The Italian partisans who led the resistance against murderous fascism, and eventually killed monster Mussolini, were avowed communists.

This made the Communist Party extremely popular after the war. So the CIA spent tons of money rigging the 1948 Italian election against them. https://twitter.com/redfishstream/status/1254012870330855424
After rigging Italy's 1948 election against the communists, the CIA poured $5 million (over $50 million today, with inflation) per year into right-wing parties & groups

The US was prepared to militarily invade Italy if the communists launched a revolution https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/intelligence/2017-02-07/cia-covert-aid-italy-averaged-5-million-annually-late-1940s
CIA Covert Aid to Italy Averaged $5 Million Annually from Late 1940s

Washington, D.C. February 7, 2017 – CIA covert aid to Italy continued well after the agency’s involvement in the 1948 elections – into the early 1960s – averaging around $5 million a year, according

https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/intelligence/2017-02-07/cia-covert-aid-italy-averaged-5-million-annually-late-1940s
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