Reply #12: Operation GLADIO

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during 1974 that Gelli met secretly with Alexander
Haig.  Formerly, the NATO Supreme Commander, Haig
had meanwhile become President Nixon’s White House Chief
of Staff.  The secret meeting was held in the US Embassy
in Rome.  Receiving the blessing of Henry Kissinger, the
US National Security Adviser, Gelli left the meeting with
a promise of continued financial support for the Gladio
network and it’s plan for the “internal subversion.” of
Italian political life.  As welcome as this was, Gelli
required additional funds to support P2 and operation
Gladio.

 He turned to P2 member Roberto Calvi, Chairman of
Banco Ambrosiano - the largest non-state owned bank in
Italy.  Calvi began to illegally siphon money from his bank,
using the Vatican bank - the Istituto per de Religione (IOR)
to launder it.  Almost certainly, Gelli had a hold over
Calvi.  Earlier, in 1967, the former head of the Italian
Secret Service had joined P2 and brought with him
150,000 sensitive dossiers that had been compiled on
highly placed individuals of Italian society. 

 Whether as a result of blackmail or political ideology,
Calvi continued to funnel a vast amount of funds to Gelli and
P2, bankrupting his bank in the
process. 

http://www.deepblacklies.co.uk/operation_gladio.htm