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May 10, 1963

Message by Permanent Representative to NATO to Minister of Defense Andreotti

This document was made possible with support from MacArthur Foundation

In view of the Ottawa meeting, Alessandrini analyzes the current situation of NATO's conventional forces, in accordance with the new drastic measures which were formulated - but not yet validated - by the Council. Alessandrini stresses that the problems related to armaments - both nuclear and conventional - can't be solved by "separated and independent" solutions.
Furthermore, the document deals with the risk that NATO could define interests of "priority defense" and of "minor defense", using an approach that could probably ignore - for example - the interests of Italy.


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Istituto Luigi Sturzo, Archivio Giulio Andreotti, NATO Series, Box 163, Subseries 1, Folder 020.1.

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2017-06-27

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155299

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MacArthur Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) and Istituto Luigi Sturzo