1957-59 PROPAGANDA FORGERIES - WORLDWIDE TARGET

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• Publication Date: January 1, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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1957-59 PROPAGANDA FORGERIES WORLDWIDE TARGET
&.ple-.forgery campaign and no single forgeries. The
multiple-forgery campaign was:
THE ROCKEFELLER LETTER CAMPAIGN
Basic forgery: THE ROCKEFELLER LETTER
On 15 February 1957 the official East German Communist Party (SED)
daily Neues Deutschland surfaced a letter purportedly-writ n by
Nelson A. ROCKEFELLER to President EISENHOWER, outlining a plan for
U. S. domination of the world through the use of economic and military
assistance pacts. The letter,_which he newspaper explained had been
written "in January 1956," stressed the need to play up the economic
rather than the military aspect of U. S. aid programs.,
Supplementer forgery: THE DULLES MEMORANDUM
On 10 March 1957, in the Neues Deutschland article which constituted
that newspaper's final comment on the RO CKEFELLER LETTER, the DULLES
MEMORANDUM was surfaced. This was allegedly a secret memorandum written
by U. S. Secretary of State DULLES to President EISENHOWER, stating that
the realobJective of_U. S.-policy in the Middle East was to suppress
national independence movements and to establish the U. S. in the colonic
role previously occupied by France and Britain. The surfacing article
ended, "rt is clear...that the memorandum met with the agreement of the
National Security Council and served as a basis for the so--called
Eisenhower Doctrine." Thus, the basik ROCKEFELLER LETTER was supplement(
by another forgery which served to adapt it for specific use in replay tE
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Middle Eastern targets in connection with the chief Bloc propaganda targE
of the moment in that area: the Eisenhower Doctrine.
For details of surfacing and replay of the ROCKEFELLER LETTER Campaign,
see Attachment 4-a.
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multiple-forgery campaign was:
THE SUNKT-DIRBCTIVE- CAMPAIGN
Preliminary forgery: The ERHARD LETTER
On 22 May 1958 the official Czech CP daily Rude Pravo,
in Prague, published a letter allegedly written by Ludwig ERHARD,
West German Minister of Economics, to Chancellor ADENAUER, reporting
that "the highest representatives of the West German armament industry
support ADENAUER's policy of remilitarization without reserve and
emphatically ask ADENAUER to frustrate all attempts toward a
relaxation of international tension, to prevent the convening of the
Summit Conference, and to reject, along with the U. S., the policy of
peaceful coexistence."
Basic forgery: THE U. S. DIRECTIVE ON PREVENTION OF A SUMMIT CONFERENC
On 7 June 1958 the official East German news agency ADN published
an alleged Lerman translation of the original text of a "secret
instruction from the U. S. State Department, sent to the Chiefs of
U. S. foreign missions abroad," explaining the U. S. policy of sabotag
negotiations for a Summit Conference.
For details of surfacing and replay of the SUMMIT CONFERENCE Campaign
-see Attachment 4-b.
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1957-59 PROPAGANDA FORGERIES - MIDDLE EASTERN TABOM AND AFRICAN TARGET:
details of
surfacing and replay, in chart,,.form, see Attachment 5-a.
2. II1958, I I multiple-forgery campaigns and ~Y single forgery:
a. The ROUNTREE CIRCULAR Campaign (multiple-forgery)
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RADIO" aka "BIZIM RADIO" is a clandestine transmitter,
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claiming to be located in Turkey but in fact broadcasting from
Leipzig, East Germany, in Turkish to Turkey. On 9 April 1958
---"OUR RADIO" ! broadcast the following 'news item': "Report from
.._Cairo-: The American State-Department has sent a secret
directive to its envoys in the Middle East with a view to overthrow.
the BAR. The directive points out that Soviet influence in the
Arab countries has increased owing to Soviet recognition of the
UAR and urges the envoys to use every means to spoil Soviet--Egyptia
relations.',
BB a.sic forgery:
On 26 July 1958 the Cairo daily Al Ahram surfaced a document
purporting to be a State Depattment circular which had been cabled
17 April 1958 to U. S. diplomatic missions in the Middle East. It
was 'signed' by Assistant Secretary of State William ROUNTREE, and
stated that one of the principal aims of U.S. policy in the
Middle East was to split the UAR into its original Syrian and
Egyptian components, to stop the growth of Egyptian influence, and
to spoil Soviet-UAR relations.
