SOME PRELIMINARY COMMENTS OF PY STAFF

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2003
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: August 8, 1952
• Content Type: BRIEF

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SECURITY INFORMATION
SOME PRELIMINARY COIZ ENTS OF PY STA,FF
Paragraph I.1., page 1:
This appears to beg the issue. If this paragraph is to be retained,
your staff recommends that those areas of "basic national policy" which
are said to require clarification be specified. However, your staff would
prefer to see the following substituted:
"1. To be fully effective, psychological planning at the stra-
tegic level should be based on an agreed over-all strategic concept
for the national psychological effort. Efforts to date indicate
that such a concept cannot be formulated without a thorough study
of existing national policy, interdepartmental agreement as to the
interpretation thereof, and, possibly, additional policy decision.
This is a time consuming process, and, accordingly, the formulation
of a strategic concept may not be possible for some time."
Paragraph 1.1., page 2:
Your staff questions the validity of the conclusion set forth in
the first sentence and recommends that the sentence be preceded by the
words: "In certain limited areas,".
Paragraph I. A., page 3:
Your staff recommends that, the first complete paragraph on page 3,
commencing, "In he i ddle Eas ," be rewritten as follows:
"Irresponsible nationalism is the current major threat to free
world interests in the area. United States capabilities for effec-
tive psychological action have declined, though some slow progress
is reported in certain sections of the Moslem World.'`'
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In subparagraph 1, of the last paragraph on page 3, your staff feels
that Western Europe should not be singled out. The statement that the
U. S. label has damaging effects is possibly even more applicable to
areas such as the Middle East. Accordingly, it is recommended that the
words, "particularly, but not solely Western Europe," be deleted.
Paragraph I.B. page 5:
The first sentence is so worded that it might misrepresent what
appears to be the real picture. The following is suggested as a sub-
stitute:
"The Soviet grip in the Communist-dominated areas of Europe
and of the Far East appeared to be even firmer at the erd of the
fiscal year 1952 than at the beginning."
The following is suggested as a rewrite of the first sentence of the
last complete paragraph on page 5:
"In the overt propaganda field behind the Iron Curtain, the
Voice of America and Radio Free Europe appear to be the only
significant remaining programs which effectively reach the peoples
of either or both the USSR and the satellites."
Annex B -- Summary of the Report of the Department of Defense
With respect to the section on page 5 dealing with Department of
Defense comments on "Deficiencies in the National Psychological Program,"
your staff takes exception to subparagraphs (1) and (2) of the last
paragraph on page 5 on the following grounds:
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(1) In view of the "hate America" and the biological warfare
campaigns, the less said about this subject at this time, the
better.
However, propaganda material should now be prepared as a
contingency measure which could effectively be released at such time
as the President, or other properly constituted Government authority,
deems advisable.
(2) The frequent "flexing of our atomic muscles" has tended to
worry a good many of our friends. Your staff considers that further
headline publicity about our atomic prowess would be following a
very questionable line of policy. (Total Soviet silence about its
own atomic capabilities has kept many people guessing.)
The most that seems to be required at this time is an
occasional guarded but reassuring statement to the effect that the
U. S. national interest, with respect to atomic weapons, is being
effectively safeguarded.
Finally, Defense considers that the national psychological
program could be developed to provide for more adequate support of
the national military effort by establishing national objectives and
clarifying department and agency responsibilities governing psycho-
logical operations during the cold war. Defense also states that it
could render more effective support to the national program if the
military establishment's wartime potentials were exploited to the
maximum during the cold war period.
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