Difference between revisions 5289323 and 5289324 on simplewiki{{Infobox Prime Minister | name = Alcide De Gasperi | image = Alcide de Gasperi.jpg | order = 44th <br> [[Prime Minister 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 (contracted; show full)r own children", and claiming disaster would strike Italy if the left were to take power.<ref name=tim120448>[http://jcgi.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,779791,00.html Show of Force], Time Magazine, April 12, 1948</ref><ref name=tim190448>[http://jcgi.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,798374,00.html How to Hang On], Time Magazine, April 19, 1948</ref> In the US a campaign was launched to prevent a victory of the Communist dominated [[Popular Democratic Front (Italy)|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 Council]] and President [[Harry S. Truman|Truman]]. [[Joseph P. Kennedy]] and Claire Booth Luce helped to raise US$(contracted; show full)[[sc:Alcide De Gasperi]] [[sl:Alcide De Gasperi]] [[fi:Alcide De Gasperi]] [[sv:Alcide De Gasperi]] [[tg:Алкиде Де Гаспери]] [[tr:Alcide De Gasperi]] [[uk:Альчіде Де Гаспері]] [[vec:Alcide De Gasperi]] All content in the above text box is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license Version 4 and was originally sourced from https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=5289324.
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