STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE US-UK FRENCH DISARMAMENT PROPOSAL IN THE UNITED NATIONS.

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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 1999
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• Publication Date: January 25, 1952
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PSYCHQLCGICAL STRATEGY BOARD
?O~ Jackson Place, N. W.
Washington 25~ D< C.
25X1 A General W, 13. Smith
25 January 1952
Subject: Study on the Effectiveness of the US-UK-French Disarmament
Proposal in the United Nations.
1, Forwarded herewith are copies of the PSB staff study on the
above subject for your information.
2. It is noted. that this study does not attempt to gauge the effect
of the Western disarmament propos~~.l on public opinion in the Soviet Union
and other Iron Curtain countries, Soviet propaganda treatment was as
over-whelmingly weighted in favor of the official Kremlin line as might
have been expected, However, it may be significant that occasional
editorialized excerpts from Western speechs and texts were included in
Pravda and in Moscowfs radio output. This fact suggests tY~e possibility
i~a~penetration of the USSR on this subject by the Voice of America,
the United Pdatians radio, and other. programs was sufficient to cause
concern to the Kremlin,
3. Tt is my opinion that this study may prove of considerable value
in assisting the United States to gain additional psychological effect
from a continuation of the disarmament theme. It is, therefore, recom-
mended that the PSB staff coati rna.e its evaluation of this program as it
develops and that further reports to the Board be made on a continuing
basis.
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Enclosure; PSB D-20, Effectiveness of the TJS-UK-French Disarmament
Proposal in the United Nations.
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