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Article: CIA fights spread of communism; Fears Italy would fall under Soviet Union in late '40s.(PLUGGED IN - NATIONAL SECURITY)(AMERICA AT WAR)(Column)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- September 17, 2009
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Byline: Jonathan Kelly, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
In the late 1940s, the growth of communism in Europe was a cardinal concern for American policymakers. The early years of the Cold War generated serious challenges for all levels of the United States government, particularly within the intelligence community and its centerpiece, the newly created Central Intelligence Agency.
One of the earliest crises of this period was the danger that beleaguered Italy - so recently liberated from fascist rule - would fall under the dominion of the Soviet Union in the same way many Eastern European nations already had. As the threat of a communist-controlled Italy grew, the ...