This aid went towards financially supporting centrist Italian governments and using the awarding of contracts to weaken the Italian Communist Party 's hold on labor unions .
The CIA provided an average of $5 million annually in covert aid to Italy from the late 1940s to the early 1960s .
This aid went towards financially supporting centrist Italy governments and using the awarding of contracts to weaken the Italian Communist Party 's hold on labor unions .
The CIA provided an average of $5 million annually in covert aid to Italy from the late 1940s to the early 1960s .