Above, and opposite, the scene at Bologna railway station after fascist bombing in Italy By Sophia Silj THE ruling Italian coalition government was forced to resign last week, of a secret conspiracy involving nearly a thousand leading personalities political, economic and military elites.
Three cabinet members were among the plotters, as well as 30 other members of parliament. All are said belong to an ex'clusive Vasulli lodge, Propaganda Due, . O P-L. the aim of which;
aLVI ding the magistrates exposed the clique was to 'destroy the constitutional order of the country'.
Some British media accounts of the scandal have tried suggest that P-2 was little more than self-help society, mutual through which members of would assist the careers OI fellow-memsomething which Masonic oddes throughout the world specialise in.
Villa But it is obvious that much more was involved.
One indication is ine type of people who were members of P-2. According to seized country villa of the lodge's masse included LICU Gelli, these Justice. Minister, Sarti, Trade Minister, uncovered amid revelations the country's Enrico Minister. Franco and Labour Minister, Froshi.
A host of high ranking generals were also members P-2, including General Rafaele der ce, commander Guardia di Finanza, anti-smuggling operations.
Fled Giudice was already in prison for tax evasion when latest broke. His former Chief of Staff, who had the mem bership number in Among others named as lodge members are the head of the Defence Minis try s military security organisation, the chief of the Ministry's potencence security service, and General Carol Dalla Chiesa, top generals in the CarabinItaly's prestigious police force.
Altogether, about
officers of the Carabinieri are said to have been involved in P-2 The outgoing government is the 40th Italy has known since the war. The reason for the rise and tall of countless coalitions is the refusal of the bourgeois parties to include the Communists The Christian Democrats by themselves have 38 per cent of the seats in parliament, and so are forced, maintain themselves in Masonic lodge, P2, was linked to fascist terrorists look for allies among the smaller and often even more right wing parties The Socialists, led by Bettino Craxi, are Dal ticularly right wing social democrats, with the resuli that they only have around 10 per cent of the seats in The Communists have 30 per cent It is the strength of the Communist Party and the prospect that eventually they may be at least partners in government, which helps to explain the forma tion of groups such as P-2 Although the Italian Bank president Robert Calvi is among them, as is Carlo Bonomi, the head of one of the largest investment companies in Italy Geili, P-2's boss, has in the past given some indi cation of what his gang of banails and parasies were up to Two veals drun said: 'Italy's political par ties and institutions just do nol do ineir loos, we need good people to work straighten things out.
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