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[[Serafino Romualdi]] was an Italian socialist exile who emigrated to the United States following the fascist seizure of power.<ref name"Harris97">Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.10.</ref>
 
[[Serafino Romualdi]] was an Italian socialist exile who emigrated to the United States following the fascist seizure of power.<ref name"Harris97">Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.10.</ref>
  
He became a member of staff in [[David Dubinsky]]'s [[International Ladies' Garment Workers Union]] in New York.<ref name"Harris97">Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.97.</ref>
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He became a member of staff in [[David Dubinsky]]'s [[International Ladies' Garment Workers Union]] in New York.<ref name="Harris97">Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.97.</ref>
  
In 1942, he was sent to South America by the [[Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs]] to organise a congress of anti-fascist exiles in Uruguay. On his return, he was recommended to the [[OSS]] by [[Adolf Berle]].<ref name"Harris97">Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.97.</ref>
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In 1942, he was sent to South America by the [[Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs]] to organise a congress of anti-fascist exiles in Uruguay. On his return, he was recommended to the [[OSS]] by [[Adolf Berle]].<ref name="Harris97">Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.97.</ref>
  
In July 1944, Romualdi was sent to Italy as a Major in the OSS working with [[Max Corvo]] and [[Vincent Scamporino]].<ref name"Harris97">Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.97.</ref>
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In 1943, he returned to the US to work in the labour division of the coordinators office, headed by [[John Herling]].<ref name="KheelArchive">[http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/ead/htmldocs/KCL05459.html Guide to the Serafino Romualdi Papers, 1936-1967], Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.</ref>
  
Based at the apartment of his brother-in-law, the Italian socialist leader [[Giuseppe Lupis]], attempted to strengthen the socialists against the communists, a policy for which his authority from the [[OSS]] was doubtful. He passed funds from the [[Italian-American Labour Council]] to socialist trade unionists who were willing to split from the communist-led labour federation.<ref name"Harris98">Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.98.</ref>
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Romualdi joined the [[OSS]] in May 1944.<ref name="KheelArchive"/>
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In July that year, he was sent to Italy as a Major in the OSS working with [[Max Corvo]] and [[Vincent Scamporino]].<ref name="Harris97">Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.97.</ref>
  
In October 1944, Scamporino sent Romualdi to the Franco-Swiss border, supposedly to deliver arms, but in reality on a mission, "planned outside normal channels" to smuggle the socialist writer [[Ignazio Silone]] into Italy to combat communist influence.<ref name"Harris98">Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.98.</ref>
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Based at the apartment of his brother-in-law, the Italian socialist leader [[Giuseppe Lupis]], attempted to strengthen the socialists against the communists, a policy for which his authority from the [[OSS]] was doubtful. He passed funds from the [[Italian-American Labour Council]] to socialist trade unionists who were willing to split from the communist-led labour federation.<ref name="Harris98">Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.98.</ref>
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In October 1944, Scamporino sent Romualdi to the Franco-Swiss border, supposedly to deliver arms, but in reality on a mission, "planned outside normal channels" to smuggle the socialist writer [[Ignazio Silone]] into Italy to combat communist influence.<ref name="Harris98">Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.98.</ref>
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==Affiliations==
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*[[International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union]]
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*[[Free Italy Committee]]
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*[[Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs]]
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*[[Italian-American Committee for Democratic Education]]
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*[[Committee for the Political Defense of the Continent]]
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*[[Office of Strategic Services]]
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*[[American Federation of Labor]]
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*[[Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers (ORIT)]]
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*[[AFL-CIO]]
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*[[American Institute for Free Labor Development]] - Executive Director
  
 
==External Resources==
 
==External Resources==
 
*[http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/ead/htmldocs/KCL05459.html Guide to the Serafino Romualdi Papers, 1936-1967], Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
 
*[http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/ead/htmldocs/KCL05459.html Guide to the Serafino Romualdi Papers, 1936-1967], Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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*Harry Kelber, [http://www.laboreducator.org/darkpast4.htm AFL-CIO’s Dark Past (4), U.S. Labor Reps. Conspired to Overthrow Elected Governments in Latin America], ''The Labor Educator, 29 November 2004.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 11:23, 17 January 2012

Serafino Romualdi was an Italian socialist exile who emigrated to the United States following the fascist seizure of power.[1]

He became a member of staff in David Dubinsky's International Ladies' Garment Workers Union in New York.[2]

In 1942, he was sent to South America by the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs to organise a congress of anti-fascist exiles in Uruguay. On his return, he was recommended to the OSS by Adolf Berle.[2]

In 1943, he returned to the US to work in the labour division of the coordinators office, headed by John Herling.[3]

Romualdi joined the OSS in May 1944.[3] In July that year, he was sent to Italy as a Major in the OSS working with Max Corvo and Vincent Scamporino.[2]

Based at the apartment of his brother-in-law, the Italian socialist leader Giuseppe Lupis, attempted to strengthen the socialists against the communists, a policy for which his authority from the OSS was doubtful. He passed funds from the Italian-American Labour Council to socialist trade unionists who were willing to split from the communist-led labour federation.[4]

In October 1944, Scamporino sent Romualdi to the Franco-Swiss border, supposedly to deliver arms, but in reality on a mission, "planned outside normal channels" to smuggle the socialist writer Ignazio Silone into Italy to combat communist influence.[4]

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Notes

  1. Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.10.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.97.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Guide to the Serafino Romualdi Papers, 1936-1967, Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.98.