ITALY: Communism Can Be Profitable

Eugenio Reale, 50, is a debonair little Neapolitan of cultured tastes who has done time in Fascist jails, served in Parliament, and represented his country abroad (as ambassador to Warsaw). He is also a Communist.

In Italy, where Communism is big business, Reale held the key position of party administrator. As such he sat on a three-man committee, supervising the flock of import-export firms which the party has set up or taken over to handle Soviet-bloc trade in Italy. Italian businessmen rapidly found out that the only sure way of doing business east of the Iron Curtain was to let these...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!