The CIA claims that the PCI was being funded by the Soviet Union.[7] According to Wyatt: "The Communist Party of Italy was funded ... by black bags of money directly out of the Soviet compound in Rome; and the Italian services were aware of this. As the elections approached, the amounts grew, and the estimates [are] that $8 million to $10 million a month actually went into the coffers of communism. Not necessarily completely to the party: Mr. Di Vittorio and labor was powerful, and certainly a lot went to him," according to the former CIA operative.[2] Although the numbers are disputed, there is evidence of some financial aid, described as occasional and modest,[8] from the Kremlin.[9] PCI official Pietro Secchia and Stalin discussed financial support.[10]