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Show ITALY RESENTS CORSICACHARGE ROME, Nov. 2 (INS) French charges Italy is planning an Invasion In-vasion of Corsica were blasor.ed in the Italian press today. The reports said France had made an "official accusation" and added that Franco-Italian relations were severely strained as a result. Italian press to have been made by French Navy Minister Cesar Cam-pinchl. Cam-pinchl. stirred the Italian press and people to an anti-French fury. Cam-pinch! Cam-pinch! waa quoted as saying In a speech at Toulon on October 22 that France "will defend Corsica from any attack or aggression with all means in its power." Writing In the influential Popolo o'ltalia, Virginio Gayda disclosed documents allegedly proving Cam- pinch! expressed not only his personal per-sonal views, but those of the French government In addition, Gayda published a letter written by Jean Fraisalnet, president of a French steamship line, to Campinchi, which read: "My company swears to defend Corsica Cor-sica against any eventual Italian aggression.1 Gayda demanded a full retraction by both Campinchi and Fraissinet. stating he official French denial thaf the navyminlster had" made 1 any such statement was inadequate, j PARIS, Nov. 26 (INS) In an official of-ficial communique, Navy Minister Cesar Campinchi today formally denied Italian charges he bad hinted hint-ed of aggression against Corsica. He characterized the charges as "just another interior diversion of the unhappy Italian people." |