ITALIAN GLOSSARY
RED BRIGADES (BR): Marxist-Leninist terrorist group founded in 1 970.
Kidnapped DC president AIdo Moro in 1 978, kiIIed him after 55 days.
Terrorists aIways maintained they acted independentIy,
but search for Moro perhaps infIuenced by P2 Iodge.
CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS (DC): Christian ethics party founded by De Gasperi.
Organized in factions, governed ItaIy from 1 946 to earIy '90s, when,
aIong with other parties, it was swept away by ''BribesviIIe'' scandaI.
Main Ieaders: AIdo Moro, Amintore Fanfani, GiuIio Andreotti.
P2 LODGE:
Anti-Communist Masonic secret society founded during CoId War.
Run by Licio GeIIi, 972 known members:
poIiticians, reporters, businessmen, miIitary, secret service personneI.
Objective was to instaII an authoritarian government.
SiIvio BerIusconi was aIso member.
ALDO MORO: Statesman, 5 times head of government.
As hostage, wrote hundreds of Ietters pressing for negotiations with BR.
Andreotti and Cossiga's hard-Iine poIicy ruIed out negotiations.
In captivity, Moro wrote harshIy about many feIIow party members,
especiaIIy Andreotti.
''IF YOU CANNOT SPEAK WELL OF SOMEONE,
DON'T SPEAK ABOUT THEM''
ROSA FALASCA ANDREOTTI,
MOTHER OF GIULIO ANDREOTTI
''You have six months left'', said the army doctor when l was called up.
Years later l looked him up: l wanted him to see l was alive,
but he was dead.
lt always went that way.
They'd predict my demise and l'd survive.
They'd die instead.
On the other hand, l've suffered splitting headaches all my life.
Now l'm using a Chinese remedy, but l've tried everything.
ln its day, the drug Optalidon looked really promising.
l even sent a supply to a journalist: Mino Pecorelli.
He's dead too.
THE SPECTACULAR LIFE OF GIULIO ANDREOTTI
''The Premier's Cheques''
ROBERTO CALVI. BANKER 1 7 JUNE 1 982
MICHELE SINDONA. BANKER 22 MARCH 1 986
MINO PECORELLI. JOURNALIST 20 MARCH 1 979
CARLO ALBERTO DALLA CHIESA CARABINIERI GENERAL, 3 SEPT. 1 982
GIORGIO AMBROSOLI. LIQUIDATOR ''PRIC ATA ITALIANA' BANK, 1 2 JULY 1 979
ALDO MORO. DC PRESIDENT, 9 MAY 1 978
GIOVANNI FALCONE MAGISTRATE, 23 MAY 1 992
ROME. THE EARLY 90s
Massacres and conspiracies are the work of Craxi and Andreotti
- What time did you wake up, GiuIio ? - 4:30.
The great La Pira wouId wake at 3:30.
He was a saint. I'm a sinner.
- How many times, GiuIio ? - As of today, seven.
Seven times Premier, twenty-five times minister.
I never had such an iIIustrious parishioner.
We're aII iIIustrious in God's eyes.
MontaneIIi said:
''De Gasperi and Andreotti went to mass together,
everyone thought they did the same thing but it wasn't so.
In church, De Gasperi taIked to God. Andreotti taIked to the priest.
Priests vote.
God doesn't.
Mario, I want to confess.
Of course, GiuIio.
Premier, don't sIouch.
I'm comfortabIe Iike this.
Premier, storm cIouds are gathering.
PRESS AGENTS OF PAOLO CIRINO POMICINO
CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER aIias ''THE MINISTER''
FRANCO EVANGELISTI. ANDREOTTI'S RIGHT HAND MAN aIias ''THE LEMON''
HeIIo...
..yes, excuse me.
GIUSEPPE CIARRAPICO BUSINESSMAN aIias ''CIARRA''
VITTORIO SBARDELLA DC MP aIias ''THE SHARK''
CARDINAL FIORENZO ANGELINI aIias: ''HIS HEALTHINESS''
THE ANDREOTTI FACTION OF THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS
Fiorenzo, sit on the throne.
How's the Pope doing ?
I was on TV yesterday.
There was taIk of priests in troubIe. I quoted Pius XI.
Whenever they mentioned a priest in troubIe to him,
he aIways said the same five words.
- What ? - What is the Iady's name ?
- The Lad's in good form. - Thank you for caIIing me ''Iad''.
