Word: saragat
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Christian Democrats come through with more social and economic reforms, the Socialists promise they will consider returning to the fold at their party congress next October. Center Left Leader Aldo Moro thus far has refused to govern with a Socialist pistol at his head, so last week President Guiseppe Saragat began seeking a more willing candidate-or a better solution to the deadlock...
Ironically, the government crisis confronting Saragat is at least partly of his own making. The former Social Democratic leader was reportedly so vexed with the poor electoral showing of his old party-now merged with the Socialists-that he actively backed dissident members who wanted to stay out of the coalition. Saragat apparently feels that Nenni made too many concessions to the Christian Democrats and is thus responsible for the Socialists' lack of success...
Though De Gaulle got all the attention, he did not completely get his own way. In a remarkably frank speech, Italian President Giuseppe Saragat tweaked De Gaulle by calling for British admission and by thanking the U.S. for its role in rebuilding war-shattered Western Europe. And the Dutch, fearing that De Gaulle intends to use closer ties among the Six to make it harder for anyone else to get in, flatly refused to go along with De Gaulle's summit proposal unless the British question was taken up at once by the Common Market. After much shaking...
Podgorny made a few ritualistic cracks about the U.S. in Viet Nam, and Italian President Giuseppe Saragat riposted gently that everyone should seek "mutual understanding." But there were few differences about trade, in which Italy is already heavily involved with the Soviet Union. The Italians did express some concern over their persistent trade deficit with Russia, which ran close to $100 million in 1966 as a result of large imports of Russian crude oil. Italy exported some $80 million (mainly in textiles and machinery) to Russia last year and intends to see that those figures rise as rapidly as possible...
...industrial complex at Turin, was guest of honor at a gala performance of Rigoletto at La Scala in Milan, presided shortly thereafter at the signing of an official agreement for joint cinema production between the Soviet Union and Italy. He stayed at the Quirinale Palace during his visit to Saragat, but then moved out to take up residence at the Soviet embassy. Reason for the move: this week Podgorny was to become the first Soviet chief of state to visit the Pope, and he wanted to make clear his recognition that the Vatican and Italy are two separate countries...