VIEWS OF UGO LA MALFA, ITALIAN MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005600630011-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 6, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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t~go La Alai.faa Italian Minister ~*ithaut I'artfolia. recently a~.de the
fol.la~ixag observations an the present political eit~xFtion is Italyd
'the ~nex~ica,n. stand vis~a~vis the ~oreasa situation has had. the effect of
strengthening :h+e posit~.oa of the Ita~.ian (~ov~srsmax~t and of the Christian
i3+cratic Psrtyn Aa& a result of this the rear#,ioaary elaaments urit.hib
the Christian D~+acratic Party have base advocating a po~.icy based oas
fihe follaxi.ng txo paintsa
a,~ ~# eo~aplete ~nodificatiou of the Goverament~e- prapased social and
agrar3,an. reforms; atad
b? 'i'h.e fQr~,irag of a one~~party Christian Democratie Gcjee~rnnteaal6o
P'rmmier A~.cide ~+g Gaspers opposes this re~?ctiona=ry tren~t=: atsd recent3~
had a discussion ixa this cxamrxe~ctioa Britt'!. tuniantore ~'anfastim former Italian
RA~1~i,~.i staar of ~atsrar?. said '~on~s of the sttsgt prominent reacti~raarie?~ in the
V.Ydr,6$*aiS~T). +iB'~~.iaYi~ i~~?rt~a~
according to ~a Ma~.far ve C~asperi had plan?aed to extend 'the pre?en.t
coalition ts~ iaalxa.de the 3ta,lian Liberal Party and the tJ~eitary Socialist
P?~rtyo %n connection with this, Yu~official di~-ca~asions 7~mtweer, the ~ccan-~
>Geraaed ~.u~xties xere a,~lready under xe,;~o ~foxewsr~ b~scouoe of the+ increased
reaotio3~ax'y apposition 'Go such a p~.ax-? Ise Ga,$peri felt that perhaps thsr
w~.sea t ca~a.rse atti~~t be to agree to an experimental oaae~?party goverzsmezat
on the assta~npt~.oxt? as hs~ h#.mself confided to ba Aia~.fao that this experi~ne;tzt
w~autd f,~,il end xould serve as a les~s+aa to the reactionaries xho had advoc#btasd.
it. '7`he xaon-Chrietlaa~ ~emoaratic members ~ of the Gaveraament~ however, xsraed
De Gaspers that such an. experiment might ~~eopa.rdix~e the victories already
scox~,~ a~rer ttze Italians Cam~nxnists and wc>ild be risky in vier of the ap~~roacb.~
ix~ elsclciozlsa Mere is. therefor?~, still same hope that Do Gasperi~ rho i.s
hi~t?telf fvilti~ senate of . ?the~ a consider~:tions ~ xibl contiznxe his attsa~pts to
elir~inatie the xeaGtiozuiry op~aasitioa~ thus a,~oiding the i'ormatioa of a onew
party gnv$rn~aenta
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This document is hereby regraded 't?
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance ?wi`th the
letter of 16 October 1978 from 7~-s
Director of Central Intelligence to ;the
Archivist of the United States.
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Iaa ~alfa.believes th7t9 if the Tt~.lian Government s~etP.ia~s its present
sts,tus,. the Ita:.li.~.n ~"ornrrrunist Y~rty will cc~ntin~iP to Iose ~;roUrd and
will be farted to trensfer its attention al~~t entirely to ecanomia
iseues~ where the Co~ariuaiats us~fort.tel~r have load ar~imants iffi
tAh~e~.r favore
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