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ID097157
Title ProperOut of Africa
Other Title Informationthe Gallimberti affair and Anglo-Italian relations, 1949-1950
LanguageENG
AuthorStrang, G Bruce
Publication2010.
Summary / Abstract (Note)The Peace Treaty of 1947 required Italy to renounce sovereignty over its former colonies. Italy and Britain, although NATO allies, bitterly disputed the disposition of Tripolitania and Eritrea. The Italian government sent agents to Tripoli and Asmara to influence local populations in favour of its policy of independence for both regions. The agents ran espionage operations: developing networks of agents, purloining documents, bribing officials, and channeling illegal funds to local political parties. Dr Matteo Gallimberti, the Italian agent in Tripoli, faced accusations that he was embezzling funds. After he committed suicide in January 1950, local British military authorities discovered the full range of his illegal activities. Rather than publicly embarrass the Italian government, British Foreign Office officials coerced concessions from the Italian government in exchange for keeping the potential scandal concealed. The affair demonstrates the fractious nature of Anglo-Italian relations within the framework of the NATO alliance and the respective foreign policy-making elites' differing and self-interested approaches to development and security issues in Africa.
`In' analytical NoteIntelligence and National Security Vol. 25, No. 3; Jun 2010: p350-369
Journal SourceIntelligence and National Security Vol. 25, No. 3; Jun 2010: p350-369
Key WordsAfrica ;  Gallimberti Affairs ;  Anglo - Italian Relations ;  Cold War


 
 
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