First supplement (?):
campaign and no single forgeries. The
~~qvnltiple_forgery
multiple-forgery campaign w -:-the -i LI- A;NERAL STAFF Campaign,
A report received from Cairo in .rly January 1959 concerned policy discussion which UAR President NASSER had allegedly held
with his Minister of War. In the course of t. t lk the Minister
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reportedly informed NASSER that in "very recent cables" he had received
from_UAB..Military Attaches in Ankara, Stockholm and Tehran, "all three
reported they had obtained documentary evidence of State Department
briefings to those posts to the effect that current U. S. policy is to
undermine UAR/USSR relations and, when that is accomplished, to finish off
NASSER." The source stated that the Minister "appeared to believe these
documents had been acquired by penetration of U. S. Government installations
and had not been fed to the Military Attaches by the Soviets,"
(Comment: This is included because it was
as a_ covert report and because of_ its x obvious
role as another step in the ROUNTREE _'.IRCULAR Campaign. In view of the replay
itself
given the ROUNTREE CIRCULAR/by official UAR representatives a few months
earlier, however, its real sponsorship and the reason for repeating it under
the above circumstances are. unknown.)
eaond supplement - The MURPHY LETTER
In mid-March 1959 photostatic copies of a forged letter were mailed to
several Beirut newspapers and to certain members of the Lebanese Parliament.
According to a report from Baghdad the document was also transmitted (means
headed 'Personal and Secret.' It stated that "Your fears that we might
Secretary of State Robert MURPHY. The ltter, dated 4 December 1958, was
unknown) to the Iraq Government. It was also transmitted through covert
-intelligence sources in Lebanon to the Jordanian Government, in Amman. The
letter, on a forged U. S. State Department letterhead, was addressed to
Ambassador Robert McCLINTOCK, in Beirut, and was 'signed' by Deputy Under
somehow enhance the spirit of Nasserism among the Arabs are groundless. I
our goals can be attained without resorting to arms. You certainly are aware
of what I have in mind when I say that after the snakes devour each other, the
jungle be o:-mes safer'...." Having thus neatly fanned the distrust of both the
-note that we have nothing in common with NASSER and his kind... However, I
disagree you t tordd-e.shouldbe drawn ahead of time, particularly when
assure-you that NASSSER is not the man we shall support. You are right to
UAR. and Izat Iraqi 'snakes' corierning U. S. activities in the Middle Eastern
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'Jungle.' the letter assured Ambassador McCLINTOCK that 14r. ROUNTREE,
on behalf of the Secretary of State, will be on hand to help you overcome
the doubts that assail you.,"
The letter was not published by any of its recipients.
or details of surfacing and replay, see Attachment 5-
The "U.S. SOLDIERS IN LEBANON" Cama.ien (multiple-forgery)
Preliminarv forgery (allegation only): The U. S. PARATROOPERS' CABLE
O 11 August 1958, a domestic-broadcast on RADIO BAGHDAD carried
the following news report: "In Lebanon, Saeb Salam has received a
cable from four American paratroopers expressing their-.desire_to_volunteer
in the people's forces."
Basic forgery: The "JOHN H"or "JOHNS LETTER
----On or about 15 A ugust_1958 a _. bundle. of mimeographed copies of a letter
was found in Beirut by an individual who turned it over to American official
stationed there. The letter was a forgery, signed by "John H," an officer
in the 75th U. S. Engineer Battalion, and addressed to members of the U. S.
The writer explained~tkat "I arrived together
with a group of American officers from Munich on 27 July in a Globemaster
aircraft...#A few days ago we received orders to remain in Lebanon for
15 months to insure U. S. security and tranquility. In addition to this,
it is intended_ a-carry out_large-sc ie techni l work in Lebanon for
turning the Riyaq and Al_Rualyet airports into bases for American planes
Five sites for the launching of rockets will be built
on the Irrian-Lebanese frontier,.,./1 From all this it is not difficult to
understand that all these preparations will, in the final count, lead to the
annihilation of millions of Arabs strrug ng for their national
Such are the reasons which have prompted me to address you,
-my friends, urging you to demand that our command immediately evacuate us
from Lebanon to the United States."
