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The original documents are located in Box 16, folder “6/3/75 - Rome” of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Digitized from Box 16 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library 792 F TO C TATE WA HOC 1233 1 °"'I:::: N ,, I 0 II N ' I . ... 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IS WHE 0 FICtAL C~REMO IES ARE NOW HELD, WIT N THE PAL CE IS A LARGE REC~ANGULAR COURTVAAD BOROEREO D THREE sro s v RCAOES , A LARGE OOUB~E RAMP STAIRWAY L DS F OM THE C U TYARO TO THE FIRST FLOOR AND TO THE HAL~S ~ T CORAZZIE (p ESIOE TIA~ GUARD) AND THE HALL 0, CERE 0 11 , T LARG ST ROpMS IN THE PA~ CE. O''tCIAL FU CT S A E ~ELD Rf. N~ AL O IN THE S~ TE ~F ROO~S ALONG TH wI G OVE L 0 G THE I NER COURTYAR • T F COES DEC TING TH~ MALL OP THE COR~ZZIER! AND TH! OTiE FRnNT H LLS '~THE PA~ACE ALL DATE FROM THE l1TH CE T RY, P RTICUll L¥ IMPORTA T ARE THOSE Pl!NT!D BY Pl!,RO DA CO TO~ AN MIS CMOO~ FOR POP A~F.X•NDER VII, T E H•~L FAC ~G THE COURTYARD WAS DECORATED AF,ER 1871 * * * * * * • • * * • * • • * •WHSR COMM NT • • • • * * * * * * * * * • * ' . E 0 r:1.o PS I 5 887 PA 1 *******C"°O N "I I b' I! . N T' 1 · A ~** *****5 COPY I ~HEN "E P LACE ECAME THE RESIDENCE OF THE KINGS O~ ITl:L.f. Al,. H UGH THE QUI RI~ A. E WAS USED ONL. V AS A SUMMER PALACE BY THE POPES, IT S CftME IN~REASlNGL~ I PORTA T AF,ER THE EIGHTEeNT CE TURY, FOUR C NC~~VES WERE HE~D TMERE IN THE NI ErE~NTH CE TU Y AND THE EL CT?ON OF FOUR POPES ANNOUNCED F THE ERI I ~O GIA 0 TME SQUARE, TH QUtROCNA~E WAS LO T~o V FR- CH ~ VP.LUT?O ARV TROOPS MEN THE¥ OCCUPIED RO 1E IN 1198, ?T THEN BECA E T~E RESIDENCE 0, TH! ROM•N REPU L C AND S AGAIN OCCUPIED BV THE FRE CH !N 1808 WHEN THEY ARRESTED PC ! PTUS VIt, THE PA~ACE ~AS EXTE S!VE~V RE 0 E~ED TO RECeIVE NAPOLFON WHO, HOWEVER, 'AIL.ED TO COME TO Q, , IN 1814, THE NAPOLE NIC APARTMENTS ERE OCClJP!ID BY T' E E~PE D OF AU'T IA S T~E GUEST OF TMF.N RESTORED POP! PIUS V!I. F E T E POPE FhED TC GAETA OUR NG THE 1848~4g RE~OLUT1 N A 0 ROMAN REPUB~lC, THE REPUBLICA LE DER GIUSEPPE MAZZI I ~av~o F R A TIME IN ONE OF TME TM! MANY ROOMS 1 OF TME MANICA LU A1 THE, "LONG SLEEY ", SITU Tl!D ALONG TME Rl,HT IDE O' THE P~LACE. VtCT R E~MANUE~ Xt 1 TME FIRS~ KING OF A UNITED ITlL¥ 1 ENTER!O TH UI~l ALE 0 P~C~MBER 13 1 1810. A~~MOUGM THE KING WAS RE ORTrOLV Y ENTHUSIASTIC ~ OUT THE AUSTERE PA~ACE, FDR RE~SONS , srATE ANO TRADITION HE ES,ABLlSHEO HIS OFFlClAL RESI E CE AT TM~ UIRINALE ANO DIED THERE tN 1818. OUR!NG T • Err; Of' K