US/Ambassador/Italy

US/Ambassador/Italy  (Ambassador to Italy)
John Volpe was ambassador during the Years of Lead in the 1970s.
Start	1840
Website	http://italy.usembassy.gov/
The US ambassador to Italy

The US Ambassador to Italy is the highest diplomatic representative of the United States to Italy.

Overview

Since 1840, the United States has had diplomatic representation in the Italian Republic and its predecessor nation, the Kingdom of Italy, with a break in relations from 1941 to 1944 while Italy and the U.S. were at war during World War II.

After the war, Italy was under US occupation until 1947, by the time which the US had installed its people in all positions of power, using especially the Christian Democracy party, which came to power after the CIA rigged the 1948 elections, and the intelligence services (SIFAR), as its tools.

During the Cold War, Italy was full of US-led deep state activities, some of which were partially exposed later, like Gladio and the Years of Lead.

In 1970, US Ambassador Graham Martin gave $800,000 in covert funds to Vito Miceli, Italy's intelligence chief, with the approval of the director of the National Security Council, Henry Kissinger. The stated reason for the transfer was to finance a massive propaganda effort via Italian newspapers. The real reasons was to support a rightist coup. This happened despite the alleged objections of the CIA Rome station chief. Miceli was one of the instigators of the 1974 Golpe Borghese coup attempt.

 

Office Holders on Wikispooks

Name	From	To	Description
Lewis Eisenberg	4 October 2017	4 January 2021
Reginald Bartholomew	1993	1997	Bilderberger
John Volpe	6 March 1973	24 January 1977
James David Zellerbach	6 February 1957	10 December 1960
Clare Boothe Luce	4 May 1953	27 December 1956
Ellsworth Bunker	7 May 1952	3 April 1953
James Clement Dunn	6 February 1947	17 March 1952

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