On 25 August 1958, the letter was surfaced by publication in the id Irl
newspaper Beirut Al-Nasaa, which at that time was outlaw ed and received only
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ATTACHMENT 5 (cont)
The, SUDAN GOVW"MENT DOCUMENTS (single forgery)
- -On 1 December 1958, the official Czechoslovakian press agency
CTK, in Prague, sent out a_peleasecrediting "the Cairnpress"_with__
publication of a report that the new Sudanese Government had found
secret documents of the old Government, showing U. S. y bribery
of high Sudanese officials. Timm 3MjdX;QP(=X 4 Y
#o further replay has been reported.
On 4 March 1959, the first of the forgeries to be targeted primarily
t audiences in Africa below the 2kxmcxxx Sahara appeared, in a press release
ent by the official Hungarian press agency MTI, in French, to its outlets
Europe. The press release carried the text of a document which it claimed
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d "emanated from the office of the Prime Minister of the Central African
ederation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Sir Roy WELENSKY," and "carried the
ollowing signatu ies : Alfred FINSENT Head of the European
~ organization of
entral Africa, and Eir Roy WELENSKY, Prime Minister of the Federation of
hodesia and Nyasaland.,,
The text stated that it had been officially decided that African naticnalis
isoners were to be transferred "to another concentration camp where all those
ho would not express their resolution to break with African nationalism would
e exterminated." Editorial comment added that the "other concentration camp"
n question was the Hola camp in Kenya, and that "the African prisoners
Ignvoived number about 80,000. If, after interrogation, they refuse to disown
he Nationalist movement; they will be thrown into ditches called 'poison wells'
filled withpoisoned water. Within a few days the poisoned water will
netrate the body and iCil11 kill. " The comment added that "The Cairo Bureau
f the Kenya African Association states that according to their knowledge,
5 Africans have already been exterminated 'experimentally' by this procedure.'"
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The TAIPEH CABLE Campaign (multiple forgery,)
1951- PROPAGANDA FORGERIES -
ASIAN TARGET
multiple-forgery
campaign and & single forgeries:
14 September 1957 Blitz, in Bombay, published an article
entitled "U. S. Ambassador in Fix over Loss of State Secrets during
the Taipeh Riots.": The article, datelined "Hong Kong," read: "Rumours
of Mr.-Karl k*JfiffcXk RANKIN's .pa'oposed sdi$mi.$sal_- from-.his-post of
U. S. Ambassador to 'Nationalist' China have been confirmed here.
the opinion of Formosan circles, one of the main reasons for the
Ambassador's, trouble is the loss of highly important secret documents
by the U. S. Embassy in Taipeh during the May riots. These documents,
including some from the top-secret Cipher Department, are believed to
-involve the U. S. State Department and the Pentagon in a conspiracy of
-counter revolution against China and subversion of the freedom of
independent countries of Ruth and East Asia. The documents were lost
during the anti-American disturbances in Taipeh on May 24, when
infuriated Chinese crowds raided the Embassy premises.\" (Note: The
anti_American riot to which the last sentence refers did take place, and
First two forgeries- The RANKIN CABLES. _
On 21 September 1957 Blitz published two forgeries, purporting to
be cables from U. S. Ambassador RANKIN in Taipeh to the %oretary of
State (see Attachment 11 for copy). They discussed methods of assassinating
CHIANG Kai- hek and included a recommendation by Ambassador RANKIN that
"Version 3" - murder disguised as accident--be used.
Third and fourth forgeries - The ALLISON CABLES.
On 28 September 1957 Blitz surfaced two more forged cables, purportedly
sent-by-T. S. Ambassador ALLISON, in Indonesia, to the U. S. Embassy in
Taipeh. The first reported on "the necessity of increasing military aid" to
the rebel forces in Indonesia, while the second was a "progress report" on
U. S. efforts to overthrow President SUKARNO. This document closed with
a note on details of packaging arms shipments for smuggling to the dissident
DARUL ISLAM leaders in Mndonesia.
