YOUTH MOVEMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01495R000600140017-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 15, 2005
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: December 18, 1975
• Content Type: MF

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18 December 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: Associate Deputy Director for Intelligence
FROM Director of Current Intelligence
SUBJECT Youth Movements
1. On the whole, Communist and radical youth groups
are not in vogue as they were in the late 1960's for a
number of reasons:
-- most youth movements weren't very successful;
-- the era of detente preempts many of the
arguments of would-be revolutionaries;
-- the economic decline has prompted many
youth to concentrate on the more pressing
problems of jobs and careers; and
-- 18 year olds have been enfranchised in
many countries.
Given this time of relative calm, then, our coverage in
the publications has been limited and we are more likely
to carry the stories in our Staff Notes intended primarily
for the specialists. Because the pendulum could swing
back, we continue to monitor the pulse of youthful
radicalism and are in a position to step up our coverage
immediately if and when warranted.
2. There are some youth movements that have been
given limited attention in our publications
includin
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items in the NID, NIB, and Weekly Review.
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negotiations; terrorist groups in Iran both on the right
and left made up largely of college-acre vnuths ! And
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3. Communist youth organizations, largely quiet
since 1973, now seem to be gearing up for a new round of
activity. Communist front organizations are planning a
Continental Youth Festival to be held in Warsaw next June
which will include delegates from the World Federation
of Democratic Youth, the International Union of Students
and the Council of European National Youth Committees.
Planning is also underway for the 11th World Youth
Festival, expected to be held in Havana in 1978.
4. Soviet and East European regimes have shown an
increased interest in youth affairs in the last year,
and this concern has been reflected in the following
activities (some reported in our regular publications but
primarily in the Staff Notes):
-- conferences on youth problems (juvenile
deliquency in particular),
tightening the ranks of youth organizations
through membership card exchanges,
-- promoting Communist youth into responsible
party positions,
-- assigning economic tasks to youth organizations,
and
-- recruiting young people into the Communist
party.
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5. OCI's modus operandi on "youth" is that the
host country desk handles conferences; the East Europe
Branch follows Communist youth activities. The desks
receive contributions and act as peg points on demand.
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William K. Parmenter
Director of Current Intelligence
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