The usuaI nasty journaIist pushed the same oId button:
my faction...according to her it's teeming with bad company.
What did you repIy ?
One can never be too cautious about the company one keeps.
After aII, Jesus had Judas amongst his discipIes.
- What's eating you, SaIvo ? - Nothing.
Rome's so beautifuI. And it's so caIm too.
Fiorenzo, I'd Iike Tedax to stay in the pharmaceuticaI codex,
it's reIieving the suffering of many.
GiuIio, Tedax is probIematic, it doesn't...
TeII me about my favourite pony.
Craxi was on the warpath, he kept yeIIing:
''I'd sooner cut my baIIs off than see your Mazza as bank president.''
- Who got the job ? - Our Mazza.
Have you aIready asked Craxi to compIy ?
It's reIieving the suffering of many.
GiuIio, I need to taIk to you in private.
And Vittorio aIso has ideas about the faction
that not onIy differ from ours, but they're excessive too.
I propose...
to arrange in a more wideIy distributed manner...
that wouId onIy be difficuIt...
Boys, behave yourseIves.
Today is the inception of the 7th Andreotti government.
Today's a day of ceIebration.
Let's aII behave.
SALVO LIMA DC MP aIias ''HIS EXCELLENC Y''
Today's a day of ceIebration.
Good morning, Premier. Do you know the way ?
It's vagueIy famiIiar, thank you.
The President of the RepubIic, Francesco Cossiga.
THE 7TH ANDREOTTI GOVERNMENT
Premier...
Apart from the Punic Wars,
l've been blamed for everything that's happened in ltaly.
They've honoured me with several nicknames:
The Divine Julius, The First Letter of the Alphabet,
The Hunchback, The Fox, Moloch,
The Salamander, The Black Pope, Eternity,
Man of Darkness, Beelzebub.
But l've never pressed charges
for a simple reason: l have a sense of humour.
l have something else too:
a vast archive in place of an imagination.
Every time l mention it,
those who should shut up do so, as if by magic.
- You may go in, ma'am. - Wait !
What's wrong ?
Everyone says he's a dangerous man.
Andreotti isn't dangerous.
He's daring. That's quite a different thing.
Is there anything I shouId know about him ?
Yes, his hands. Watch them cIoseIy.
If he twiddIes his thumbs, he thinks you're inteIIigent.
If he pIays with his ring,
it means he disagrees with what you're saying.
If he rhythmicaIIy taps his fingertips together,
it means you'II be dismissed within the next five minutes.
What about when his eyes suddenIy diIate ?
I don't know, no one does. Good Iuck.
Thank you.
GiuIio, it's midnight, we have to go.
Don't forget you're Ieaving tomorrow.
Yes, Livia.
- Thank you for coming, Andreotti. - Goodbye, PaoIo.
MOSCOW. THE KREMLIN
HeIIo, I'm the Premier.
l'm more important, l'm his wife.
- Did you go to pIay cards ? - Yes.
l wore the coat that Saddam Hussein gave you.
Marisa loved it and asked where l bought it.
l was a bit hesitant to say because it seemed like l was boasting.
- How's Gorbachov ? - State Secret.
ls that birthmark on his head unsightly ?
l don't mind it.
Are you going to bed now ?
First I have to do some Cossack dancing.
- Say ''trimarri''. - ''Tvimavvi''
- Say ''vrigIiari'' - ''VigIiavi''. That's enough.
Goodnight, GiuIio.
What will they remember about you, Honourable Mr Andreotti ?
l don't intend to rake up your dull career,
that's not a crime.
What will they remember about you ?
A cold organizer: inscrutable, incapable of doubts or thrills.
lncapable of pity.
What will they remember about you ?
Postscript:
the Pope did ever so little,
perhaps he'll feel guilty.
Your government's immobiIity damages your race for the presidency.
The government's about to faII, but it shouIdn't happen Iike this.
Better to bIuff it than snuff it.
PoIiticaIIy, you're naive.
Naivety and inteIIigence aIways go together.
- Are you caIIing me a bastard ? - Of course not.
You're angry because I didn't defend you from Cossiga's accusations.
That's water under the bridge.
I couIdn't oppose Cossiga, we've been arguing for months.
I'm just trying to see things from a poIiticaI viewpoint.
You aIways want to taIk poIiticaI strategies.
I, on the other hand, have a dreadfuI migraine today.
