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92 THE HAZARDS OF THE MOUNTAIN BOHMS AND MAHRENI, ag, 12 December 1944. 13 DEC 1944 sadoud ONNO7 The selelistiber of the Sichohebguite & ues SD m Prog Political situation in Italy. 1 8. XII. 1944 sb BNo. 3184 80 gea 100p ootfednu BS After the capture of Naples, the first attempts were made to form an Italian government under Badoglio.In addition to three bourgeois parties (including a clerical party) which had little to say, three left-wing parties were formed: the activists (Sforza), the socialists and the initially insignificant communists.The left-hand parties rejected Badoglia, demanded the resignation of the king and recognized the so-called "liberation committee" as the bearer of the state authority.The English tried by all means to supportBadoglio and the king. In March 1944, the situation changed as Professòr Togliati (Ercoli), the Italian Communist leader, arrived from Moscow in Italy and took over the leadership of the Communist Party.He took the most generous position possible,explained that he had nothing against Badoglio,that the king would not disturb him either, and that it would only come to an agreement between the national forces of Italy for the liberation struggle of the country.Finally, a compromise was reached,in which the king declared that he would return to Rome with the day of the capture of Rome.This was kept by the king and on the day Rome took over his son Umbertó. In June, for example, the new government was formed under Bonomi, in which Togliati , without acting actively, gained the strongest influence.Sforza was commissioned to comb through the entire government apparatus and to disembark all men suspected of fascism.He carried out this combing action so radically that it was finally missing everywhere from officials, in particular the fight for the prefects (police presidents) in whose occupation the English once again had the greatest interest.The very skilled Togliati succeeded in bringing his people more and more into authoritative positions. After his return from Moscow, Churchill tried with the greatest energy to bring order into Italian conditions.He was St.M. V F-55m/43 141