Editing Propaganda Due (section)

=== Notable people on Gelli's list ===
[[Image:Ricevuta di pagamento per l'iscrizione del dott. Silvio Berlusconi alla loggia massonica P2.gif|thumb|right|Receipt for membership of [[Silvio Berlusconi]] in the P2 masonic lodge]]
Notable individuals include:

* General Aldo Alasia (Argentina)<ref>{{lang|es|italic=no|[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/39991-un-marino-con-muy-buenos-contactos-politicos-y-comerciales "Un marino con muy buenos contactos políticos y comerciales"]}}, {{lang|es|La Nación}}, 7 November 2000 {{in lang|es}}.</ref>
* Federico Carlos Barttfeld (Argentina), ambassador of Argentina to [[Yugoslavia]] (1991–1995) and [[China]] (1998–2001),<ref name="p12 barco">{{lang|es|italic=no|[http://www.pagina12.com.ar/1998/98-12/98-12-14/pag03.htm "En el mismo barco"]}}, {{lang|es|Pagina 12}}, 15 December 1998 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> and later under-secretary of state in [[Néstor Kirchner]]'s government, relieved of his functions in 2003 following allegations of involvement in the [[Dirty War]]<ref>{{lang|es|italic=no|[http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-35106-2004-05-09.html "Un dinosaurio camino a casa"]}}, {{lang|es|Pagina 12}}, 9 May 2004 {{in lang|es}}.</ref>
* [[Silvio Berlusconi]], businessman, future founder of the {{lang|it|italic=no|[[Forza Italia]]}} political party and [[Prime Minister of Italy]],<ref name="Economist 2001-04-26">[http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=587107 "An Italian story"], ''The Economist'', 26 April 2001.</ref><ref name="Ginsborg p31">Ginsborg, ''Silvio Berlusconi'', p. 31.</ref> who explicitly confirmed his membership.<ref>Quote: "Being a piduist is not a title of demerit. [...] When I received my membership card it said I was an apprentice bricklayer and I, who was a great home builder at the time, couldn't help but have a good laugh." Cf. Silvio Berlusconi interviewed at ''Telelombardia''. As quoted in ''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121014021742/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2000/marzo/07/Pietro_orrore_Berlusconi_non_demerito_co_0_0003075958.shtml «Di Pietro? Mi fa orrore» Berlusconi: non è demerito essere piduista]'', ''Corriere della Sera'', p. 8 (March 7, 2000).</ref><ref>Quote: "P2 gathered the best men in the country, and signing up was not a mistake but an accident through no fault of our own." 
From the interview at ''Mixer'' (February 21, 1994); as quoted in Luciano Canfora ''[http://web.archive.org/web/20151101021245/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1994/marzo/10/capo_dell_impresa_co_0_94031010278.shtml Il capo dell'impresa]'', ''[[w:Corriere della Sera|Corriere della Sera]]'' (March 10, 1994), p. 41.</ref> According to Gelli, Berlusconi was "the only charismatic figure who can truly lead" Italy<ref>*'''[[Licio Gelli]]''': In this country there is the only charismatic figure who can truly lead it: [[Silvio Berlusconi]].
:'''Gomez''': Are you really sure about that, Commendatore? Do you really not see anyone else?.
:'''Gelli''':Well, there would be one:[[Marcello Dell'Utri|Dell'Utri]], but he has the problem of the Palermo trial...
*'''Gomez''': But in the meantime we know how these things go: he will end up being acquitted.
