30/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - Reacting to an article in EUROPE referring to parts of an article published in Corriere della Sera, on his reaction to his failed appointment to the Chair of the EU's Interim Military Committee (see EUROPE of 28 March, p.4 and of 27 March, p.5), General Mario Arpino, Italian Chief-of-Staff, made a point of telling EUROPE that "possible informal and in the heat of the moment comments certainly did not reflect my judgement of the correct nature of the appointment...