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Italy: HM Ambassador to Italy despatch ("Note of a meeting with Italian Ambassador-designate … Andrea Cagiati") ["an old Andreotti man … [latter] determined to get to the Quirinale after a spell as Party Secretary"] [declassified 2009]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: FCO33/4053 f24
Editorial comments: "The Quirinale" is shorthand for the Italian Presidency whose incumbent resides there. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here. Read other documents selected from this file.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Defence (general), European Union (general), Foreign policy - theory and process, Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), British relations with Italy