:'''Gelli''':No, they will give him seven years…
** as quoted in [[Peter Gomez (writer)|Peter Gomez]], [https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2015/12/16/licio-gelli-quando-il-capo-della-p2-mi-disse-condanneranno-dellutri-a-sette-anni/2309959/ "Licio Gelli, quando il capo della P2 mi disse: 'Condanneranno Dell'Utri a sette anni'"] (December 23, 2015).</ref>
* General Luis Betti (Argentina), [[Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Argentina)|Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] (1973–1974)<ref name="p12 barco" />
* Admiral [[Gino Birindelli]], [[Commander in Chief Naval Fleet]] in the [[Italian Navy]] from 1969, and a member of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]] for the neo-fascist [[Italian Social Movement]] (MSI) in 1972–1976<ref name="La Repubblica 2015-12-16" >{{cite news |title=P2, da Silvio Berlusconi a Maurizio Costanzo, alcuni dei nomi più noti della lista Gelli |url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2015/12/16/news/p2_i_nomi_piu_importanti_della_lista_gelli-129591682/ |access-date=11 March 2023 |work=La Repubblica |date=16 December 2015 |language=it}}</ref>
* [[Brunetto Bucciarelli-Ducci]], former [[president of the Chamber of Deputies]] (1963–1968) and judge<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rold |first=Alessandro Da |date=2015-02-13 |title=Dalla P2 alla famiglia Boschi, storia di Banca Etruria |url=https://www.linkiesta.it/2015/02/dalla-p2-alla-famiglia-boschi-storia-di-banca-etruria/ |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=Linkiesta.it |language=it-IT}}</ref>
* [[Roberto Calvi]], known as "God's banker", chairman of [[Banco Ambrosiano]] from 1975, allegedly killed by the Mafia in London in 1982<ref name="Stille p41" /><ref name="Independent 2007-06-07">[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/calvi-murder-the-mystery-of-gods-banker-452056.html "Calvi murder: The mystery of God's banker"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910014711/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/calvi-murder-the-mystery-of-gods-banker-452056.html |date=September 10, 2011}}. ''The Independent''. 7 June 2007.</ref>
* [[Vincenzo Carollo]], politician of the [[Christian Democratic Party (Italy)|Christian Democratic Party]] (DC), [[List of presidents of Sicily|President of Sicily]] 1967–1969 and member of the [[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|Senate of the Republic]] 1972–1987<ref name="La Repubblica 2015-12-16" />
* [[Fabrizio Cicchitto]], member of the [[Italian Socialist Party]], who later joined Berlusconi's centre-right party {{lang|it|italic=no|Forza Italia}}<ref name="Time 1981-06-08" />
* [[Maurizio Costanzo]], popular television talk show host of [[Mediaset]] programmes (Mediaset is [[Silvio Berlusconi]]'s commercial television network)<ref name="Independent 1998-07-23" />
* [[Federico Umberto D'Amato]], leader of the Office for Reserved Affairs ({{lang|it|Ufficio affari riservati}}), an intelligence cell in the Italian [[Ministry of the Interior (Italy)|Ministry of the Interior]]<ref name="anselmi19">{{lang|it|italic=no|2=[http://www.archivio900.it/it/documenti/doc.aspx?id=485 "La Loggia la P.A. e la magistratura – I rapporti con la Pubblica Amministrazione"]}}, {{lang|it|in Relazione di Maggioranza (Anselmi)}}, {{lang|it|italic=no|Commissione parlamentare d'inchiesta sulla Loggia massonica P2}}, 12 July 1984.</ref><ref name="Willan p73">Willan, ''Puppetmasters'', p. 73.</ref>
* {{Ill|César Augusto de la Vega|es}} (Argentina), Secretary of State for Minors and the Family in the [[Ministry of Health (Argentina)|Ministry of Social Welfare]] (1973–1974), while it was headed by his friend [[José López Rega]] (see below); ambassador of Argentina to [[UNESCO]] (1974), [[France]] (1974–1975) and [[Denmark]] (1975–1976)<ref name="p12 barco" />