N' ~' ERT t AN" QUEEN "'ARGHERITAt TH! QU ~ L~ A 'e c~ .E OF A 'CTIVE AJO EXC?T!NG ROYAL COU T • HOW EV 'R, VICT R E~MA UEL. I I I AND QUEEN MEI.ENA PREFERRED THE QU!E~ F VILLA ADA LDC TED ON TM! Y!A SALARIA, UM ERT 11 EStOEP XN TMe PAL~CE ON~¥ A SHORT TlME L.EA¥%NG 1 1 lT~L¥ N 1946 'l1'H TME Al30L.tTION OF THE 140NARCH'\' 1 AF E T ~ WA , T ~ P ~ CE BECAME THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF T E PR S!OENT 0 TH ITAL? N REPUBLIC, WHICH IT REMA?NS TOOA¥ 1 ·~ 2, S~ JOHN ~ -. \'OJ.PE JE NV BE ,EOETTO VO~PE WAS SORN I~ ITA~V IN TH! TOW OF PESC S N 0 E CO tN THE PROV% CE OF PESCARA. THIS IS THE SA E T H PRP WHlC A BAS~ADOR VOLP!•S ~ MIL~ EMIGRATED 1 l904. RS, VO CA~E T~ THE U,S. IN 1914 AT TME AGE OP T o. MRS , VO~P I A RFGISTERE NURSE AND THE MOTHER OF TtiJ CH Tl..OREN, JO , JR.., · H1 ESI ES IN ROME, ANO JEAN WHO IS q~I 0 A 0 ~ VES I~ S~ MPSCOTT, ASS, TH VOLPES HAVE F"JR GR NOC U..OREN, MRS, VOLPE WAS TME FIRST' LADY OF T~E CO MONW ALTH F M SSACHUSETTS FOR SIX Y!ARS, !S FbJO OF ALL TYP~s F FLOWERS AND IS AN ACCOMPL!SMED A •TEU 0 AI TER, TOR 114310!51 S5l' ******#.C 0 N F' I D' I N ' I A t*******S COPY ---------~ oooooooosssssSl..I Q, N '' 1 · D. Ii N T' I •· &111 ******8 COPY YlTT R A L 0 E NEE M?CHITT0 1 IS NOW THE WIFE OF TM! PRESIDENT OF ITA~Y, GIOV NJI L·O E. INITIAL~Y HER P THER 0 ~ECTED TO TME JU~Y 194e ~A Rt GE ~c uaE OF THE COUPLE'S DIFFERENCE IN AG£1 SHE WA 18 ANO HAD APPLIED FOR APMlSS!ON TO A UNtYER SXTYJ HE HA 38 ANO A L VER IN THE DEF! .SE MIN!STR¥ . DESPITE THE AGE DIFF RENCE, TH~ ~E N~S HAYE HAO A HAPP¥ ARR!AGE. THE FI ST LA V 0 ES 0~ ENJOY THE L1MEL1GH~. W~EN SHE MOVED TO THE PRESID T AL PA~ACE, SHE CON~lDED TO HER CLOSE FRIENDS '-A~ s~~E~E; ET~;,~,~H~E~~::vo~FM~~F:R!:A~;T;~~ ::·~o::iat:: FO~ 4A 4V YEA S M s. LEONi: 'AS AM NG THE ERT DRESSED HO E 1 F XTA~¥. HSE ?S S ?O TO HAVE A ~EAKNESS FOR PUCCI, au~ MER ,AVO ITE COURTUR?ERS ARE FORQUET OF NAPL s A 11f\t NTI OF M • MR • L ONE'S Al I . TEREST % LIFE HAS BEEN MER ~use•ND AND HE THREE SO 1s: Gl CARLO, 111 PAOLO, 9J AND URO , 27~ T 'E L~TTE , A P N TE~ AN PLAYER IN A COM O, •LANS TO FOL~OW HIS :~THER'S LEG ~ CAREER. A PP~ 0 VIC~lM1 HE UNDERWENT SPI L SURGERY I LO ANGELES XN 196t AND THE LEONES VtS!T!D MlM T RE SEVER L TitE , MRS. ~EONE IS V~RY GRATEFUL TO TH. ·~RICA FO M• UROtS CURE . FOR RELA~ATlON SHE ENJOVS LITER~TUR~. PAI NTI NG AND CLASSlCA~ MUSlC . SHE tS NOT BE~~E~EO TO S E K ENGLlS , VO~PE BT AS OR I~ ITA~¥ IN TM! TOW OF PROV! CE OF P SCA A. 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