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Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Ambassador Italy Alberto Tarchiani, Foreign Minister of Italy Count Carlo Sforza, Mr. Satterthwaite, Mr. Unger, and Theodore Achilles
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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Memorandum of Conversation
246
254
DATE:
September 14, 1949
SUBJECT:
Conversations with Count Sforza on the Atlantic Pact
PARTICIPANTS:
Count Sforza
Ambassador Tarchiani
Mr. Acheson
corf
Mr. Achilles
Mr. Unger
COPIES TO:
Mr. Batterthwaite
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ARCHIVES RECORDS
AND
SERVICE"
1-1492
Sforza began a long plea for a change in the mili-
tary arrangements under the Atlantic Pact. He urged
that Italy should be on the standing committee, but after
I explained to him the difficulties in this regard he
modified this to a request that Italy become a full mem-
ber of the Western European Group, as well as a member
of the Southern European Council. He said he thought
that while there was no longer a direct danger of Italy's
becoming communist, there are strong nationalist elements
in Italy who alone or in league with the communists might
cause trouble among the population. The Italian people
fear that by Italy's not being responsible for the Western
European defenses, it will find itself having no say what-
ever in the disposition of its own forces and military
effort and unable to assure that its eastern land fron-
tier would receive the same consideration as that of
northwestern Europe. Mr. Achilles pointed out that UK,
US, and Frence were vitally concerned with the defense
of Italy and that this fact, plus Italy's membership in
the Southern Buropean-Western Mediterranean Group, would
insure that their interests were taken care of. Sforza
renewed his plea and urged that some formula be worked
out which would reassure the Italian people that all of
Italy will be defended. I said we could not come to a
conclusion on this today, but that we would discuss it
further with him, tomorrow.
DECLASSIFIED
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (B)
Depc. of State letter,
Aug.9.1973 7.23.25
EUR:BC:LLSatterthwaite
By NLT-2/c NARS Date 4.27.76