* [[Stefano Delle Chiaie]],  Italian neo-fascist terrorist who had ties with [[Operation Condor]] and the regime of [[Luis García Meza Tejada]] in [[Bolivia]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Vázquez Montalbán |first=Manuel |author-link=Manuel Vázquez Montalbán |title=Mis almuerzos con gente inquietante |year=1984 |publisher=Planeta |isbn=978-84-9793-459-6}}</ref>
* {{Ill|Franco Di Bella|it}}, director of {{lang|it|[[Corriere della Sera]]}}.<ref name="Independent 1997-12-23">[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-franco-di-bella-1290357.html "Obituary: Franco Di Bella"], ''The Independent'', 23 December 1997.</ref><ref name="Ginsborg p31" /> Di Bella had commissioned a long interview with Gelli, who openly talked of his plans for a "democratic renaissance" in Italy—including control over the media. The interview was carried out by the television talk show host [[Maurizio Costanzo]], who would also be exposed as a member of P2 (see above).<ref name="Independent 1998-07-23">[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980723/ai_n14162383 "Obituary: Alberto Cavallari"].{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} ''The Independent''. 23 July 1998.</ref>
* [[Franco Foschi]], politician of the [[Christian Democratic Party (Italy)|Christian Democratic Party]] (DC), [[Minister of Labour and Social Policies|Minister of Labour and Social Security]] (1980)<ref name="La Repubblica 2015-12-16" />
* [[Artemio Franchi]], president of the [[Italian Football Federation]] (FIGC) (1967–1976, 1978–1980), president of [[UEFA]] (1973–1983) and member of the executive committee of [[FIFA]] (1974–1983)<ref name="La Repubblica 2015-12-16" />
* General Orazio Giannini, commander of the {{lang|it|italic=no|[[Guardia di Finanza]]}} (1980–1981).<ref name="anselmi15" /> On the day the list was discovered, Giannini phoned the official in charge of the operation, and told him (according to the official's testimony to the parliamentary commission): "You better know that you've found some lists. I'm in those lists – be careful, because so too are all the highest echelons [Breda understood 'of the state'].<ref name="Ginsborg p144" /><ref>Marzio Breda (2011). {{lang|it|italic=no|[https://www.corriere.it/cronache/11_marzo_25/p2-p3-anselmi-breda_a9659c88-56b1-11e0-847d-b307f7e234b2.shtml "«La P2? Presto P3 e P4» La profezia della Anselmi"]}}, {{lang|it|Corriere della Sera}}, 25 March 2011. {{lang|it|"So che hai trovato gli elenchi e so che ci sono anch'io. Personalmente non me ne frega niente, ma fai attenzione perché lì dentro ci sono tutti i massimi vertici"}}.</ref> ... Watch out, the Force will be overwhelmed by this."<ref>{{lang|it|2=[http://www.senato.it/static/bgt/listadocumenti/9/1/2165/0/index.html?static=true Commissione Parlamentare D'Inchiesta Sulla Loggia Massonica P2, Allegati Alla Relazione]}} (1984), series II, vol. I, tomo IV,{{clarify|How to cite this in English? "Tomo" seems to mean the same as English "volume", yet both words are used in Italian|date=April 2023}} {{lang|it|italic=no|Esame testimoniale Bianchi Vincenzo}}, pp.148–150. {{lang|it|"«Aggiungeva di fare attenzione dato che il Corpo rischiava  di  inabissarsi.» anche se lui «personalmente se ne fregava»"}}.</ref>
* General {{Ill|Raffaele Giudice|it}}, commander of the [[Guardia di Finanza]] (1974–1978).<ref name="anselmi15" /> Appointed by [[Giulio Andreotti]], Giudice conspired with oil magnate Bruno Musselli and others in a lucrative tax fraud of as much as $2.2 billion.<ref name="Time 1981-06-08" /><ref>[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/7178 "Italy: Terror on the Right"], ''The New York Review of Books'', 22 January 1981.</ref>
* General {{Ill|Giulio Grassini|it}}, head of Italy's civilian secret service [[SISDE]] (1977–1981)<ref name="Time 1981-06-08" /><ref name="anselmi15" />
* [[Raúl Alberto Lastiri]] (Argentina), interim [[president of Argentina]] from 13 July 1973 until 12 October 1973<ref name="list" />
