centres of the international fascist network.
Corporation, incorporated in known far right terrorists.
Nothing of this was apparent when I visited the office in Crawford Street in one of the smarter areas of London's West There is a large "For Sale' notice on the corner of the building; the blinds are roughly drawn across the windows; the potted plants are dying in the foyer.
No-one is there; there is no forwarding address and the phone is left off the hook. None of the official Stock Exchange and banking directories have any record of the bank.
Only a few weeks ago Scotland Yard, acting on information from the Florentine judge Pier Luigi Vigna, arrested number Italians, Argentinians and other Laun A mencans connecnor with the bank's activities. When I snoke o a scorane tare orece he admitted that the arrests had taken place and tnat cnarges were being preferred. But he refused to say wno was arresica and wnat tne charges were. So why the silence?
COLLECTION The Universal Bank Corporation deposited money for collection by fascists — in the Banco de Bilbao in London, the Banco Espanol in DEUSSE SA the main office of the Banco de Alicante, the Banco Meridional and the Banco Granada in Madrid and another unidentified bank in Malaga.
Judge Vigna's investigations and the aftermath of the discovery the Madrid arms factory revealed an international network financing the Fascist International. Vigna has discovered deposits in accounts in Zurich and Basle.
He also says that a list obtained from one of the most important Italian terrorists includes a number of Spanish names. Among them is Mariano Sanchez Covisa, the leaders oTtne Guet lieros Cristo Rey, and Alberto Royuela, Barcelona provinçial neutenant or the Guardia de Franco. As we reported (Red Weeklv. 24 FebNo doubt many supporters of the THIS BUILDING does not look like one of the But the London office of the Universal Bank Anguilla, responsible for depositing vast sums of money in bank accounts all over the world for collection by ruary), Royuela supplied the fascists with equipment for the Montejurra massacre last May.
Vigna has strong reasons for suspecting that the Mafia is behind the financing of Italian and Spanish fascists. Certainly the links between the two countries are very close. We have already reported on the presence of Italian fascists in Spain and their role in the murders in January.
LINK Now it appears there is a financial link as well. Elio Massagrande will be familiar to Red Weekly readers. His name is on the list of tne iberian section ol ine Anucommunist International Alliance, The isE on wnch une names or Colin Jordan, David waler waker ane koberr bure appear. He was in direct contact wiw une CECEK Kaletsis and was finally arrested after the discovery of the Madrid arms factory.
Massagrande took three gold bars from Rome to Madrid where deposited them in account in the name of José Luis Clemente Antonio, une propneror of the "II Apuntamento" taurant. It is smali coincidence that Stefano delle Chiaie and Salvatore de Francia. two leading italian tascLists who will be equally well-known to Red Weeklv readers, were em ployed at Il Apuntamento last of yedl Each gold bar bore the inscriphave tion 'Société Générale de Metaux back to a branch of the Société Générale in Nice which, last July, was robbed of money and precious metal equivalent to 080 milion DeoCLas NETWORK But the financial network extends beyond Southern Europe. The Freneh paper l express claims that there is a fascist trattic and a few has been U Stirling, in arms, diamonds, drugs and gold Tascist caac between South Africa, Paris and Milan. The Canaries and mainland Spain are a safe staging post along the route.
It appears that much of the golc a bank and diamonds is to pay off the being Spain to fight the liberation meye pizza res- ments in southern Africa. Among these are former members of the Spanish Foreign Legion and of the Portuguese secret police, PIDE, as well as Croats and other assorted international killers. The magazine Cambio 16 suggests that a Mozambican called Jorge Jardin may be the organiser of this traffic.
Precieux'. They have been traced BADAJOZ Cambio nearly half the gold imported into Spain enters illegally mainly directed through Badajoz, near the Portuguese border, and is controlled by former PIDE members and fascists of the Portuguese ELP. Sources in Badajoz report a meeting of PIDE and ELP members in the city in late February and a regular trarnc in gold Dars over the border.
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full extent of its activities?
also maintains that ceased to exist?
know quesuons CHRIS O'BRIEN for more on fascist network The extent of the international fascist network is becoming clearer. In Spain and Italy more information is becoming available. But there are still many unanswered There is no doubt where the gold and diamonds come from, but who is the South African connection?
Why will no-one, including the police, talk about the Universal We know about certain deposits made by the bank, but what is the wnere nas tnis ooscure Angun UN FOR SALE -CM COOKSON/Red Weekh KING CORPORATION LIMIED INCORPORATED IN-ANGUILLA