CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A018600010002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 20, 1971
• Content Type: REPORT

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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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ITALY: Police raids were probably intended to quell
criticism from the left. (Page 9)
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ITALY: Nationwide police raids against extreme
rightist groups were probably intended to quell re-
cent criticism from the left over the government's
earlier failure to move more forcefully against the
right.
Interior Minister Restivo, in statements to the
parliament on 18 March, explained that the 32 police
searches conducted during the past week were the re-
sult of investigations begun in December on alleged
coup plans of an extreme right extraparliamentary
group. According to Restivo, documents were uncovered
which constituted "criminal intent." Restivo, whose
actions were supported by the coalition partners in
the government, promised a prompt and thorough in-
vestigation of the matter.
The organization involved in the alleged Decem-
ber plot was the National Front headed by neo-
Fascist prince Junio Borghese. Borghese, who is
being sought by the police, has been involved in
such plots in the past, but has never been taken
seriously by responsible officials.
The political motivation of the present investi-
gation is underscored by the fact that the searches
were carried out by the Ministry of the Interior with-
out prior coordination either with the SID or the
Carabinieri. Moreover, the government--which had
been aware of the alleged coup planning since early
December and which knew that it constituted no seri-
ous threat--made its move only after it appeared
that the left might exploit the government's seeming
inaction.
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The embassy believes the government may now
find it necessary to balance its activity by moving
against extraparliamentary elements on the left.
Such an action would partially offset any move by
the Italian Communist Party to use the plotting to
forge "anti-Fascist unity" within the left. More-
over, a move against extreme leftists might help
stem any criticism from officials
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