Operation Gladio by Paul L. Williams

Author:Paul L. Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781616149758
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2015-01-08T16:00:00+00:00

THE RAID'S RESULTS

The raid at Arezzo produced another devastating result: the loss of power for the Christian Democrats in Italy. Since 1947, the CIA had bolstered the party with over $65 million in cash, making sure it would remain in control of the Italian government.2 But the names of three leading members of the cabinet of Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani were on the P2 list, along with the heads of Italy's military intelligence, commanders of the Guardia di Finanza, prominent journalists (including the editors and publishers of Corriere della Sera), powerful judicial officials, and leading military figures. The government of Forlani, the geostrategists within the CIA realized, could not weather the crisis and would collapse within the year, and the Agency would lose control of the financial police who were in charge of the Ambrosiano investigation.3 The military intelligence would no longer be able to plant evidence against the Italian Communists; judges would no longer issue the prescribed ruling; and journalists would no longer provide the proper spin to the daily news.

The overseers of Gladio, at the bidding of the elite members of the Trilateral Commission, had engineered the pope's election and catered to his every demand.4 They had directed covert action against the proponents of Liberation Theology. They had bolstered the Christian Democratic Party so that it would remain the dominant governing force in Italy. They had engaged in the arrest and execution of troublesome laymen and priests, including Bishop Óscar Romero. And they had shelled out more than $200 million in black funds to Solidarity.5 Elizabeth Wasiutynski, who ran the Solidarity office in Brussels, expressed wonder at the galactic sums of money flowing through her tiny office every day.6 John Paul II, in his naivety, simply assumed that such support was his proper due as the Vicar of Christ. Ingratitude, while grating, was permissible, but the pope's sudden decision to undermine the fundamental objective of Gladio by seeking a rapprochement with the Soviets was intolerable.

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