* [[Pietro Longo]], secretary of the [[Italian Democratic Socialist Party (historical)|Italian Democratic Socialist Party]] (PSDI) (1978–1985) and [[Minister of Budget (Italy)|Minister of Budget]] in [[Bettino Craxi]]'s [[Craxi I Cabinet|first cabinet]] (1983–1984)<ref name="ginsborg p30">Ginsborg, ''Silvio Berlusconi'', p. 30.</ref>
* [[José López Rega]], Argentine [[Ministry of Health (Argentina)|Minister of Social Welfare]] under [[Juan Perón]] and [[Isabel Perón]] (1973–1975) and ambassador of Argentina to [[Spain]] (1975–1976), founder of the [[Argentine Anticommunist Alliance]] ("Triple A")<ref name="p12 barco" />
* [[Enrico Manca]], editor of {{lang|it|Giornale Radio Rai}} and Minister of Foreign Trade (1980–1981)<ref name="La Repubblica 2015-12-16" />
* [[Luigi Mariotti]], a politician of the [[Christian Democratic Party (Italy)|Christian Democratic Party]] (DC), [[Minister of Health (Italy)|Minister of Health]] (1964–1968, 1970–1972) and [[Minister of Transport (Italy)|Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation]] (1968–1969)<ref name="La Repubblica 2015-12-16" />
* [[Emilio Massera]], admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the [[Argentine Navy]], and a member of the [[National Reorganization Process]], the military junta ruling Argentina led by General [[Jorge Rafael Videla]], in 1976–1978<ref name="p12 barco" /><ref name="list">{{lang|it|italic=no|2=[http://archivio900.globalist.it/it/documenti/doc.aspx?id=42 "Elenco degli iscritti alla Loggia P2"]}}. {{Cite web |url=http://archivio900.globalist.it/it/documenti/doc.aspx?id=42 |title=1. Elenco degli iscritti alla Loggia P2 − archivio900.it |access-date=August 3, 2012 |archive-date=May 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516131901/http://archivio900.globalist.it/it/documenti/doc.aspx?id=42 |url-status=dead}}. {{lang|it|italic=no|Presidenza del Consiglio}}. 21 May 1981 {{in lang|it}}</ref>
* General [[Vito Miceli]], chief of the [[SIOS|Operative Informations and Situation Service]] ({{lang|it|Servizio Informazioni Operative e Situazione}}, SIOS), the Italian Army's intelligence service from 1969 and head of the military intelligence service [[SISMI|SISMI/SID]] from 18 October 1970 to 1974. Arrested in 1975 on charges of "conspiracy against the state" concerning investigations about {{lang|it|Rosa dei venti}}, a state-infiltrated group involved in the [[strategy of tension]], he later became a member of the [[Italian Social Movement]] (MSI).<ref name="anselmi15">{{lang|it|italic=no|2=[http://www.archivio900.it/it/documenti/doc.aspx?id=481 "Gli apparati militari. Conclusioni"]}}, in {{lang|it|Relazione di Maggioranza (Anselmi)}}, {{lang|it|italic=no|Commissione parlamentare d'inchiesta sulla Loggia massonica P2}}, 13 July 1984 {{in lang|it}}.</ref><ref name="Willan p59">Willan, ''Puppetmasters'', p. 59.</ref>
* General [[Pietro Musumeci]], deputy director of SISMI<ref name="anselmi15" />
* [[Umberto Ortolani]], banker and businessman, closely involved with Gelli's business interests in [[South America]] and with the [[Vatican Bank]]<ref name="Independent 2005-07-20">[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mason-indicted-over-murder-of-gods-banker-499461.html "Mason indicted over murder of 'God's banker{{'"}}]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925040915/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mason-indicted-over-murder-of-gods-banker-499461.html |date=September 25, 2011}}. ''The Independent''. 20 July 2005.</ref>
* General Giovambattista Palumbo, commander of the 1st Carabinieri Division "Pastrengo"<ref name="anselmi15" />
* [[Carmine Pecorelli]], a controversial journalist assassinated on 20 March 1979. In a May 1978 article, he had drawn connections between the [[kidnapping of Aldo Moro]] and [[Operation Gladio]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/print/0,,4665179-105806,00.html "Moro's ghost haunts political life"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 9 May 2003.</ref>
