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To fight against the left, we must also use the police.

— Palmiro Togliatti

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Regarding the suspicion that some dissidents of the PCI during Fascism had been reported to the police by the communists themselves, led by Togliatti and therefore aligned with Moscow's directives. Cf. Bruno Vespa, “'Donne d'Italia”', RaiEri-Mondadori, Milan, 2015, p. 86. ISBN 978-88-04-65812-2.

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