AREA NOTES; ASIA-AFRICA

Created: 5/10/1963

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Advisory Committee maintain that the presence of Israel and the NATO affiliation of the other countries would prejudiceneutrality. In the face of their protests the secretary general has been unwilling tooordinating role for the UN.

are seeking to restoreconsular relations and tothe border to AfghanPakistan. Ayub reactedthe resignation in earlyAfghan Prime Ministerfigure in Afghanistan'swith Pakistan over the

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gains andDemocratic losses In last month's general election leave Italy stillractical alternativeovernment led by the Christian Democrats and backed by the Nennl Socialists. It seems assured that theDemocrats will be moreon both socialistin any such regime. The immediate outlook, however, is for the establishment of agovernment to hold the fort until after the Nennlconvene their party congress, probably in July.

Opponents of Premier Fan-fani within the ChristianParty and among itspartners blame him for the "dlstastrous" electionand are urging that he resign. Fanfani and his center-left adherents point out,that the preferential(whereby voters express their preferenceist of candidates offered by the party of their choice) seem to have run strongly in theirand against right-wing Christian Democratic leaders.

open to question: it mayeinstallation of the present government, one constructedthe same formula but with another prime minister,inority government of Christian Democrats alone. eturn to the old four-party centrist coalition including the now-strengthened Liberals, orto alliance with the neo-Fascists seems most unlikely

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of Nenni's "autonomous" wingSocialist parliamentarythe possibility ofreturnloserelationship with theIs more remote thanthe reportedof the parliamentary of the left wingof keeping thethe left" alive. Social Democrats,substantial gains inare Indicating anto useenter-leftin power.

negotiations on the government's make-up are in prospectthe resignation of thecabinet when Parliament reconvenes onay.

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However, the Socialist left wing and the Christian Democratic right, despite apparentfrom both to other parties, will work to block the formation ifovernment.!

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