ITALY: Two Bombs

The bomb that wrecked a wing of the British Embassy in Rome was not the worst blast to hit the West's position in Italy last week, but it was pretty bad. One of the Tommies who guard the Embassy described the explosion:

"I went to bed as usual last night.

There was the usual —noise. Then

there was a louder —noise and I fell

out of bed. I looked out of the window and saw a huge gash from the front porch to the dining room. I said, 'We've 'ad it.' My mate, who...

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