Office of the Historian

221. Memorandum of Conversation0

July 30, 1958, 3 p.m.

SUBJECT

  • Nasser Visit to Italy

[Here follows the same list of participants as Document 218.]

The Prime Minister stated that plans for Nasser’s visit were inherited from the previous Government, which has invited the UAR President to Rome.1 In view of this situation, he urged that the U.S. Government should not be unduly concerned if, after study of this problem, the Italian Government decided to re-extend the invitation.

The Secretary said that he had complete confidence in the Prime Minister’s judgment.

  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 865.0077/7–3058. Secret. Drafted by Service and McBride. See also Documents 218–220 and 222–224.↩
  2. Nasser’s trip was postponed. Fanfani visited Egypt in January 1959 and again invited Nasser to visit Italy.↩