MOVIMENTO SOCIALE ITALIANO (ITALIAN SOCIAL MOVEMENT; MSI) IN ARGENTINA

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 28, 2003
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 11, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFO RMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY Argentina
SUBJECT Movimento Sociale Italiano
(Italian Social Movements MSI) in Argentina
DATE OF
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
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1. The Movimento Sociale Italiano (Italian Social Movement; MSI) in Argentina
is directed by Dr. Raffaele Casertano91 who represented the Italian Social
Republic as Ambassador to Hungary. Casertano, a well-known journalist,
owns an import-export firm located at Calls Lavalle 1453, Buenos Aires.
The principal financial backers of the MSI in Argentina are: Vittorio
Mussolini;- on of the former Italian dictator; Luigi Palmieri, of the Pal-
mieri Hermanos firm,; Ignacio Balbiani9 who has a business concern at Calls
Peru 447; and Carlos Borgiana, an engineer. The financial resources of
the local MSI are invested in a business firm known as Leon, S.A., with
offices at Calle Peru 4 47. Balbiani is president of the firm, and its
manager is General Higinic MORINIGO9 former dictator of Paraguay. Ante
Pavelic5, 2 former. chief of the Nazi-sponsored Independent State of Croatia,
also has close ties with the local MSI group. Risorgimento, the MSI news-
paper, does not have a wide circulation*
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2. The most promd.nent Italian Fascists who,came to Argentina after World War
II, and who are working behind the scenes in the MSI, are Carlo Scorza'
Vittorio Mussolini., and Raffaele Casertano. Scorza, who was the last
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4. Publications which serve the MSI in Argentina, besides Risorgimento, are
L'Italian o, Terra d?Oltramar and Italia RepubIl Cana. None of these
publications enjoys much popularity among Italians in Argentina. Their
circulations range from about 4,500 to 19500 copies, and consequently they
are not.profitable to their publishers. In the past, especially during
the 1951 Argentine election campaign, they have received Peronista sub-
sidies, but these have been either withdrawn or greatly diminished.
Many of the Italians who were earlier attracted to the neo-Fascist cause
have been disillusioned by the activities of the Italian Fascists who came
to Argentina during and following World War II. These individuals brought
much money with them and, since their arrivals, have practically forsaken
politics in order to make money in business ventures.
6. MSI activities in Argentina are carried out by the Raggrupamenti Sociali
Italiani (RSI), which works in close collaboration with the Federazione
dei Combattenti Repubblicani (FCR). The principal financial supporter of
the RSI in Argentina is Dr. Vittorio.Valdani,1 an extremely wealthy
engineer who some years ago installed an automobile factory in Russia for
the Soviet Government. Valdan.i has numerous industrial interests in
Argentina.
7. The Central Committee of the RSI is composed of the following person$.s
Dr. Giuseppe Grillo, president
Dr. Pasquale Mammana, first vice-president
Gaetano Limbiati, second vice-president
Angelo Faretta, secretary
Leonardo Rosa, vice-secretary
Giuseppe Mastini, treasurer
The RSI leadership is in close touch with Augusto de Marsanich, secretary
general of the MSI in Italy. Marsanich is of Dalmatian origin, but his
father was a militant Italian Irredentist who left Yugoslavia after World
W I to settle in Italy. Principal correspondents of Marsanich in
Argentina are Francesco Di Giglio, Vittorio Mussolini, and Arturo Abati.
8. Arturo Abati is director of L'Italia Repubblicana. He was formerly on the
staff of Terra d)Oltramare, a paper now directed by Davide Fossa and Nino
Fortuna. The director of L'Italiano is Michele Intaglietta, who has a long
record as a Fascist. The monthly Dinamica Sociale, published in Buenos
Aires, is also a pro-Fascist publication. One of its principal editors is
Carlo Scorza, whose articles are signed 11Q, Soil
9. Ante Pavelic is said to be a frequent visitor to the offices of Riso Lmento.
10. Various. dissensions exist among the Italian Fascists in Argentina. The
movement is split into two principal groups., the republicans and the monar-
chists. The republicans, whose chief organ is L'Italia Repubblican a, are
more numerous. Among those who are trying to reconcile the two factions is
Casertano, who is married to a Bourbon princess.
11. Among personal animosities between Italian. Fascist leaders is that existing
between Arturo Abati and Carlo Scorza. Abati, with Vittorio Mussolini on
his side, is also against Francesco Di Giglio because of Di Giglio's con-
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