Max Ascoli
Max Ascoli (1898-1978) was the head of Italian-American Mazzini Society which had a close working relationship with British Security Coordination during the early years of World War Two.[1]
In 1949, Ascoli founded the Reporter, a liberal anticommunist periodical with close links to the CIA. Two of its staff members, Philip Horton and Douglass Cater were former members of the Office of Strategic Services.[2]