1.
GV ESTERIUS QUIRINAL PALACE
0.05

2.
LV GUARDS OUTSIDE PALACE(2 SHOTS)
0.10

3.
GV GUARDS IN FORECOURT
0.14

4.
PAN MORO ENTERS BUILDING & WALKS TOWARDS MIKE
0.22

5.
SV PAN MORO AT MIKE
0.25

6.
SCU MORO SPEAKS
0.32

7.
PAN FROM PRESS TO MORO CONCLUDING SPEECH
0.37

8.
SCU GUARD SALUTES
0.40

9.
SV PAN MORO WALKS OFF
0.48



Initials JB/V/PN/SGM



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Background: SIGNOR ALDO MORO, FOREIGN MINISTER IN THE PRESENT ITALIAN CARETAKER GOVERNMENT, CALLED AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE TODAY (WEDNESDAY 4TH MARCH) TO ACCEPT A MANDATE FROM PRESIDENT SARAGAT TO TRY TO FORM A NEW GOVERNMENT.

THE CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER, SIGNOR MARIANO RUMOR HAS RESIGNED HIS MANDATE AFTER FAILING IN THREE WEEKS OF NEGOTIATIONS TO FORM A GOVERNMENT.

SIGNOR MORO, WHO IS 53, IS ONE OF ITALY'S ABLEST AND MOST HIGHLY RESPECTED POLITICIANS. HE BEGIN TALKS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WITH LEADERS OF ALL TEN PARTIES IN THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT, BUT PRESS REPORTS QUOTE HIM AS SAYING HE FEELS HE HAS ONLY A 20 PER CENT CHANGE OF SUCCEEDING IN FORMING A GOVERNMENT. IF HE FAILS A GENERAL ELECTION IS PREDICTED.

THE PRESENT POLITICAL CRISIS, WHICH HAS BEEN DRAGGING ON FOR WEEKS, IS THE WORST IN ITALY SINCE WORLD WAR TWO.

THE PROBLEMS WHICH STAND IN THE WAY OF FORMATION OF A NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT INCLUDE THE ISSUE OF DIVORCE AND THE QUESTION OF AMNESTY FOR WORKERS CHARGED WITH OFFENCES DURING A WAVE OF LABOUR TROUBLES LAST AUTUMN.

SYNOPSIS: THE PALACE OF ITALY'S PRESIDENT, DR SARAGAT.....SIGNOR ALODO MORO, ONE OF ITALY'S ABLEST POLITICIANS HAS CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT HERE TO RECEIVE A MANDATE TO TRY TO FORM A NEW GOVERNMENT AND END ITALY'S WORST POLITICAL CRISIS SINCE WORLD WAR TWO.

SIGNOR MORO IS FOREIGN MINISTER IN THE PRESENT CARETAKER GOVERNMENT. THE LEADER OF THE GOVERNMENT. SIGNOR RUMOR, HAS RESIGNED HIS MANDATE AFTER THREE WEEKS OF TRYING TO FORM A GOVERNMENT. SIGNOR MORO HAS ALREADY BEGUN TALKS WITH LEADERS OF ALL TEN PARTIES IN THE PARLIAMENT, BUT PRESS REPORTS QUOTE HIM AS SAYING HE GIVES HIMSELF ONLY A 20 PER CENT CHANCE OF SUCCEEDING.