'STELLE ROSSE' (RED STARS) AND 'SUPER GAP' FORMATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002300700007-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 15, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

FORM
SEPT. 1 48
COUNTRY
WORMATION \1 EPORT
SUBJECT "Stelle Rosser (Red Stars) 'a:nd
PLACE
ACQUIRED
1, As a result of the events following PaL'niro Togliatti's attempted
assassination, the Italian Communist Party is reorganizing its
Apparat_,in conformity with-Cominform directives. The new Apparat
would serve as a 'ffifth column" in Italy in the event of a conflict
between the Western and Eastern powers,
2, The following formations will be included in the new organization and
will be composed of militant activists:
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"Stelle Rosse" (Red Stars) - Comprising five or six squads
with ten to fifteen men in each.
"Super Gap" - Comprising ten to twenty two men chosen from
the ranks of militant Communists.
special missions of-the formations are:
as To occupy the industrial centers
mate organs.
To prevent the escape of workers and clerks.
continuity of war production according to pre-
teridnea plans of the central tactical command.
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The general mission of the above mentioned formationgis virtually
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in a.U the other sectors of Italy.
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To destroy and mine military establishments, powder
factories, deposits and warehouses, which might be
advantageous to the enemy forces.
The PCI (Partito Comunista Italia. -I-- '4 1n 'nternretation
of propa~~anda to be carried 'out b
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Reduci e Soldati (CARS - Center for the Aid of Veterans and Soldiers).
PCI leaders estimate that there will be approximately 50,000 men
included in the above me itioned formations.
The armament contemplated in the plan would consist of light and heavy
automatic weapons, "Stern" and automatic rifles, muskets, grenades and
flare pistols.
8. Also included in the plan is the political sub-division of Italy into
18 sectors corresponding to the number of Italian regions the headquarters
of.which will be located in Turin, Milan., Verona, Bolzano, Trieste, Genoa,
Bologna,-Florence, Ancona, Perugia, Rome, 1'Aquila, Naples, Bari, Potenza,
Reggio Calabria, Palermo and Cagliari.
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