster.
Visa-Vie the Trieste Question
Cots It is possible that the change in policy by the pro-
brm Communist Party in Trieste outlined in parcgrcph 1 above my
be a conclusion drawn from Togliatti's speech by anti--Coainfoii el enta
in Trieste. It is difficu.t to believe that ouch a shift in policy would
be handled by the Italian Commtmist Party leadership in such a tentative
fashion as to permit a possible split between the Slovene Italian members
of the pro-Cor4nfoxm Communist Party in Trieste.
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