(SANITIZED)ITALIAN REACTION ON BOMBING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-29-4-21-2
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: February 12, 2010
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: December 28, 1972
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR MR. KISSIIsIGER
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Robert Gerald Livingston
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INFORMATION
December 23, 1972
State Dept. review
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Italian Reaction on Bombing
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Ambassador Martin reports from Rome (Tab B) that the Foreign
Ministry explained to him December 29 that the Andreotti government's
weak parliamentary position compelled it to take some official notice of
the bombing. It had reluctantly concluded that otherwise there would be a
parliamentary motion and debate on Vietnam which might even bring down
the government if the Christian Democrat left should defect. The government
hoped that we would understand the necessity for this forestalling action.
The Prime Minister's office today subsequently issued a statement
saying:
The Council of Ministers ? interpreting the common feeling of the
Italian people ? has instructed the Foreign Minister to renew his
insistence for the bombing to be stopped and peace negotiations to be
resumed."
Ambassador Martin is hopeful that this will help the government succeed
in averting a parliamentary vote.
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SUPJECT: ITALIAN PEPPESENTAT/ON ON RESUMPTION OF NEGOTIATIONS
AND CESSATION OF BOMBING
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1* GAJA, SECOFN FOREIGN MINISTRY, ASKED AMBASSADOP TO CALL ON
HIm THIS mORNING4 GAJA TOO AMBASSADOR? THAT A DECISION MA BEEN
"MoPT RELUCTANTLYII PFACHED THAT THE FRAGTIE INTERNALfBALANCE' OF
PARLIAMENTARY SUPPOPT? FOP THE ANDPEOTTI GOV7PNmENT SIMPLY FOR
THr ITALIAN GOvcRmmproT TO TAKE SOME DEFICIAL'NOTICE OF THE 'RENEWED
90m5ING4 OTHERWISE, THERE WOULD B7 A MOTION FILED IN' PARLIAMENT
WHICH WOULD CAUSE A DIVISIVE DEBATE. WITH THE NARROWNESS OF THE
0AR1 TAmENTARY MAJORITY, IT COULD RESULT IN AN ADVERSE VOTE' WITH
THr DEFECTION IF-ELFMENTS OF THF IC LEFTs THIlf IT WAS CONCLUDED,
COULD NOT ONLY MAKE THE SITUATION MUCH WORsE'BETWEEN' US OVER
VIETNAm, PUT MO OuTTE POSSIBLY BRING DOWN THE 4NoRFOTTI
GOvERNmENT. FOP THESE REASONS, GAJA HoPcp WE LmLn UNDERSTAND
THAT THE ACTION TAKEN' BY THC COUNCIL DE MINISTERS THIS MORNING?
WAS CAREFULLY DESIGNED TO FORESTALL A S/TUATI1N WHICH WOULD BE'
WOPs7 FOR 40TH or ouro? COUNTRIES. IT WAS .HOPED THAT THEACT/ON
OF THE COUNCIL WOULD PUT THE QUESTION niq IC! g-oB THE TIME BEING4
2. AmBASSADUR TOLD GAJA THAT WHILE' HE. UNDERSTOOD THE RATIONALE?
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HE HoPEr, THE STATEMENT WOULD 9E* EvEmc.HANDED WITH SOME
PEr7oGNITION THAT NORTH VIETNAM COULD HAVE A CFASE.FIRE IMMEDIATELY
IF THEY WOULD S/milLy AGREE To THE FAIR AND JUST PROPOSALS MADE FIT
THE AMERICAN s/Dr, GAJA SAID EVERY EFFORT woULD BF NAME TO SEE'
THAT THF STATEMENT WAS SO DRAETED. WE ALSO SATO ORTONA HAD .BEEN.
INSTRUCTED TO ARR00ArH_DEPARTmENT BUT nousTc:o HE WOULD BE'IN
POSITION TO SO CLEARLY ENUNCIATE THE RATIONAL! HE HAD JUST GIVEN.
3* COUNCIL LATER THIS MORNING RELEASED FOLLOWING STATEMENT-I
ogTHE COUNCIL or MTNIsTERs HAS HEARD A REPORT FROM THE FOREIGN
mINJTSTER ON THE VIETNAM SITUATION AND HAS'ARRDVED THA ACTION TAKEN
WITH THE USG INTENDED TO SOLICIT A RESUMPTION OF THE
NEOTIATIONSo HOPING THAT EVERY OTHER PARTY INTFRFSTED IN A JUST.
PEACE. WILL COLLASORATE TN CONCLUDING THF TALKS..
THF COUNCIL OF mINIqTER, THE SURE INTFPRRETER OF THE
COMMON SENTIMENTS OF THE ITALIAN PEOPLFi HAS CHARGED1 THE
FOREIGN MINISTER TO RENEW HIS INSTSTPNCF: Ff71 THE CESATION OF
THE 401P/NG AND THE RESUMPTION OF PEACE TALKS."
4. COMENTt REFTFL A GIVES' MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION' OF
PAR! /AmENTARY MANEUVERING WHICH LED TO COUNCIL' DErislow. WE-
IELTE:VE WE WILL NAVE THE SUPPORT OF mop?, AND OTHERS IN DAMPENING
oovN ANY FURTHFR CRITICISM AND THAT THERE IS A GOOD
ROSsIllILITY OF PR7VENTING A VOTE IN PARLIAmENr.
G00. MARTTN
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