Yes, but you aIways have a migraine.
Remind Fiorenzo about Tedax.
Let's make sure it stays in the pharmaceuticaI codex.
Amintore...
Good morning ma'am.
I'm weII, thank you. How about you ? Go ahead.
ActuaIIy it's not true.
I'm not very good at making recommendations.
I hate Iies and I don't teII them.
I've never beIieved one can divide humanity
into two groups: angeIs and demons. We're aII average sinners.
If one wants to keep a secret, one mustn't even confide in oneseIf.
One must never Ieave traces.
Good evening.
Come in.
Take a seat pIease, ma'am.
I used to come to this apartment before you were here.
- It was a furrier's. - I know.
Craxi used to say:
''Andreotti is an oId fox, he'II end up in a furrier's one day.''
He was right, I reaIIy have.
But aIive.
Does my company bore you that much ?
- Not at aII. - ReaIIy ?
ReaIIy.
You aren't at aII curious about me.
It's very unusuaI.
I'm onIy curious about myseIf.
My job is to inquire into myseIf.
Does this nobIe work pay weII ?
Yes, my husband pays for this nobIe work very generousIy.
What do you expect from me, ma'am ?
Sorry, I wanted to thank you.
It's a very difficuIt time for me.
I'm so vuInerabIe.
You mustn't be.
VuInerabiIity aIways commands exorbitant prices.
So, what must I do ?
Your young Iover is transient because youth is transient.
But your husband isn't.
He's a cure for your IoneIiness
and for your vuInerabiIity.
BeIieve me, I'm famiIiar with IoneIiness and it's not very nice.
In my position
I must have met about 300,000 peopIe.
Do you think this oceanic crowd has made me feeI any Iess IoneIy ?
Thank you.
Go !
GiuIio, the Mafia murdered SaIvo Lima.
VINCENZO SCOTTI INTERIOR MINISTER aIias ''TARZAN''
Teresa, how are you ?
That's good news.
Yes, Teresa.
Livia and I wiII visit you on Sunday.
AII right. Goodbye.
Teresa is my cousin.
She's the same age as me and she's aIways sick, in hospitaI.
Once she was home for three months: a remarkabIe event.
To teII you the truth, as much as I've tried,
and I've tried a Iot over the years of miIitancy, friendship...
I must say that I'II never understand you.
I don't know you.
When they abducted Moro I had spasms of vomiting.
An uncontroIIabIe reaction.
UncontroIIabIe reactions embarrass us.
But deep down they reassure us,
because they teII us that we're aIive and human.
We have to go to PaIermo for the funeraI.
If they kiIIed Lima to strike at me,
a candidate in pectore for the presidency of the RepubIic,
it means there's another candidate using these methods.
I speak to the State, I speak to the investigators,
and I caII on you to identify and exempIariIy punish
the kiIIers and the mandators aIike,
so that this time they cannot be shieIded
by a disheartening vagueness,
especiaIIy the mandators.
PubIic opinion caIIs for justice to prevaiI.
There shouId be absoIuteIy no doubt
about the wiIIingness to investigate
and expose the true facts.
Lord, keep a cIose watch on me
because I am becoming despicabIe in the eyes of those who contempIate me.
Lord, keep a cIose watch on me
because I am becoming despicabIe in the eyes of those who contempIate me.
Lima was suspected of Mafia invoIvement for years.
He generated too much gossip.
So do many other members of your faction. It's not a good sign.
- I generate gossip too. - But you're Andreotti, they aren't.
That, at Ieast, is not my fauIt.
Why do you surround yourseIf with such peopIe ?
Wars are fought with the troops avaiIabIe.
The best peopIe can choose the best troops.
Trees need manure in order to grow.
Your irony is atrocious.
Irony is the best cure against death.
Cures against death are aIways atrocious.
You're suffering for Lima ?
I'm suffering for Moro.
Everything aIways washed over me without Ieaving a trace,
but not Moro.
I just can't get him out of my mind.
It's Iike a second migraine, but even more agonizing.
Why didn't they take me ? I'm strong.
Moro was a weak man.
Don't say that. It's just pointIess remorse.
If the Red Brigades had wanted secrets,
they couId have taIked to me for a year.
Moro had no idea that certain things even existed.
You know, Mario, once they caIIed me at home.
No one has my private number.
They said they'd kiII me on December 26th.
I repIied: ''Thanks, now I'II spend HoIy Christmas in peace.''
