REACTION OF MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO DE GASPERI'S TRIP TO U.S.

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
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• Publication Date: January 3, 1947
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. De Gasperi's forthcoming trip to the United States and differ- ?
ences within the Socialist Party itself are reported to have
shaken the security of the Nenneetalfatti group in the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs.
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Aalfatti himself has allegedly expressed a desire to take a
foreign post as counsellor, and the whole group is said to be
nervous and uncertain.
3. Nennie is reported to have taken the De Gasperi trip as a pere
sonal affront and is venting his anger on Vittorio Zoppi who
will accompany De Gasperi. On 28 December Nana ordered Zoppi
to prepare immediately an analysis of the reaction and declare-
'tions of statesmen who received the dictated peace terms after
World War I and a detailed chronology of the conduct of Italian
foreign. rolicy from 8 September 1943 through the Paris Conterencee
Neither is a priority assignment but both are designed to ham-
string Zoppi who has stated to friends that he would prefer
ilot to go to the United Stater, if he is going to be used by
the Socialists against De Gasperi. 25X1A6a
1111omments The purpose of the analysis of the reaetion
1 ndeclarations of statesmen (Count Drockdorff-Rantzau,
Renner, Csaky, Count Apponyi, =ler, Ebert and others) who
received the dictated peace in 1919 and 1920 is to suggest a
lino of conduct open to Italy which will weaken if only in a
moral sense the binding character of the treaty and pave the
way for a speedy revision.)
4. The attitude of the foreign office which in general is favorable
to the De Gasperi visit is based on the impression that the Pre-
mier will achieve concrete gains for Italy in the economic sphere,
and IS inspired by the realization that De Gasperi's success might
prove a strong counterweight to the Communist Party and the Nenni
Socialists by building up De Gasperi at a moment when Nenni might
suffer a loss of prestige as a result of the Socialist Party Con-
gress which Is expected to be a turbulent affair. In this connece
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zione Libertaria Italiana) in a conversation with General
Cadorna last week allegedly stated that he and his suppor-
ters would attend the congress to accomplish the defeat and
if possible the expulsion of Nenni. Avbassader cuaroni,
on the other hand, told De Gasperi openly on the evening
of 27 December that he did not consider the moment oppor-
tune for a trip to the United States because the peace treaty
had to be signed and the attainment of concrete gains for
Italy appeared impossible.
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