The CIA wanted to secretly funnel American cash to European politicians, criminals and businesses that would do their bidding. They also wanted to influence public opinion about capitalism, communism, but without appearing to. To accomplish this, they set up an enormous number of front groups, many of which still exist today. They also hid known fascist murderers in the US because they thought they might be useful.
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Vitellius needs to decide what to do with Otho's old troops in Italy, many of whom still regarded their defeat as one of treachery. And now that the game was really just about anyone being able to create an emperor, there were numerous candidates still available. He also gets a tour of the battlefield outside Cremona, "a hideous and terrible sight." Forty days had elapsed since the battle and there were remains of horses and humans laying unburied everywhere. Vitellius eventually arrived in Rome in June. He had already been Emperor for three months. Little does he know, he is a third of his way through his reign.
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