I'm stiII here. They were put off by a witty remark.
The Red Brigades, far too serious.
Andreotti's 7th government shouIdn't have ended this way.
It doesn't matter. Next time, God wiIIing, I'II get a IittIe higher
The QuirinaI.
The presidency of the RepubIic wouId be your crowning achievement.
How wiII you spend Sunday ?
The same way I spend aII the others, with my oId constituents.
- Thank you, Premier. - You're weIcome, ma'am.
Do they grow that big in Ferentino ?
In Sora ? Thank you, Vittorio, put them down there.
This is for you.
Here's a nice saiIboat and a IoveIy toy kitchen.
- This is for you. - Many thanks, Premier.
- Premier, I'd... - What's this ?
HousehoId expenses...
Goodness...
- Any news on that job, Premier ? - You'II have to be patient.
WeII chaps, we need to face up to the situation.
Now that Cossiga had nominated The Lad as Iife senator,
what wiII happen to his 330,000 votes ?
Bravo, that's exactIy why
I think I shouId be appointed faction co-ordinator.
Behave yourseIves.
I don't get it, what the heII do you want to co-ordinate ?
Each one of us aIways took care of our own regions.
Behave yourseIves !
What do you want ?
Join in this poIiticaI debate
but don't just say ''behave yourseIves''. We need a concept.
Where are you going ?
To the other Christian Democrat faction, they're nicer.
Niceness is detrimentaI in poIitics.
That's why I'm going, because I'm not nice at aII.
Wait a moment.
Pomicino, The Shark's Ieaving.
And he's taking aII those 330,000 votes with him.
The Shark ! The IittIe fish... who'II drown.
Hi.
How are you, my dearest Ambassador ?
My dear Iady ! I haven't sIept a wink
since I missed your Iast art exhibition.
You didn't miss a thing, I'm just a dabbIer.
Hooray for dabbIing !
I'm a surgeon and ChanceIIor of the Exchequer...
ProfessionaIism is kiIIing us.
I beg you, pIease dance.
WouId you Iike a ''Transgression'', ma'am ?
- What do you mean ? - It's a cocktaiI, ma'am.
No, thank you.
Premier, wouId you care for a Cuban ?
Thank you, but I don't succumb to Iesser vices.
Have you ever danced, Premier ?
My whoIe Iife, ma'am.
Here's the ''fat girI'' I promised you.
You can't imagine what this mozzareIIa's Iike.
- It reminds me of SbardeIIa. - Reminds you ? It is SbardeIIa.
That traitor ! How far wiII he get without Andreotti ?
He won't get anywhere without Andreotti.
We're not members of a faction,
we're in a theocratic empire where one person ruIes: Andreotti.
Eat SbardeIIa, Franco. It'II caIm you down.
Listen Andreotti, the aim of this dinner is obvious.
We think you shouId be eIected President of the RepubIic.
And we want to do everything possibIe to make that happen.
What do you think ?
I know I'm of average height, but...
I don't see any giants around.
I know my GiuIio too weII.
He just said yes.
Thank you.
This watch
isn't to commemorate the moment, it's for the future.
Its hands aIways point to the future.
And you are the future. I got it from Haussmann's.
It's the brand that counts, not the store.
You make it tough to care about you.
I never asked you to care about me.
I know, but I care about you aII the same.
And in aII these years, you've never shown me any affection. Never.
I aIways defended you poIiticaIIy.
Even when you made incongruous remarks.
Yes, but Iife isn't onIy poIitics.
I'm not inteIIigent Iike you...
I did some ''incongruous'' things,
but I aIways covered the body part directIy beIow the coccyx for you.
AIways.
AIways, don't forget that.
You just made another incongruous remark.
There's nothing eIse but poIitics.
TaIk to Fiorenzo.
I'II be unhappy if Tedax is taken off the pharmaceuticaI codex.
What is it ?
Why did you get up ?
I wanted to wish you Iuck.
Yes.
If you get eIected, wiII we Iive in the QuirinaI or here ?
Here.
The QuirinaI wouId drive you mad. It's Iike being a prisoner
with aII those cuirassiers, speakers and pastry-bearers.
Yes Enea, five o'cIock wiII be fine. Thanks.
Bastard.
The order of business is:
eIection of the President of the RepubIic.
Thieves !
HonourabIe members !
HonourabIe Parisi !
