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BRUSSELS PLEASE PASS COPY TO WEBB-JOHNSON
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YOUR TELNO 2813 TO HONG KONG: YOUR VISIT TO WESTERN EUROPE
1. WE THOUGHT IT WISE TO SEEK THE CLEARANCE OF THE ITALIAN MFA BEFORE AGREEING TO THE DRAFT PRESS RELEASE IN TUR. THIS HAS NOT (NOT) YET BEEN FORTHCOMING, BUT WE HOPE TO GET AN ANSWER ON 26 OR 27 SEPTEMBER. WE WILL REVERT THEN.
2. THERE IS, HOWEVER, ONE POINT IN PARA 2 OF THE DRAFT PRESS RELEASE WHICH IS NO LONGER TRUE. WE UNDERSTAND FROM WEBB-JOHNSON THAT YOUR PROPOSED CALL ON THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE HAS FALLEN THROUGH. NEITHER RUGGIERO (THE MINISTER) NOR SARDE DE LETTO (THE SENIOR OFFICIAL) IS ABLE TO SEE YOU, AND THERE ARE NO OTHER SENSIBLE INTERLOCUTORS. PARA 2 WILL THEREFORE NEED TO BE AMENDED TO REFLECT THIS
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