What, however, do you make of Loftus' claim, corrobarated I believe, that Pius XII was so intent on keeping Communism out of Europe that he did do some horsetrading to bolster the prospects of Catholic politicians in the Intermarium area between Dansk and Trieste?
I think it's an interesting story, and one wherein he cames away looking good, willing to deal with a vanquished devil, and Croatian thugs in particular, to do battle against a new eveil
On the Pius XII Blamed, Praised at Major Conference thread, I have a conversation with Milburn Drysdale about the Vatican's dealings with the Slovak president (and priest) Josef Tiso. Also, in Bosnia's top war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic doing fine, writing books I spar with spar about the archbishop of Zagreb, Blessed Alois Stepinac and his dealings with the CINO dictator Ante Pavelic.
I'm not aware of other important Catholic politicians in the area whose cooperation was sought by Pius, but am always willing to learn. This is a longstanding area of interest for me, but only very recently have I begun to read seriously and build a library on the subject.