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Recruited by MI5: the name's Mussolini. Benito Mussolini
The Guardian UK ^ | 13 October 2009 | Tom Kington

Posted on 10/14/2009 2:57:24 PM PDT by Daffynition

History remembers Benito Mussolini as a founder member of the original Axis of Evil, the Italian dictator who ruled his country with fear and forged a disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany. But a previously unknown area of Il Duce's CV has come to light: his brief career as a British agent.

Archived documents have revealed that Mussolini got his start in politics in 1917 with the help of a £100 weekly wage from MI5.

For the British intelligence agency, it must have seemed like a good investment. Mussolini, then a 34-year-old journalist, was not just willing to ensure Italy continued to fight alongside the allies in the first world war by publishing propaganda in his paper. He was also willing to send in the boys to "persuade'' peace protesters to stay at home.

Mussolini's payments were authorised by Sir Samuel Hoare, an MP and MI5's man in Rome, who ran a staff of 100 British intelligence officers in Italy at the time.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; History
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1 posted on 10/14/2009 2:57:24 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition

Fascinating. Great post!


2 posted on 10/14/2009 3:09:13 PM PDT by VR-21 (If it's a vision of the future you want......)
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To: Daffynition

Actually, the Guardian is as usual making much ado about nothing. It was ALREADY known than Mussolini was paid by Hoare—Hoare mentioned it in his memoirs. Prior to the British payments, Mussolini pocketed French secret service money. And the Brits hardly gave Mussolini his “start”. Mussolini was a prominent Socialist politician before WWI started.


3 posted on 10/14/2009 3:17:38 PM PDT by CivilWarguy
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To: Daffynition

Well, we had a PRESIDENT who once took money from the KGB (Clinton as a paid anti-war protestor and organizer in Europe).

For those of you not well versed in spycraft, the most valuable assets are “agents of influence” that rise to high office.


4 posted on 10/14/2009 3:20:11 PM PDT by darth
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To: CivilWarguy

It’s the details of the payments/amounts that are news.


5 posted on 10/14/2009 3:25:27 PM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: Daffynition

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Thanks Daffynition.
Mussolini got his start in politics in 1917 with the help of a £100 weekly wage from MI5... Mussolini, then a 34-year-old journalist, was not just willing to ensure Italy continued to fight alongside the allies in the first world war by publishing propaganda in his paper. He was also willing to send in the boys to "persuade'' peace protesters to stay at home.
£100 a week was a lot of money in 1917!

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6 posted on 10/14/2009 3:58:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: CivilWarguy

And don’t forget the Germans helped Lenin get into Russia in 1917. Doesn’t mean Lenin and the Kaiser were pals.


7 posted on 10/14/2009 4:06:47 PM PDT by Defiant (The absence of bias appears to be bias to those who are biased.)
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To: Daffynition

I have heard that the Soviets gave Hitler his post-WWI start in politics.


8 posted on 10/14/2009 4:34:52 PM PDT by fso301
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To: Daffynition

Very interesting. £100 per week was a TON of money back in 1917.


9 posted on 10/14/2009 4:40:18 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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“.....equivalent to about £6,000 a week today.”

I could live on that.

Wonder what Acorn execs make a week?


10 posted on 10/14/2009 5:08:52 PM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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