Girolamo Messeri
 Girolamo Messeri  (diplomat) | |
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| Born | 14 November 1914 Sicily |
| Nationality | Italy |
| Interests | Algeria |
Italian diplomat and politician. Wrote a treatise on Algeria. Attended the 1960 Bilderberg
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Girolamo Messeri was an Italian diplomat and politician.
1963-68 he was Senator from Sicily, and sat in the foreign affairs committee.[1] 1963-64 he was State Secretary for foreign trade.
In 1974, he was Ambassador to Portugal.[2]
From 1975 to 1979 he was Ambassador to Turkey.
Contents
"More effective propaganda by the US"
He is mentioned in a Letter From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Henry Kissinger) to the Ambassador to Italy (Martin): "Finally, in a discussion with Girolamo Messeri, General Marchese and General Piccardo, all emphasized the need for more effective propaganda by the US. They volunteered that more competent and better qualified representatives at the Embassy are needed to bring home to the Italian public the merits of the US and its value to Italy. Their criticism related also to the American intelligence officers, [less than 1 line not declassified] but not to the military attachés who were considered effective and highly regarded."[3]
He was also mentioned in the 1976 Lockheed bribery affair, where a ANTONIO LEFEBVRE testified to an Italian investigation commission that former DC Senator and presently Italian ambassador to Ankara, Girolamo Messeri, had recommended the Lefebvre's legal firm to Lockheed when Lockheed was seeking a permanenet Rome agen. According to Italian wire service ANSA report Lefebvre is said to have added that Messeri made this recommendatio to Lockheed "through the American embassy in Rome"". [4]
Publications
- 1954 - L'Algeria e i problemi del Nord-Africa francese
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1960 | 28 May 1960 | 29 May 1960 | Switzerland Bürgenstock | The 9th such meeting and the first one in Switzerland. 61 participants + 4 "in attendance". The meeting report contains a press statement, 4 sentences long. |
References
- ↑ http://www.senato.it/leg/04/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00006836.htm#
- ↑ https://archivio.quirinale.it/aspr/diari;jsessionid=78AA19C0A9876F073CAC046F25468076?startPage=14916&query=allDoc&jsonVal=%7B%22jsonVal%22%3A%7B%22query%22%3A%22allDoc%22%2C%22_perPage%22%3A20%7D%7D&perPage=21&data=&dataDiario=
- ↑ https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v41/d188
- ↑ https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1976ROME07482_b.html