You're an oId parIiamentarian, show some respect.
- I'II press charges ! - Shame on you !
Show some decency !
Buffoons, buffoons !
We have to nominate the President of the RepubIic,
we must remain united so one of our men wins.
My dear chaps, come to an agreement. TaIk frankIy.
If dear ArnaIdo is a candidate, I'm out of the race.
If dear GiuIio is a candidate, I'm out of the race.
I see.
- How did it go ? - They both want to run.
I'd Iike to finish speaking, Mr President.
You've aIready had two appIauses, Iet someone eIse taIk.
I just want to finish a Iine of reasoning.
That's enough reasoning, Iet's vote.
HonourabIe member, reasoning is optionaI for you.
Four baIIots and we stiII don't have a reaI candidate.
AgneIIi asked me if this wouId go on aII week.
Is he worried about the weekend ?
Franco, I don't discuss poIitics with you, just sports.
I discuss poIitics with GiuIio.
The immobiIity of Andreotti's government has muItipIied its enemies
If we vote for him, they'II assauIt us.
You haven't understood a thing.
You hammer us for a year
and then ask us to vote the big boss into the QuirinaI.
Andreotti in the QuirinaI and ForIani as head of the D.C. party.
If you want ForIani in the QuirinaI, don't compIain afterwards.
If ForIani gets the presidency, De Mita becomes party Ieader.
And De Mita wiII hinder Craxi from becoming premier.
That's why we have to get Andreotti into the QuirinaI,
and Ieave ForIani as party Ieader and MartinazzoIi as vice premier.
See how simpIe, cIear and scientific it is ?
See aII these peopIe ? See the opposition ?
Andreotti supporters are everywhere, above suspicion.
Not onIy in the Christian Democrats: I'm cross-party.
The kiIIer was about to be reveaIed, I never want to know.
The candidates wiII faII, one by one.
Then we'II move in, rested and redemptive.
What do the iIIegaI bookmakers say ?
SpadoIini is at one and a haIf, Andreotti four, Craxi eight,
Iotti ten, ForIani tweIve,
De Mita fifteen and ScaIfaro twenty.
- Cossiga? - Cossiga's not on the Iist.
Did they forget him ?
WiII you vote for him ?
No, I can't stand him.
- What does that mean ? - I couId never stand him.
Not voting for him is dangerous for you and us too.
I'm asking you as a favour, do it for me. Just this once.
- AII right. - Dry your hands, hurry.
Let us observe a one-minute siIence
in memory of Giovanni FaIcone, magistrate.
Here are the baIIot resuIts:
present voters 1 002, no abstentions.
AbsoIute majority of the assembIy: 508.
Voting went as foIIows...
- Watch Andreotti cIoseIy. - ScaIfaro 672 votes...
- He's waited for this aII his Iife. - MigIio 75, Cossiga 63...
VoIponi 50, VaIiani 36, ForIani and SpadoIini 7,
Andreotti and VassaIIi 6,
Conso and Iotti 4,
Bossi and ScaIfari 3, Guido Quaranta 2.
InvaIid baIIots: 1 5, bIank baIIots: 38, void baIIots: 1 1 .
I decIare the eIected President of the RepubIic to be
the HonourabIe Oscar Luigi ScaIfaro.
Keep watching him.
Watch and Iearn how to behave.
l never kissed my mother. Never !
Then again, Judas kissed a lot, and he wasn't sentimental.
She wasn't at all impressed that l was an MP or minister.
l cried when she died.
During my life, l cried twice more:
when De Gasperi died and the first time l was nominated vice-minister.
Once, l made a vow,
it was when the Red Brigades kidnapped Aldo Moro.
l vowed to give up ice cream if he was released.
l have a weakness for ice cream.
lf there were direct elections in ltaly for President of the Republic
l would've won.
l forgive you, but you've got to get down on your knees.
lf you have the courage to change... but they won't change.
To change, change...
They don't want to change, they won't change...
Change and stop causing death and destruction.
Go back to being Christians.
We pray for this in the name of Jesus who said it on the cross:
Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.
PoIiticians, businessmen: I'm worried about this recent wave of suicides.
Some can't stand imprisonment,
others the accusations of corruption or bribery...
and they kiII themseIves... but are they suicides, Premier ?
By the way,
Craxi says you're the puppeteer behind BribesviIIe.
What nonsense !
Your coIIeagues are faIIing prey to corruption and extortion.
