- Generale Giuseppe Alessandro D'Ambrosio, Capo Gabinetto del Ministero Difesa (later nominated by Cossiga as segretario generale del Consiglio Supremo di Difesa)
- Ministro della Difesa Attilio Ruffini
- Vice direttore generale degli affari politici del Ministero degli Esteri Bruno Bottai
- Consigliere diplomatico Ministero Difesa Pietro Rinaldi
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S E C R E T ROME 17961
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: NATO, MPOL, IT
SUBJ: ITALY AGREES TO COORDINATED STABALLOY PRESS TREATMENT
REF: (A) ROME 16695; (B) STATE 234013; (C) STATE 235975
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1. SUMMARY: GOI AGREES TO REVISED CONTINGENCY NEWS
RELEASE BUT STRESSES THE NEED FOR FLEXIBILITY IN ORDER
TO BE ABLE TO ADAPT IT TO THE PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUNDING ANY POSSIBLE LEAK. IN THE EVENT OF SUCH A
LEAK, GOI MAY WISH TO COORDINATE FURTHER WITH US, UK,
AND FRG. END SUMMARY.
Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014
Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014
2. EMBASSY TRANSMITTED REVISED CONTINGENCY PRESS RELEASE
(STATE 221419, AS MODIFIED BY REF B) TO MFA, AND MOD,
TOGETHER WITH MODIFIED CONTINGENCY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. EMBASSY OFFICERS DISCUSSED THE STABALLOY ISSUE,
BUILDING ON REF A CONVERSATIONS, WITH MFA'S VICE
DIRGEN FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS BOTTAI, AND WITH MOD'S
ACTING CHIEF OF CABINET GEN. D'AMBROSIO AND THE
DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO THE MINISTER OF DEFENSE, RINALDI.
IN ADDITION, THE AMBASSADOR RAISED THE STABALLOY ISSUE
WITH DEFENSE MINISTER RUFFINI DURING A SEPTEMBER 21
CONVERSATION.
3. MFA HAD TOLD US THAT IT HAD NO OBJECTION TO THE
RELEASE AS LONG AS MOD AGREED TO IT. GEN. D'AMBROSIO
TOLD US HE THOUGHT MOD WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE
RELEASE, BUT HE WANTED THE FINAL WORD TO COME FROM
MINISTER OF DEFENSE RUFFINI. HE HOPED, OF COURSE, THAT
IT WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE USED, BUT RECOGNIZED THAT A LEAK
WAS QUITE POSSIBLE AND ALL COUNTRIES CONCERNED IN THE
DEPLOYMENT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR IT. D.AMBROSIO
REPEATED THOSE POINTS DURING THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING
WITH RUFFINI. RUFFINI AGREED.
4. ITALIANS HAVE STRESSED, HOWEVER, THAT THE ACTUAL
TEXT OF ANY RELEASE WOULD HAVE TO BE TAILORED TO THE
POLITICAL SITUATION EXISTING AT THE TIME OF THE LEAK
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AND TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH IT OCCURRED. THEY
ASSURED US THAT THEY WOULD BE IN IMMEDIATE CONTACT WITH
THE EMBASSY AND, IF NECESSARY, WITH THE BRITISH AND
GERMAN GOVERNMENTS AS WELL TO COORDINATE THE FINAL
WORDING.
5. COMMENT: EMBASSY IS SATISFIED THAT GOI UNDERSTANDS
THE RISKS STABALLOY DEPLOYMENT COULD POSE FOR THEM
AND FOR NATO. MFA AND MOD ARE FULLY AWARE THAT CERTAIN
ELEMENTS IN ITALY AND IN THE ITALIAN NEWS MEDIA COULD
EXPLOIT STABALLOY'S DEPLETED URANIUM CONTENT. END
COMMENT.
6. AS FOR DEPLOYMENT OF THE STABALLOY ROUNDS, THE
ITALIANS HAVE NOT RAISED ANY OBJECTIONS OTHER THAN THOSE
CONCERNED WITH LABELLING MENTIONED IN REF A. THEY HAVE
REQUESTED, AND THE EMBASSY HAS ASSURED, THAT DETAILS OF
THE DEPLOYMENT/STORAGE OF THE MUNITIONS IN ITALY WILL BE
COORDINATED WITH THEM BEFORE THE WEAPONS ACTUALLY ARRIVE
IN COUNTRY. GARDNER
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