REACTION OF ITALIAN MINISTERS TO VISIT BY WILLIAM H. HEROD

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008300310002-8
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 9, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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The ~'vl2c>~r3.n,~ ~: r~pl~eaxt~ the 2*eatMtion vi' Ital.ia~n 241nis~rr
tv the visit to 3~v1>7~ via ~ 2~ay l~l by Wi].1iatlt ~'. rvd, Co-ord~.natvr
oi' the NA'~t3 l~xt~ ~'ra3ductiorl:
pi+etro C ilAi i"rsxr 3+~in:~.r o~ `1?ran~ , ~t
Oampilli e~ssed than vg~.ntan tv a P~rienc~ at tkte beginui~ of Mane 191
that idill.iafa ~, Nrrc~d, Ov--v:.~,3z~,atvr v~ BTA'~O 3)ettsn~ 3?r~od~ctisan, was an
escta:~mely cap>~bl,e and cvaagleteast d~rican industrialist, wha had not shown
hie hand in hie a~reaut3 discussions in Italy. Bet has asld many thins
to explained tee hiz~a, abvaxt which ~ se~me:d neatic~ably ~sll int`o~ed;
he: had +sghe~rd the It=al.iax~ tv act and haul ~vinteed Dort that aa~ at' vth~Ir cc~untrie~e. $e gavrE* advice oar the pvte~iitia3,ities v~
Italiera indtal~try, b~tzt ux>:derl.iraad thle fact that it was up tv them tv
the planes . ~ aid that ~ht prvblern v~' raw ir~terial.s was a di~'icult
a~r~, aad. stataad that ii" Italy contributed a co~stt+eat p2,at-,, he would sup-
~vrt them ixa NATO. ?art s-hvxt,, he ur~d them nvt an,Iy to plans but alllsa tv
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s -a~lpill.i L~. th8t F.x?Od ? s visit h9d beeII liseeftzl. +aa a gia:r~ral OV;e al.l.
rwi o~ direction, wxa3.caz wv~zld indicate tt- the Italiann whl~t steps tv
t: vta pradiuctivaa ar>d, t~chn.ical. affairs ao a~s tv keep the~aselves in 1i~
with otkr c~au~ttries .
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p~icular?.y wel.3. ~at~h Giuseppe 3~e1].a, t'ora~r t2~.nistex? elf then l"x~reaswry,
vhca had 1~en Cideuu~ that I~ t~ex~tcavd that Ita7.y cou3.d. not spend metre
than the .~5o billion :.ire a.]xesdy a2~.eteated for :>~~~t w-3thout r~rC~iv-
ixYg cons=:detrab]~ L~n3.tt~d 35tatee aid . ~'e had beezi u~e3 ~r t~ders'tand.ing about
the da3~;ers +~f 3.ntZa~t:~:on, sxmd. preuni.s+ed tea z~taticm ~1.ta's ~tzs-7.ms 1.n than
+x~.i~ ~,ual""~~S" .
IY~rs~aa C?nfix~. t~:at BQx~od he+d xetl~a+ed t? esam~it h3mseli' #.tt detail. Ike
hSd ~;it8te(~ that he *~Dti1d Sive hi8 estimate of the Cape~City' ~f Ital3~rxt
~,ndt;e-try' t'or NACU ~c'cadu~tion a~ between ~oG sx~ 5fX3 tni.?.~,iaan dv].lars per
a~aatt. IIe ~cttil.d try to accelerate the plaCix~ of ~aexs f+c~r xta3.ian in-
t3Usdtry' 'W'ithl.~i t~ ~Yattiett03'k of th~E" Atl~ltiC Pmt ~'t7altCtiAxi $08,~?d for i~~.f-
~'Q~~ v+ehielettl, :light s~rt33,lery naval,. Z'+~t),1ii~"e1T~nt86 ,. 'aZZE~ s~t'~ed
here '~hS1$ the ItB3,La~ $@?ixed !tx?d~rm t0 ~ p~.+~Ce?3 throt~h au Italian CaoY~l1'AA~
sent acY a~ nl.t di~ct34y vit2t privates i~.u~tr3.al3.ots .
'.~t]ly, he e~dsti3.tt~d that Bernd had rexatint~d to giv+ae the rican wernisag
a~at e.11fq', zut~~t mcdss +eacrit`icees but "at 3east ?cam h$d nc~rtt been tuap.2i!a~erxat
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Ia P~lfs con''ira ~d cep 2 tuner 1951 that the Gsbiztest wnr, xith a very few
aaxeaept~~as, 8~'E~!Pdl. on the 1'orir-at~.4u of a Cegverxr~rtt a~;exaCy to handlre the
distr3.'~ rut3.o~a of 4 tn~re to the vedrious branchas of Italian ixu3wstry,
Pella ~.:~ str~lY supported this psxlicy and +ea~airted to Alcide 7~ Gasperi,
the xt~~.ian Fr?m~ I~2tn~lsta~r, that it wet veery mtt++:h in taaeping with the t'~`Z-
Cial p~~`.~,cy e3f the aartaryA Without doultit, Stst~e-cawed atr;u States-reubaidi~d
+ssta~yl~.a~ment.s would h$v~e first ~r~.oarl.ty.
. ~ M~x3.aPsr. add,~r~ tTaat he had acted se e~po~ten for the I~~inist~rial. Gomc~ittoe,
rrego~tiatia'ag e~'i~;h ~rcad e+,nd lesson P~f. I?ayGar~, the h?sd taf the ~A rb.serinn ts~
Italya B~rod had given no indieation of has op.~3ooa 3n thie~ at~tter . l~yton
had obCted that he tkxtught the eym Ctrrs+?~te, slo~,r, rind. rsot altaaye to
the adva of thcase placing the aa~3ere . c~usate~a the ~ceumg].,ta of Grrmaay,
mere, he as,%d, the Amearicaxsa and the British. cult d:]xectly w~.th the ix>dtxs-
triatl.i~atea catacra~ed. l~ Pelt's. ~p].ied that there wrere nutr~tea~-ota~ reasC~ vhy
this sy'st~e+ut coin xtot apply t~ the specifies srit~-aatictn in Ite3.y'.
9. I,a A~.~er~l.;l'a add that the Italian ina3uetrieliats had seen T1ee Gaspers sesveral
times, protestix~; against the Goverxsmeant's policy, antl that they gs~ta
reaeutly had had a loxes bsttae Frith Ae].la in Gextoa . "`But, " he sd,~sd, "flare
Govermiyeazt ~.~. remain ac3at>~ ctn thin paint. It' the Italian ir~dtt,au~trialistss
had the same s+r~is~. eoaasc3ence as even the Germs,, ox' at ],exert the sere
type eaf ~l~;do~., thi~rs w`oti7.8 1Fes diS~exa~ut . "
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