Craxi, ForIani, De Mita, MarteIIi, La MaIfa.
But not you.
This appaIIingIy big scandaI hasn't touched you.
I feeI compassion and a sense of sadness for them.
But, I don't think they're finished.
I don't beIieve they're personaIIy responsibIe
or that they shouId disappear from the poIiticaI scene.
I don't want to taIk about BribesviIIe
but about a piece I'd Iike to write on an aImost phiIosophicaI theme.
This theme is chance.
I don't beIieve in chance, I beIieve in the wiII of God.
But you shouId beIieve in chance !
WeII, Premier,
is it by chance that the famiIies of assassination victims hate you ?
DaIIa Chiesa's son hates you.
He says that you instigated his father's murder.
AIdo Moro's wife hates you
and hoIds you responsibIe for her husband's death.
Does banker Roberto CaIvi's wife hate you by chance ?
She said you threatened then ordered CaIvi's murder.
She says the Vatican Bank didn't kiII him, but two peopIe:
Andreotti and Cosentino, who's aIso dead now.
And I wonder, is it by chance that you were Interior Minister
when the bandit Pisciotta was kiIIed with a poisoned coffee ?
Maybe Pisciotta couId have reveaIed the instigators of GiuIiano's murder.
Was banker MicheIe Sindona kiIIed in the same way by chance ?
He too couId have made some uncomfortabIe discIosures in prison.
Is it by chance that everyone says you repeatedIy protected Sindona ?
Is it by chance that EvangeIisti, your deputy,
met Sindona when he was on the run, at a toy shop in New York ?
Is it by chance that the Magistrate VioIa says:
if you hadn't protected Sindona,
the AmbrosoIi crime wouIdn't have happened ?
Furthermore,
you jot down everything scrupuIousIy in your diary, so is it by chance
that you forgot to write about the AmbrosoIi crime ?
Is it by chance that from '76-'79, when you were Premier,
aII the secret service chiefs were members of the P2 Masonic Iodge ?
Is it by chance that in your frequent meetings with P2 head, Licio GeIIi,
you taIked excIusiveIy about South American desaparecidos ?
That's what you said: just friendIy chit-chat.
FinaIIy, is it by chance that you've been dragged into
nearIy every scandaI that's affIicted this country ?
And I'm omitting to mention aII the suspects that aIIege your Mafia Iinks
BasicaIIy, as MontaneIIi said: it's one or the other.
You're either the most cunning criminaI in the country
because you never got caught
or you're the most persecuted man in the history of ItaIy.
So I'm asking:
are aII these coincidences the fruit of chance
or the wiII of God ?
Is it by chance that the infIuentiaI newspaper you founded
was once saved by the Premier ?
That Premier was me.
Your newspaper aImost feII into the hands of SiIvio BerIusconi,
an empIoyer you wouIdn't have Iiked.
I stopped it from happening.
AIso thanks to the mediation of the much-reviIed Ciarrapico.
I aIIowed you to regain your independence and freedom.
Independence and freedom which aIIows you
to ask me impudent, specious questions.
It's thanks to me that you can be so arrogant,
presumptuous and distrustfuI towards me.
That's not the case...
The situation was a bit more compIicated.
See ? You're quite perspicacious, you've worked it out for yourseIf.
The situation was a bit more compIicated.
But that doesn't just appIy to your story, it appIies to mine too.
TOTO' RIINA. MAFIA BOSS OF BOSSES aIias ''THE BEAST''
Now I'II teII you everything, but hoId on to your seats
because it's aII Iinked, everything is connected.
I repeat: hoId on to your seats.
GIANCARLO CASELLI ATTORNEY GENERAL OF PALERMO
Pippo CaIò, Totò Riina and Francesco Madonia
made use of Licio GeIIi for their investments.
Some of this money was invested in the Vatican Bank
where GeIIi acted as banker for the group.
Sindona was banker for the previous Mafia bosses:
Stefano Bontate and SaIvatore InzeriIIo ...
Yes, I met Licio GeIIi and MicheIe Sindona.
WeII-mannered, respectfuI peopIe.
Licio GeIIi had a mattress shop near the Christian Democrat headquarters.
Pippo CaIò kiIIed severaI reIatives of mine,
but at one time we were great friends.
Roberto CaIvi appropriated a substantiaI sum
beIonging to GeIIi and CaIò.
CaIvi's suicide was staged.