Oldal 5 [5]
OCR
and everybody even in the regime admits ite The only great ques= tion to be decided in the none to far distant future is whether the regime should enlarge its base towards the right or the left, And this is the great battle of the coming months. Among the present ieaders, two definitely want the enlarge= ment towards the right, that is to say the inclusion of the Monar~ chists and the lements presentiy tn the MSI into a govermenhent, emda the acceptance of their basic demands of a plebiscite on the form of governement : these are Gedda and Seelba, Scelba is mow as the very strong and efficient Minister of interior, a somber Sicilian and implacabie foe ofthe Communists, Gedda, by far the more intelligent of the two, is at present President of Catholic Action, and the visible leader of the right wing of D.C, tle isy shovid the right trend prevail, the most likely Prile Minister to succeed de Gasperi, Against this demand stands de Gasperi himself, who, while diseredited, still clings to his office, lle adviicates an extension towards the lefte Taus he maintains the idea of & small coalition at first, including the splinter groups of Saragat and the Republican Party. But, in secret, his friends are preparing for enother "great design" which, in his mind, could change the face of Italien politics. It is to separate Nenni and his Left-Wing Socialicn from the Communists, end to bring them, with ‘the help of Romita, back into the governement, thus re-uniting _ he Socialist Party and making it a strong factor in politics agains The negociations on this go on in the greatest secrecy. All m=. mours are denied, but it is a fact, And, intersstingly, it is af fact as far as the Communists go tooe Because both Tosliatti's Politburo and Moscow have been studying the situatuon carefully — and heve agreed, that under certain conditions Nenni should be permitted to join the governement and to " split" with the Comme nists. The idea is, that in view of the growing danger from the rieht, a safe friend of Communism - a man who has been tested under fire in the Spanish War — should be sent in prominent position into the governement, not only to prevent. any shift to the égy. as B but also in order to be the Tyoyan Horse which will open the fo ress¢ “he Communists know, that they can not get into the gover nement, because of American opposition, But they also imow, that Americans are great suckers for ali split that can come from the left, for any show of a spread of Titoism* They know, that the Americans willl be only to glad to help with ali their power a deser= tion by Nenni, and will do anything that the conditions put by Nenni be met, Now in case of war the Communists fear only one thing : Scelba's Celere Forces, These are goody rough and reliable, These must be destroyed before the fifth; column can gain 1005 ee efficiency. Hence they need the Minicixy of interior - anc Henni 8 condition is this Ministry. It is not ¢xeluded that this condition will be accepted. ao bey: Vp ge !
