[b]February 1950[/b]
[b]Rome, the Italian Republic[/b]
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News has just been announced that Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi has resigned as Italian Prime Minister. Further more the government has agreed to the USSR's demands and all forces outside of Italy are being withdrawn as we speak.