P128 MTV3 p128 .To 24 Elo 1543:27 1/2 DINI REAFFIRMS DESIRE TO PUT LIRA IN ERM BY OCT MILAN, AUG 24 XREUTER) - PRIME MINISTER LAMBERTO DINI SAID THE RECENT LIRA RALLY MEANT THE ITALIAN CURRENCY MIGHT BE READY TO RETURN TO THE EUROPEAM E CHANGE RATE MECHANISM (ERM) IN OCTOBER PROVIDED HIS GOVERNMENT IS STILL IN POWER. "THE LIRA IS PICKING ITSELF UP UNDER ITS OWN STEAM AMD IF THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STILL BE IN PLACE WE WOULD FIND OURSELVES IN A GOOD POSITION TO LOOK AT RETURNING TO THE ERM AS EARLY AS OC(OBER," DINI SAID IN AN INTERVIEW WITH PANORAMA MAGAZINE. ... <127 129>