CABLE TO AMEMBASSY TEHRAN FROM THE SITUATION ROOM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-262-1-33-3
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2010
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: November 1, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/08: LOC-HAK-262-1-33-3
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TO: JEER Y BREMER/DAVE GOI.MPERT
FROM: THE SIT UAT ION ROOM'
`f_REIN I T H SE CUR I T COND IT IONS FOR SE CRETAR Y KISSINGER` S VISIT
TO ROME.
1. POLITICAL TENSIONS HAVE COMBINED WITH A DE-
TFR IOPAT ING ECONOMY TO CREATE A VOLAT ILE SITUAT ION
IN ITALY. THE COUNTRY HAS HAD ONLY A CARETAKER GOVERN-
MENT FOR THE LAST MONTH, AS EFFORTS TO FORM A SUCCESSOR
TO PR IME MINISTER RUMOR'S CABINET-,\HIGH RESIGNED ON
OCTOB;I 3-;-HAVE FOUNDERED ON INTER- PARTY 0 IFFERENCES
OVER ECONOMIC POLICY ANO RELATIONS WITH THE POWERFUL
COMMUNIST PARTY (PCI) . ORGANIZED LABOR, MEANWHILE, HAS
GROWN INCREASINGLY MIL ITANT AND IS TRYING TO SECURE
CONCESSIONS FROM MANAGEMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT THAT
WO LLD INCREASE WORKER PURCHASING POWER AND OFFSET GRO\-
ING UNEMPLOYMENT.
2.. LABOR-MANAGEMENT TALKS ON THESE ISSUE'S BROKE
DOWN ON OCTOBER 28, AND THE NATIONAL LABOR LEADER SHIP
HAS PROCLAIMED A T W0-+AFEK "STRUGGLE PERIOD` PEG INNING
ON NOVEMBER 5. SOME TYPE OF ACT ION WILL PROPARL Y RE
SCHEDULED IN ROME FOR THAT DAY TO OPEN THE PERIOD.
ALTHOUGH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME VIOLENCE CANNOT BE
EXCL. UO E:D , I T I's NOT L I KEL Y T o INVOLVE AN Y SER I OU S SEC-
1F IT Y R I SKS.
3. POL IT ICAL DEBATE GENERATED BY EFFORTS TO FORT!
A NEW GOVERNMENT HAS INCLUDED CHARGES FROM THE LEFT OF
US INTERFERENCE IN ITALIAN D OMEST IC AFFAIRS. MUCH HAS
BEEN MADE OF RECENT PRESS EXPOSES OF ALLEGED US INTER-
VENT ION IN CHILE. ALLCNDE WAS A HERO TO BOTH MODERATE
AND F TREME ITAL_ IAN LEFTISTS, AND THEY HAVE GOTTEN
MAXIMUM PROPAGANDA MILEAGE 011T OF THE CHILEAN REVELA-
TIONS. SECRETARY KISSLNGER HAS UNFAILINGLY BEEN
PORTRAYED A S THE PR I ME MOVER I N T HE AFFAIR .
$. CONSEQUENTLY, THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO ROME l,' ILL
BE MAR KFO PY LA,RGE, `:1F.LL,-ORGANIZFO ANT I-US DFMONS-Tel, AT IOMS.
THE SE FALL INTO T ;W0 BR OA?. iCAT E G OF I E S:
A. T1LOSE SCHEDULED RY THE LEFT - WING - EXTREMISTS --
ST UDFNT GAR OHPS ANO3 F XT" APARL IAEMENTAR Y LEFT IST
ORa;A,NI7A,T10NS--b~'HO EaO 1N!0T. I SIT ATE TO E!LURAC
MOLL CF$
THOSE ORGAtd11ED PY LEFTIST ELEMENTS, SUCH AS TF ;E
COMMUNIST PARTY, 1111 HC CULT IVATE AN IMAGE of
RESPECT II ITY AN:"_:_ LL ISC0!_RACE \'I01 EkkCE
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/08: LOC-HAK-262-1-33-3
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PE.TAR Y KISSINGER' S VISIT FOR SOMME TIME. ONE FXT;-,;EM1ST
>UBL 11,A T I O N , MA N I FE ST O, HAS P D E P1 FE EC I NG ITS READ R S A
R'AIt,Y C. IFT OF "HATE AMER ICA" AND "HATE VI SSINGER" "+AT-
FR IAL; IT ALI.EGES T HAT THE SF GRET AR Y' S SPEECH TO THE F: O
CONFERENCE IS 0NL.Y A PRETEXT FOR A VISIT TO 1TA.LY, DURINN!G