BLACKMAIL OF ITALIAN INDUSTRIALISTS BY 'PARTISANS' IN NORTH ITALY: POSSIBLE ARMED UPRISINGS IN NORTH ITALY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000300210007-2
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 1998
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: January 29, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTEL I FENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
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COUNTRY
Italy
DATE 25X1X6
SU.IECT
Blackmail of Italian Industrialists
by "Partisans' in North Ita1 r: Possible
DIST. 29 January 1947
Armed Uprisings in Forth Ita ,
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1. It is reported that Alberto Zorli a minor Milan industrialist,
who, works closely with the textile "king" Treccani was called
in to report to a certain Marozin, the well known partisan"
leader in Milan. Zorli was informed by rozin that his parti-
sans had taken a dissident position from that of A.N.P.I. (As-
sociazione Nazionale Partigiani Italiani) since the latter has
fallen into the hands of the Communist Party. Marozin stated
that he had contacted various North Italian industrialists who
had already ha 4ed his program to retire to the mountains and
declare war against the Communist partisan groups. He there-
fore rep ested that Zorli furnish him with 2,000 to 3,000 uni-
forms with which to equip his men.
In the face of this implied blackmail, Zorli told 14arozin that
he lacked the materials necessary for the uniforms and handed
over 10,000 lire in order to be able to leave the headquarters.
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3. Zorli was informed by Marozin that the famous industrialist
Riva (owner of the Unione Manifatture) had supplied him and his
men with great quantities of money. He also stated that he had
no need of arms since the Americans had supplied the arms in
their general clandestine program of arming action squads to
destroy Communism in Italy.
4. Marozin has his headquarters at Via Monte-Napoleone 12 (?)
Milan, in- a luxurious suite of 12 offices. He showed some of
his supplies to Zorli which included 700 to 800 picks and shovels
for the digging of trenches. Other sources state that arms are -
hidden in the same building.
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%ji'TRAL IN A LI L1!CL GROUP
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the ATMeri cans for the ari r -,Of action s quads to combat
Communism. This is artioularly.-grave in view of direct
evidence that the British have in one or more instances
tended to believe such statements and have requested in-s
formation of such American activity from various Italians.
Furthermore in this case, Marozin s a notorious ". ngster"
element who has had a varied career as a member of the
;clack Brigade and the partisan movement. It is knorm that
he was lrnprisioned in an 'littore prison in Milan folloaing
the yorman surrender and, ins pits of being implicated In
v prison riot was subsequently released. It is generally
believed that his "gang" netr:ods have inti dated the locl.
police officials. Yn acIdl-tion, this convincing talk that
he has the support of the Americans (and by implication the
Sri ti, sh), has se: ved ss a means whereb he can sell protec-
tion" to the industrialists of North Italy on grounds that
their interests ar. .identical.
It is interestir)-, to note that -t: ozin has cloaked his
activity in an ar of legitimacy'.. He attempts to point out
that he alone of all partisans is observing the la:. - that
he could quite easil have millions at his disposal'omerely
by entering - one of the large 1ilan b m ks w ith his men and
taking the necessary funds.)
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