With a bold stroke of power diplomacy, the U.S. and Britain last week set out to break the eight-year-old stalemate over Trieste. The decision required careful readings of a complex and impassioned situation.
The problem they faced:
Italy, which lost Trieste by the World War II peace treaty, claims the entire territory, and its claim was formally backed by the U.S., Britain and France in 1948. Trieste, a stirring emotional symbol to all Italians, threatened to fray Italy's ties to the Western coalition and block her participation in the proposed European Army. But diplomatic soundings in Rome suggested that Italy might...
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