WOMEN'S FORUM ON NATIONAL SECURITY REMARKS BY ALLEN W. DULLES, FRIDAY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2006
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: January 29, 1954
• Content Type: SPEECH

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' r S FORUM ON NAMNAL SEMITE
R E W I R E S A L L E N W. 1 1 1 1 1S, DBUIUM OF CER RAL IOW
TPRIDAYN JADIIJARY 29, 1954
We. Schill, Mrs. Burdett, and members of the Women's Forms in lbticaal
Security:
I appreciate the Opportunity to meet with you today. In cols etae
it em breaking a self-imposed rule. As the Director of Central Irat lli y3 r e
I seek anonymity -- not publicity -- for myself egad for the Central Ist-vI
Bence Agency.
Every rule has its exception. The work of your Fbrum on Nat na ..
Security bears so intimately on many phases of my own work that I =an v# ci
glad to have this chance to discuss with yod some of the dasgers t: O X
national security - dangers which many do not sense because they Are t]g a y-irly
disguised.
It is the job of the Central Intelligence Agency to garner t=s getr is
the facts affecting our national security as best vie cam f iad that and u
to lay them before the policymakers; the President of the United E =ateI
the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the other mai*ez t of
the National Security Council as they may be directly coneeroed.. 'hey
turn decide what to do about these facts.
Among the "facts" which CIA has been uncovering is iatormati en ar
techniques which subversive Comisuniam employs to weaken the free 'e rld:
This will be the subject of what I have to my to you this aftern one
techniques fall geographically into two main categories -- the domystia
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the foreign -- those subversive commulstic actions which we have te at-q;
right here at bow and those that chiefly affect our Allies and fit
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the P`ree World. And as they efrict them, they in tuna have an impee t or ,t
own security position.
The role of the Central Intelligence Agency in this field rele ;ere
exclusively to what is being done abroad,, Within the United States ::his Ite
a responsibility of the FBI.
Here at home we are becoming increasingly aware of the dampers of
subversive monism. It is no longer coddled and tolerated. W& am
fortunate to have in the Ptederal Bureau of Investigation Mr. 4., R Row"-
with his great experience and high technical skill. He has been able- to
matte a real contribution,, particularly by exposing to the light of d v
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various organizations and fronts under which Commudsts masquerrade
You will recall that the Attorney ' .neral has Vubiinhed s. list -if
over 200 organizations h e r e in t h e United S t a t e s w i t h high aouadinrg rrvw
and titles which are nothiz* more than subversive Ommunist fronts.
Will also recall that the President in his recent speech at the apeni,V of
the Congress suggested certain additional measurers for dealing with
problem of subversion.
While we still have no right to be complacent about the d+meatie
situation, a far graver situation faces many of the countries or the
World who have yet to appreciate the real meaning of Commmnlaw or to take
adequate measures against it in their awn countries. As a result. thin
problem of Communist subversion is an even more dangerous threat to f .
in many of the free countries of the world outside of the United State-
than it is here at bow.
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There are cogent reasons for this. Many of the countries of tb Pr
World suffered more grievously than we from the two world were which -w
have faced in the last 30 years. Many more devastated by b~adbing att eks
Sew suffered enemy occupations. More in turn had their social str-cturt
and their economic life veaaened and imperiled. Take China, for exem le.
In World War U China did not have merely five years of war. It was 3t mar
for about 10 years before the Armistice in 1945. That is one reason `thy
much of China is now behind the Aron or the Bamboo Curtain.
Then also, particularly in Asia, many countries are trying to aercttn
their, newly von independence under conditions which would taX the stngtr
of the most mature demeriacies. And in the procega they have to resist
luring appeals of the Communist* with their seemingly easy and utepib ?:t
solutions for all so ial and governmental proble .
``here is another reason why many of these countries of the Ffto
World are more deeply affected than we. They are nearer to the heart or
the Communist subversive machine with its headquarters in W scow and.-4th
branch offices throughout the Coomuniat world in such places as Warse i.
Pragoe, Bucharest, Peiping,, in the Soviet zones of Berlin and Vienna, and
on the frontiers of Indo-China and Bur ms. Land frontiers are more ea ~sily
crossed and infiltrated with Communist ants and propaganda than great
stretches of ocean.
Finally in any of the free countries of the world;, particul.arl=r in
Europe and in parts of Asia, there are veal-organized Colonist Farb=?a-
These parties take a very active part in the political life of the cd-nxtri
They are recognized and privileged and yet are dedicated to installia a
system in which political parties cease to exist. A hard core of trained fanatical Communists direct the Party's activities.
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T recognize that in these Co unist Parties there are mm y w,
-AtAdd be shocked if they were told that the party to which they be:L_oo i1 R io
run from Moscow and in the interest of a foreign creed. gevertbeless t~s
is the fact.
These Camonist Parties oppose every constructive measure Wt ii
Introduced,, particularly laws which would build up the eco nmae1c sa pq t c t. t s sa.
life of the country. They are working for chaos out of which rev. utlic
may cam. In the French Parliament, over the past seven or a igut : oases
since the liberation, there have been an aver of well over Lou F
out of about 600 deputies. In Italy the proportionate number of 0 O i to .c
and fellow. travelers is even larger.