* [[Mario Pedini]], politician of the [[Christian Democratic Party (Italy)|Christian Democratic Party]] (DC), Minister of Scientific Research (1975–1978), [[Minister of Culture (Italy)|Minister of Culture and 
 Environmental Heritage]] (1976–1978) and [[Minister of Education, University and Research|Minister of Public Education and Universities]] (1978–1979)<ref name="La Repubblica 2015-12-16" />
* General Franco Picchiotti, commander of the [[11th Carabinieri Mechanized Brigade]]<ref name="anselmi15" />
* [[Angelo Rizzoli Jr.]], owner of {{lang|it|Corriere della Sera}}, later a cinema producer<ref name="Ginsborg p31" />
* {{Ill|Celestino Rodrigo|es}}, Argentine [[Ministry of Economy (Argentina)|Minister of Economy]] (1975) and friend of [[José López Rega]] (see above)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Agustín Lucietto |first1=Franco |title=La Cuestión Malvinas: de la negociación al conflicto. Una aproximación al vínculo entre la política exterior y la política de defensa de Argentina |journal=Ciclos |date=2022 |volume=XXIX |issue=58 |page=119 |url=https://ojs.econ.uba.ar/index.php/revistaCICLOS/article/download/2357/3143/ |access-date=11 March 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
* General {{Ill|Giuseppe Santovito|it}}, head of Italy's military intelligence service [[SISMI]] (1978–1981)<ref name="Time 1981-06-08" /><ref name="anselmi15" />
* [[Gustavo Selva]], director of the [[Rai Radio 2]] news programs, at the time of the publication of Gelli's list a [[Member of the European Parliament]] for the [[Christian Democratic Party (Italy)|Christian Democratic Party]] (DC), later a member of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]] and the [[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|Senate of the Republic]] for the [[National Alliance (Italy)|National Alliance]]<ref name="La Repubblica 2015-12-16" />
* [[Michele Sindona]], banker linked to the [[Sicilian Mafia]], ex-president of {{Ill|Banca Privata Finanziaria|it}}<ref name="Stille p41">Stille, ''Excellent Cadavers'', p. 41.</ref>
* [[Gaetano Stammati]], President of the [[Banca Commerciale Italiana|Italian Commercial Bank]] (COMIT), [[Minister of Finance (Italy)|Minister of Finance]] (1976) in [[Aldo Moro]]'s government, Minister of Treasury (1976–1978), Minister of Public Works (1978–1979) and [[Minister of International Trade]] (1979) in [[Giulio Andreotti]]'s third, fourth and fifth governments<ref name="La Repubblica 2015-12-16" />
* General [[Guillermo Suárez Mason]], Argentine military officer in charge of the {{lang|es|italic=no|[[Batallón de Inteligencia 601]]}} during the [[Dirty War]] and [[Operation Condor]]<ref name="p12 barco" />
* {{Ill|Bruno Tassan Din|it}}, general director of {{lang|it|Corriere della Sera}}<ref name="Ginsborg p31" />
* Admiral {{Ill|Giovanni Torrisi|it}}, [[Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy]] (1977–1980) and [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Italy)|Chief of the Defence Staff]] (1980–1981)<ref name="Time 1981-06-08" /><ref name="anselmi15" />
* {{Ill|Alberto Vignes|es}}, Argentine [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship|Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship]] (1973–1975)<ref name="list" />
* [[Claudio Villa]], famous singer and actor who represented Italy in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] in 1962 and 1967<ref name="La Repubblica 2015-12-16" />
* [[Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples]], son of [[Umberto II of Italy|Umberto II]] and disputed head of the [[House of Savoy]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hooper |first1=John |title=The fall of the house of Savoy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jun/23/italy.johnhooper |access-date=11 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=23 June 2006}}</ref>