Editorial Note
On October 18, Francis T. Williamson, Deputy Director of the Office of Western European Affairs, testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs regarding United States relations with Italy. After characterizing the Italian Government as “very stable”, Williamson stressed the following three aspects of United States policy toward Italy: 1) to bring Italy as much as possible into the Western economic, military, and political arrangements; 2) external aid and assistance to Italy; and 3) information policy to combat Communist and neutralist propaganda. For the full text of Williamson’s statement and the questions and answers that followed, see U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Selected Executive Session Hearings of the Committee, 1951–1956, volume XV, European Problems, Washington, 1980, pages 117–123.