PARTITO COMUNISTA ITALIANA (PCI) SPONSORED SPORTS AND TOURIST ORGANIZATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002400670004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 4, 1999
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 10, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

CS.ASSIFICATIJf
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COUNTRY Italy
SUBJECT Partito Cam inista Ita
Spona t,red Sportae
PLACE 25X1A6a
ACQUIRED
DATE OF IN
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25X1X6 REPORT NO.
1. The attempt to organt a ,mot ra-military units within the
lbvimento Avanguardie " (^ariba1di Vanguard Movement) has
been a partial faiiar, The ,tt otivenoea of this organization was
greatly impeded by tiryely leg:l * 1, tine sanctions and by the clamor
raised in regards to its true * i, rte The PCI is now utilising sports
as a very effective pir gand!r it aeon to direct the masses of youth
towards determined po it i u'sl e, t j . C tives through a gradual infiltration,
2. In June 1948 the Central G:o tt a of the PCI organized the Union.
Ital?i,atna Sport Yopolaure ) (Italian Uniroen of Popular Sports).
It was erateblished on o rdere o ,lie Cominforw which provided large sums
for this activity. It in reps Ord that the organisation has been
financed through the Taurea bm4yw1e manufacturing plant of Bologna.
The PCI at the present ti~aae jr, ti.eo constituting the Unions Turi,stica
diovanile (Youth Tourist Union),
3. The U.I.S.P. is headed by the escretary general of the organization,
Gennaro Di Stazio, a resident of Ross, and a national council of about
eight members. The central h *nuertere of the organization is in Rene
at No. 7, Gall.eria Maargheritor: :bra order to publicize its activities it
will publish a paper to be aaU* Alba-SEE! . It will appoint
correspondents in every It-ali~a.n city. order to aid the growth
of the organization, ctarncaa, .oV eriee, sports activities and
subscriptions All, be nand rl s:urt,. The stated purpose of the organization
is to raise the level of I talina sports, and to defend the
interests "of poor sports ien, of the forgotten, of the last
romantic amateurs". So fair it 'ir:a limited its activities to
l ght sports, soccer, bicy+:l tt ,, cwimniang, bas. ketball roller
skating and boning.. It n111 .ova extend its activities to
all other fields of sports inciitding automobile racing.
4. According to reliable reports Ulu.. f ollo-g are the true aims of the
organizations
a. To educate the youth !5f I o , some in Marxist ideology at
the same time giving r.her *,litary training so that they can
be used at the proper tin=n,
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b. To make Italy the sa c cx;nventionr and demonstrations of the
Communist youth f~'o .~:tul :,, .t in the Soviet sphere.
a. Absorb the Comitat0 14ionaio Italiano (C.?.N.I.)
(National Italiod 0i; ^,; c 1`.c 'ami.ttee) and start a gradual work
of penetration anon? the ajrte fans of the nation.
The U.I.S.P. is workifl in CJCLC6a ooperaation with the Association for
.
Ite1o-Soviet Cultural eIa{rs- Within each section of the U.I.S.P.
is a political committee which ILs the task of getting the youth together
to discuss with them the dhr7 which threaten the nation and humanity
and to invite ten to co~vr:,itt2L.a the first bulwark for peace.
U I.S,,.,.,: P. Aoti ties 3nthe,,, ;mv.-+
b. A Provincial section of th'* U.1: . P. has been set up in Bari. Its
temporary headquarters are in Uw Chauut?ar of Labor headquarters. No
external activities have yet undertaken. At present the local
section of the U.I.S.P. is buzy membere, looking for a
headquarters,,. preparing a ; ograul and other preliminary activities.
The regional political Cgmaiaaa:;ar is Armando Mastromauro, viva
inspector of the PCI tore the ra3ion of Apulia, commander of the
Garibaldi Brigades. The most active leaders of the local M.S.P.
section are the following :youths: Laura Caeadio and Domenico
Morino, both leaders of the Gerjbaldi Youth Movement, and a
certain Nicola Polisenq,
8. The technical agsrt direction of the organization has been assigned to
the following: Donato Iiagno, boss at Bari on 21 August 1905, resident
of Hari, a former officer of the Fascist Militia; and Antonio Rubaudo,
bourn at Bari on 28 January 1920, resident of Bari, physical education
instructor.
9. Through Rubaudo the U.1.S.11'. hto applied to the provincial secretariat
of the Gitventu Italian (:etali, Youth) which is being liquidated to
obtain a nine year lease for the former G.I.L. (Fascist Youth Organiza-
tion) gymnasium offering forty ad W on lire and pledging to restore the
efficiency of the buildirAg aarsi. 3 r.atailations which have been seriously
damaged during the roar. Since tale matter is under the jurisdiction of
the national headquarters of the Cioventh Italiana, the application has
been forwarded to the National r,r nisaion of the organization. The C.O.
N.I. has also applied for the ust, of the gymnasimm.
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