25 Memo, George Lister to Mr. MacKnight, “Request for Anti-Communist Library,” Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister, February 23, 1955, p. 1. 26 Ibid. 27 Ibid., pp. 1-2. 28 Memo, Lister to Mr. Kormann, “Colorado <strong>University</strong> Forum,” Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister, April 6, 1956. 29 Ibid. 30 Ibid. 31 Ibid. 32 Memo, Lister to unnamed, und<strong>at</strong>ed, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Liste, p. 2. <strong>The</strong> document is a nine-page description <strong>of</strong> Lister’s experience in Italy.) [hereinafter “Italy description”] 33 Ibid., p. 1. 34 Ibid. 35 Ibid. 36 Leopoldo Nuti, “<strong>The</strong> United St<strong>at</strong>es, Italy, and the Opening to the Left, 1953–1963,” Journal <strong>of</strong> Cold War Studies, vol. 4, No. 3 (Summer 2002), p. 39. 37 Ibid., p. 42. 38 Career History. 39 Italy description, pp. 2-3. 40 George Lister, “Political Lessons: Italy and Chile,” p. 186; Italy description, p. 3. 41 Italy description, p. 3. 42 Arthur S. Schlesinger, Jr., “<strong>The</strong> Kennedy Administr<strong>at</strong>ion and the Center-Left,” in Italian Socialism: Between Politics and History, ed. Spencer M. Di Scala (Amherst: Amherst : <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Massachusetts Press, 1996), p. 186; Italy description, p. 3. 43 Italy description, p. 5. 44 Telephone Interview <strong>by</strong> <strong>Gregory</strong> <strong>Krauss</strong> with Samuel Lewis, former St<strong>at</strong>e Department Director <strong>of</strong> Policy Planning, April 26, <strong>2007</strong>. 45 Memo, George Lister to unnamed, “Memorandum for the Record,” und<strong>at</strong>ed, p. 2. 46 Italy description, p. 6. Schlesinger, “<strong>The</strong> Kennedy Administr<strong>at</strong>ion and the Center-Left,” p. 186-87. 47 Italy description, p. 6. 48 Italy description, p. 9. 49 Letter, W. Averell Harriman to Tyler Thompson, February 1, 1962, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister, p. 1. 50 Ibid; Memo, George Lister to unnamed, “Memorandum for the Record,” und<strong>at</strong>ed, p. 2. 51 Schlesinger, “<strong>The</strong> Kennedy Administr<strong>at</strong>ion and the Center-Left,” p. 187. 52 Schlesinger, “<strong>The</strong> Kennedy Administr<strong>at</strong>ion and the Center-Left,” p. 187. 53 Memo, George Lister to W. Averell Harriman, und<strong>at</strong>ed, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister. 54 Memo, W. Averell Harriman to George Lister, October 16, 1961, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister, p. 1. 55 George Lister, “Political Lessons: Italy and Chile,” p. 195. 56 Schlesinger, “<strong>The</strong> Kennedy Administr<strong>at</strong>ion and the Center-Left,” p. 191. 57 Ibid. 58 Report, “‘Wh<strong>at</strong> is to be Done’-- In Chile,’” und<strong>at</strong>ed, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister, p. 4. (Memo is most likely from 1970.) 59 Elizabeth Wiskemann, Italy Since 1945, (Gre<strong>at</strong> Britain: St. Martin’s Press, 1971), p. 58. 60 Ibid., p. 59 61 Norman Kogan, A Postwar Political History <strong>of</strong> Italy: From the Old to the New Center-Left (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1981), p. 27. 62 Charles L. Bertrand, review <strong>of</strong> Renewing Italian Socialism: Nenni to Craxi, <strong>by</strong> Spencer DiScala, <strong>The</strong> American Historical Review, 1990, p. 864. 63 Ibid. 27
64 George Lister, “Political Lessons: Italy and Chile,” p. 193. 65 Ibid. 66 Ibid. 67 Ibid. 68 Letter, George Lister to Arthur Schlesinger, February 12, 1963, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister, p. 2-3. 69 Ibid., p. 5. 70 George Lister, “Political Lessons: Italy and Chile,” p. 194. 71 Ibid. pp. 193-194. 72 Ibid., p. 194. 73 Italy description, p. 3. 74 Ibid. 75 Memo, George Lister to Mr. Velletri, “Leader Grant Visit <strong>of</strong> Cesare Bensi, Italian Socialist,” May 14, 1962, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister, p. 1. 76 Letter, Giovanni Pieraccini to George Lister, October 12, 1962, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister. 77 Memo, George Lister to unnamed, June 28, 1962, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister, p. 1. 78 Timberlake memo, p. 2. 79 Letter, Giovanni Pieraccini to George Lister, October 12, 1962, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister. 80 Italy description, p. 4. 81 Report, “Foreign Service Political Reporting Appraisal, July 11, 1960, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister. 82 Italy description, pp. 4-5. 83 Italy description, p. 6. 84 Italy description, p. 7. 85 Schlesinger, “<strong>The</strong> Kennedy Administr<strong>at</strong>ion and the Center-Left, 1953-1963” p. 187. 86 Leopoldo Nuti, “<strong>The</strong> United St<strong>at</strong>es, Italy, and the Opening to the Left, 1953–1963,” p. 46. 87 Schlesinger, “<strong>The</strong> Kennedy Administr<strong>at</strong>ion and the Center-Left,” p. 189. 88 Ibid. 89 Nuti, “<strong>The</strong> United St<strong>at</strong>es, Italy, and the Opening to the Center-Left, 1953-1963”, p. 47. 90 George Lister, “Political Lessons: Italy and Chile,” p. 192. 91 Leopoldo Nuti, “<strong>The</strong> United St<strong>at</strong>es, Italy, and the Opening to the Center-Left, 1953-1963,” p. 47. 92 Speech, Arthur Schlesinger, und<strong>at</strong>ed, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister. (<strong>The</strong> document appears to be a draft <strong>of</strong> the speech he gave th<strong>at</strong> became the basis for his chapter in the Di Scala book, cited above. Schlesinger’s chapter does not contain this line.) 93 Nuti, “<strong>The</strong> United St<strong>at</strong>es, Italy, and the Opening to the Center-Left, 1953-1963,” p. 52. 94 Ibid., p. 51 28
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