Gerardo Serravalle

Gerardo Serravalle (officer, spook)
Born	1930 Serravalle Sesia, Piemonte, Italy
Alma mater	Military Academy of Modena
General Serravalle was head of the Italian Stay behind network Gladio from 1971 to 1974

General Gerardo Serravalle spoke about Operation Gladio in Allan Francovich's film.

Gladio

General Serravalle was head of the Italian Stay behind network Gladio from 1971 to 1974.

According to Serravalle it was concerned with: "Internal control, that is our level of readiness to counter street demonstrations, handling nationwide strikes and any internal uprising" and Gladio's role was to: "Fill the streets, creating a situation of such tension as to require military intervention"

In 1990, Serravalle went public with that the downing of the intelligence gathering airplane Argo 16 was carried out by members of the Gladiatori themselves. General Serravale stated that in rejecting the order to turn in their weapons and explosives, the Gladiatori bombed Argo 16, thereby sending a violent message of refusal to Italy’s government.

Serravalle hinted that Israel was responsible for the Ustica massacre, the shooting down of an Italian passenger plane in 1980.

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