Christian Democracy (Italy) organization
also: Christian Democrat, Christian Democratic, Christian Democrat Party, Christian Democrats, Italian Christian Party
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Claims (8)
CIA funded
Christian Democracy (Italy) documented
document
“Ten of the twelve CIA supported candidates were elected…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.171
Radomiro Tomic member_of
Christian Democracy (Italy) documented
document
“Radomiro Tomic became the Christian Democratic nominee…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.171
Francesco Cossiga member_of
Christian Democracy (Italy) host_asserted
“And Bologna was intended to convince the Italians that their country was under siege by these revolutionary communist forces. And Francesco Cosica was a Christian Democrat premier who basically ran out and said, oh my gosh, it's the Red Bri…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO with COLONEL TOWNER -NATO's Dagger at the Heart of Europe PART 1 @ 43:30
CIA funded
Christian Democracy (Italy) host_asserted
“Another devastating result, the loss of power for the Christian Democrats in Italy, which who had been in charge since World War II. And the CIA had taken money from the drug trades, $65 million in cash to prop up the Christian Democrats in…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER - Operation Gladio by Paul Williams Chapter 15 and 16 @ 15:41
Sicilian Mafia installed
Christian Democracy (Italy) book_quoted
“And ultimately there's a Senate hearing on it that backs up Alfred McCoy's contentions that the CIA is actually working with the Sicilian mob to basically keep the Christian Democrats in power. They were doing that in the 20s, right? They h…”
▶ Coyote of Wallstreet - 'THE SPOTLIGHT' False Flags w Colonel Towner • The Finale @ 54:35
Allen Dulles funded
Christian Democracy (Italy) book_quoted
“Dulles and Forrestal didn't wait for the report to be finished before taking action. In March of 1948, James Angleton flew back from Rome to meet with Dulles, warning his mentor that Italy's Communist Party was taking over. Seeing an opport…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 7 @ 16:42
CIA supported
Christian Democracy (Italy) guest_asserted
“Yeah. Let alone subsequently. Colonel, as you know, what that led to is, you know, the toppling of when we realized that we could take over, you know, support the the Italian Christian Party and defeat the Communist Party in Italy, that we …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner interview with Paul Williams (Operation Gladio) Part 2 @ 25:58
Arnaldo Forlani member_of
Christian Democracy (Italy) host_asserted
“that year in 2011. Interesting twist. So in October 1980, two months after the Bologna station bombing, Kosticka resigned. He was replaced by a caretaker premier, Arnaldo Forlani, another member of the Christian Democrat hierarchy who knew …”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO with COLONEL TOWNER -NATO's Dagger at the Heart of Europe PART 1 @ 46:34
Mentions (8)
▶ 54:12
To kind of back you up a little bit, you know, I pin some things to the nest. There's a 1972 Senate hearing with Alfred McCoy that Seymour Hersh comes out and the CIA holds the publication of Alfred McCoy's book. And they say, you can't pub…
▶ 1:15:33
forested areas. So all of your forested police, at least at some level, are very aware of this operation. The planners intended to kidnap the Italian president, Giuseppe Saragat, and to murder Angelo Beccari, the head of the National Police…
▶ 25:58
Yeah. Let alone subsequently. Colonel, as you know, what that led to is, you know, the toppling of when we realized that we could take over, you know, support the the Italian Christian Party and defeat the Communist Party in Italy, that we …
▶ 56:28
You have the, you know, thanks to the Denali-formed CIA, the PCI is toppled in Italy. Their threat no longer exists. The communist headquarters are destroyed. And, you know, the Christian Democrats won a huge victory in Italy.…
▶ 1:00:00
And all of those authoritative admissions against interest to bring in, you know, the Italian mafia. Right. And then you sort of expose the political control operation that resulted in the 1948 Christian Democrats victory. Right. And I thin…
▶ 24:55
but because of like the patriarch for fatherland and then liberty. So it's PL. It received support from many different places, including Christian Democrats who were publicly, let's see, who publicly would denounce it, although they were ac…
▶ 17:13
Christian Democrats really in favor of NATO. That was the whole objective. Within days, a satchel stuffed with American cash was headed off to Italian agents at the Rome Hotel, a luxurious villa atop Spanish steps favored by Dulles during h…
▶ 17:43
government's political clients. On the evening of April 17th, the first day of Italian voting, Dulles scrutinized the election rally from Rome at Forrester's home in Washington. The two men raised a toast when it became clear that the Chris…