No. 763
Editorial Note
On January 5, as a result of opposition within Prime Minister Giuseppe Pella’s Christian Democratic Party to his stated intention to name Salvatore Aldisio as Minister of Agriculture, Pella presented his resignation to President Luigi Einaudi. A description of the dispute which led to Pella’s resignation is in despatch 1363 from Rome, January 8. (765.00/1–854) On January 12 President Einaudi asked the Minister of Interior in Pella’s cabinet, Amintore Fanfani, to form a new government. On January 19 Fanfani announced that he had formed a cabinet composed of 18 Christian Democrats and one Independent. A memorandum of January 19, from Special Assistant for Intelligence W. Park Armstrong, Jr., to Secretary of State Dulles discussed the composition of and the prospects for the Fanfani government. (Italian Desk files, lot 57 D 56, “210—Cabinet)