LETTER TO THE HONORABLE RICHARD HELMS FROM U. ALEXIS JOHNSON

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 6, 2002
• Sequence Number: 75
• Publication Date: August 26, 1966
• Content Type: LETTER

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
August 26, 1966
The Honorable Richard Helms
Director,
Central Intelligence Agency
During early July, Mr. Gordon Gray, a member of the President's
Foreign 'Intelligence Advisory Board, visited the Scandinavian
countries to review U.S. foreign intelligence and related
activities. Among the matters included in his report was one
concerning the lack of public understanding in Sweden of United
States foreign policy objectives.
Mr. Rostow sent a memorandum to the Secretary on August 4 which
contained the following recommendation by the Board:
"That the Department of State, in consultation with
appropriate officials of the USIA and Central Intelligence
Agency, consider the advisability of undertaking more
extensive programs in Sweden with a view to: (a) offsetting
the massive propaganda programs which the Soviets have
targeted against Sweden; (b) placing that propaganda effort
in better perspective; and (c) achieving in Sweden improved
understandings of and attitudes toward significant policies
being pursued by the United States in international fields."
Clearly, one of the main problems at this time is the one-sided
exploitation of the Vietnam conflict primarily by Swedish Communists,
radical Socialist intellectuals, certain members of the labor move-
ment, and left-wing elements of the Social Democratic Party. The
views of these groups have gained an inordinate amount of attention
and space in both the press controlled by their organizations and
in leading liberal-independent daily newspapers. Social Democratic
Party and labor union organizations have also been persuaded to
adopt resolutions opposed to US policy in Vietnam. The fear that
the left-wing element of the Social Democratic Party might bolt the
party, which could spell the end to the party's ability to stay in
power, has led certain Social Democrats to side with them in public
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speeches and statements. The more moderate leadership of the
party and the labor union movement has found it extremely
difficult to hold the line since it cannot afford to repudiate
these left-oriented spokesmen.
I am also writing to Mr. Marks along these same lines, and would
propose that representatives of our three agencies meet soon to
consider the Board's recommendation and measures which might be
feasible to implement it. State's representative will be
Mr. David H. McKillop, Country Director for Scandinavia, who will
call upon other officers in State for assistance as''may be required.
I would appreciate it if you would designate a representative from
your Agency. State will then take the initiative in arranging a
meeting.
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