Aldo Moro was one of the most important statesmen in the history of Italian politics. A prominent figure in the politics of the 1970s, the Apulian statesman is one of the names that echo the most when people feel nostalgic for the past. After Moro's death, which occurred after his imprisonment by the Red Brigades, letters emerged that revealed a rather peculiar agreement. In the letters sent during his captivity, Moro fiercely criticized the leaders of the Christian Democracy party, whom he believed were too rigid in refusing to negotiate with the terrorists to secure his release. Moro referred to agreements that could be made in a similar way to how deals were previously made with the Palestinians.

Years earlier, on December 17, 1973, a group of five Palestinians armed with machine guns stormed Fiumicino Airport and detonated a bomb on a Pan Am flight, killing thirty-two people and injuring fifteen others. This event led to negotiations that became known as the "Moro Pact." This secret agreement was signed between the Italian state and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a faction of the PLO. The pact was named after Moro, who at that time was serving as Foreign Minister in the fourth Rumor government. It was essentially a non-aggression pact, allowing the Palestinians to transport weapons through Italian territory on the condition that no more attacks would take place in the country.

Evidence of this agreement, aside from Moro's memoirs, also came from investigations conducted after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which confirmed the close contacts between the Red Brigades and Palestinian terrorist groups. This matter is just one of many examples of secret agreements made by states to ensure stability within their borders.