(The Vatican) is the most irreconcilable and organised opponent of greater democratic transformation in Italy.
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From a conversation with Kostylev, 11 June 1945; in “'Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Federation”', f. 098, p. 152, p. 19. Quoted in Elena Aga Rossi and Viktor Zaslavsky, “'Togliatti and Stalin”', Il Mulino, Bologna, 1997, p. 79. ISBN 88-15-06199-1.