CIA and the 1948 Italian Elections: Following WWII the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in alliance with the Socialist Party (PSI), appeared to be favorites to win the first post-war Italian elections. The Communist parties had gained considerable prestige composing a significant...
part of the Italian Partisans which defeated Mussolini. Fearing losing Italy to Communist influence, the CIA began a campaign of mass propaganda against the Communists and provided significant funding to the Christian Democrats and other center-right...
https://www.ucg.ac.me/skladiste/blog_10134/objava_20166/fajlovi/Central%20Intelligence%20Agency.pdf
parties. The CIA would remain involved in Italian politics providing $5 million annually in covert aid to favored parties. Additionally, the US also used the awarding of defense production contracts to undermine PCI influence in labor unions.
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/intelligence/2017-02-07/cia-covert-aid-italy-averaged-5-million-annually-late-1940s
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