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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> | 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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| + | *[http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/ead/htmldocs/KCL05459.html Guide to the Serafino Romualdi Papers,1], Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library. | ||
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Revision as of 19:25, 15 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.[3]
In July 1944, Romualdi was sent to Italy as a Major in the OSS working with Max Corvo and Vincent Scamporino.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
External Resources
- Guide to the Serafino Romualdi Papers,1, Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Notes
- ↑ Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.10.
- ↑ Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.97.
- ↑ Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.97.
- ↑ Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.97.
- ↑ Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.98.
- ↑ Richard Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency, Globe Pequot, 2006, p.98.