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publishing another forged cable. This one had ostensibly been sent by
the State Department to the U. S. Embassy in Taipeh. It stated that
"Control over the armed forces of the Asian members of SEATO remains
our prime objective," and outlined the subversive steps to be taken in
the SEATO area to achieve this aim.
Attachment 6-a for details of surfacing and replay of this campaign.
The BISHOP DIRECTIVE _(si e_forger.ZJ
On 13 July 1957 Blitz published an article alleging the existence
of a secret State Department directive to Ambassador BISHOP, in Thailand,
ordering him to use all local U. S. intelligence facilities "to screen the
loya
'es of the King and his Government members." No replay was reported.
The KISHI/DULLES PACT (single forgery
Blitz of 12 October 1957 carried. an article alleging the existence
of a secret pact between Japanese Premier KISHI and Secretary of State
DULLES "to permit use of Japanese troops anywhere in Asia."
2.~, .C multiple-forgery campaign and' simile forgery
he-FROST LETTER Campaign (multiple-forge
The rebellion in Indonesia, beginning early in 1958, gave the
Sino- Soviet bloc propagandists an opportunity to switch their general
charges of U. S. subversion in Indonesia to specific and heavilyppled-
charges that the U. S. had planned and was covertly lending military
support to the rebellion. The new charges were promptly "confirmed"
by the FROST LETTER Camnaigne
Pr ude
On 22-March 1958 Blitz carried an article, "American Bases in Sumatra."
The article, over a Bangkok dateline, read; "According to sources close to
the U. S. group at SEATO headquarters, the latter have received instructions
from the Pentagon to submit immediately their opinion on the proposal to
construct U. S. atom bases in Sumatra. It is known here that a Top Secret
agreement has been concluded by the Indonesian separatists with the SEATO
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umatra. This agreement was finalised after secret talks which took place
e Gently Ili- Tokyo between Col. ST MUNAL, representing the "Separatist Government'
f the USSAIN_SHAFRUDDIN rump, and representatives of the U. S. Embassy. "-
eliminary forgery: The SJAMSUDDIN LETTEE.
On 15 May 1958 the Rzrmese-language newspaper 'Ihe Mirror, in Rangoon,
urfaced a letter alle#edly written by,1rebel leader M. SJAMSUDDIN to U. S.
bassador MacARTHUR, in Tokyo. The letter began, '"Your phone call-proved-to
e-. ai-mag c._ The meeting.,.twas very useful. We have weed practically on
ii the details. Now, I hope.,_o ties will remain permanent and we will
eceive all necessary materials without delay..11'et=
asif The FROST LETLER
(Background: By early summer of 1958, the U. S. Government had opened
fficial and widely publicized negotp,tions with the Indonesian Government
oncerning supplying U. S. arms to Indonesia, and had announced that the
. S. Government regarded the Sumatra rebellion as an internal Indonesian
roblem only. Since these measures tended to-deflate the Bloc propaganda
ampalgn on U. S. support for the rebels, a new forgery was launched to
jdocument' continuation of the campaign on the charge-_that.the U. S. _negotiations
with-- Indonesia were simply camoufla
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On 8 June 1958, The Mirror, in Rangoon, surfaced the FROST LETTER,
llegedly written by Rear Admiral Laurence FROST, Chief of U. S. Naval
ntelligence Bureau, to Indonesian rebel leader KAWILARAOR. The letter
old the rebels "not to despair just because the-IT.-SO issued statements
expressing, on the surface, 'no interference' in the Indonesian civil war,"
nd added, "We will continue giving assistance to you through 7siwan_and the
ilippines-and -other-channels-.'I
Attachment 6_b for details of surfacing And replay of this campaign.
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.znormed its readers that CHIANG Kai-trhek had
rrcently written lette
7t'e~ident EISENHOWER, warning that "every third
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1j For details of surfacing and replay, see Attachment 7-b.
-The CESKE SLOVO Campaign (multiple-forgery)
For a description ofthe CESKE, SLOVO Campaign, s
and Attachm nt 7_ C,
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