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{{Infobox Prime Minister 
| name               =  Alcide De Gasperi
| image              = De_Gasperi.JPG 
| order              = 44th <br> [[President of the Council of Ministers of Italy]]
| monarch            = [[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy|Victor Emmanuel III]]<br>[[Umberto II of Italy|Humbert II]]
| president    	     = [[Enrico De Nicola]] <br> [[Luigi Einaudi]]
| term_start         = December 10, 1945 
| term_end           = August 2, 1953
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In the US a campaign was launched to prevent a victory of the Communist dominated [[Popular Democratic Front]] (FDP - {{lang-it|Fronte Democratico Popolare}}). Italian-Americans were encouraged to write letters to their relatives in Italy. The popular Italian-American singer [[Frank Sinatra]] made a [[Voice of America]] radio broadcast. The [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) funneled "black bag" contributions to anti-communist candidates with the approval of the [[National Security 
Agency]] (NSA)Council]] and President [[Harry S. Truman|Truman]]. [[Joseph P. Kennedy]] and Claire Booth Luce helped to raise US$2 million for the Christian Democrat Party.<ref name=>[http://www.fsmitha.com/h2/ch24cld.html  The Cold War Begins], Frank Eugene Smitha</ref> Time Magazine backed the campaign and featured De Gasperi on its April 19, 1948 issue’s cover and in its lead story.<ref name=tim190448/> (He would appear on a Time cover again on May 25, 1953, during the campaign for that year's election, (contracted; show full)[[ru:Гаспери, Альчиде де]]
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