133. Editorial Note
On June 10, the government of Adone Zoli resigned. President Gronchi, in accepting Zoli’s resignation, requested that he remain in office until a new cabinet could be formed. In telegram 4893 from Rome, June 11, Ambassador Zellerbach reported a conversation with Foreign Minister Pella who assured him that there would be no changes in Italian foreign policy and speculated that the new government would simply act as a caretaker until the 1958 elections. (Department of State, Central Files, 765.00/6–1157) On June 27, a new all-Christian Democratic cabinet headed by Zoli as Prime Minister and Pella as Vice Premier and Foreign Minister took office.