Just for a ==ant think what would happen in our own 0onW ee n it
had a hundred i sber?s whose task was obstruation, the endless proof;-cgi
debate,, proposing of amendments to every possible measure, and ins 3 sti ' 1
days of diarussion for all of these a ndmente. How muehh constr ~1ve wnn r4
would we then ace lishi Those who criticize the parliaments o tther
countries should realize that as long as they have this large Comte*Inis t
representation it willl, be very difficult, if not impossible, for
bodies to meet the needs of representative gaveresment and to carry on trv
processes of iverning.
The practical situation is this: The Caanists take advent-4F
all of the privileges and rights which are a part of the system of fees
gover~ a, nt In the Free World, and they abuse these privil egss in c= er to
destroy freedoms itself.
These are some of the reasons why the Costs abroad have veeyxt
at their c which are more effective than those that they t4 to Lill In
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this country. Here in the kited States measures have been takea tc wotr ve
them of their respectability and bore, also,, they are nu rlcat j
to invade our legislative bodies.
In addition to their political parties the Cmmanists have ott*r
even more subtle weapons. la wane cased they have built ttp a se riee
blinds -- camouflaged organizations;
in others they have pe04 trattmi
captured from within a whole series of existing organizations
originally had a reputation for respectability. Tbrov these I ro? - r4Aalza-
tions they carry out their well-known policy; subvert the weak -- div :tt the
strong. They hide their affiliation with Moscow while ctrrying on ---nq
mist line.
Right at the beginning of the Soviet Revolution lonin glsv' t0i
to approved C mmunist procedure. He said that "the Party mast aks imv,:;7
advantage of even the smallest opportunity of gaining a mass aa.y e'
through this ally be only temporary, vasctJLlatigg, unstable, a*'. usr-.1. J- kb-te.'?
And he added, "loose who do not understand this do not understaz. d Nat): t ? -"
Over the years since 1920 Soviet technique has shown vast imp" r: orit,
and they have developed mass media for propagating their ideas -= is 11t-
exceed the modest beginnings that Lenin advocated.
Here are some other of these Communist front organizationn4
The World Federation of Trade Unions, the World Federative of 1?* t r c ratio
Youth, the International Union of Students, the Internationalp'gann
of Journalists, the International Federation of Resistance Figbsers, 4=:
International Association of Democratic Lawyers, the raorld Pee.., CCVV41 ~ L.,
and the Women's International Democratic Federation. There are ,score= u,
others. These are same of the most important.
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It us look at a of these organizaticus. ?- for example, th=. Wtrw.i
Federation of Trade Unlow.
Its heedquartera are in the Soviet sector of Vienna. It has; }atec('f
In Peiping, in Latin America? and in Africa se wiles In 'Wetter n Kw e
It still controls the vov rful COT in France and the COIL InItaly Ei se.I
an many other unions in couotries as far distant as Indonosia., for Faxaas
The two unions I mentioned in France and Italy are the largee t a,
unions in these respective countries,, and they tend to dominate flaw lifr.
of the markers in many plants in these countries. They are a for idab1
threat to the freedom and the develoment of the free trade Union aovveu?alt ?
in both countries.
The Cwt World Federation of Trade Unions claims a tota3 an
ship of ewe 70 million. Ore-half of the membership, they claim, 21es
outside the Iron Curtain dispersed through same 57 countries of the not-
C t world. In may countries they control the most import or
t4r ade unions - Of caw se behind the "Curtain" there are an free trc}ie tom,::: t a
whatever.
r let uut look at the World Peace Council, soother C t frc?m
with an appealing name. Yu will recall the so-called Stockholm De um
appeal which van signed by more than 2 million Americana. This a.-=eal bits
organized and f anted by the Communist World Peace Cav=il.
Here are acme of the seemingly innocent objectives of the to Ld Jett e
Council as stated at its last meting in Vienna in December of 195E,
voted to acquaint the churches throughout the world with its' stand an f.li=
nt and to seek their apnrcval. It ,remised to deve icp contact wl
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movements in favor cif *?4ktra.:iit1y in diffeieent canantries and to, fl-14 m
cma]Peratirag With
wifiat Moverseaxta
oi' e8l,ist a ,~ , and fil~tsl>,y it Apo" On the -~.
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VV*rt. of national 10dependen MDVeMVU and pe : iot ~,.m,
sentiment$ in retries such Egypt.
1bV this e12 B*ur4-1 'M-"at "O"Sh- It d6e-ewes e.Largc M'ber
good citizens even in this, '^ -2 0 Yet it In authirg but a Cam.
e-pearheaded ~'~
from N sea ? a Part of a system d :dicated to
aiets whi
d{.triaal.ly used to the ~j.~
pA'rposeg they adverts e0 To fact the Jon
Peace Council is an inetrwwnt to pave the a for sapenalver war a..
Korea, Indo-China is
* ,tad elsxbsere
All of 'use activities coat
money, It is estimated t,tAtt the l.ar
meeting of the World 1eao Cawmii in Vienne., Clans., cwt awVYit 437 ft
half a million dollar n. It ia unite iatereating that the ft
s for =3 e
SUPPOrt at this Co
mss ire dravn froze the " set, Alil,itax, y Ulk" n
Yiemao in tact, a.1.1 of these
ftant organizations are firmed with ftmtl
from Nose= or ftaft that are obid
in the Soviet Works..
We estimate that the average * MI o'Qmnditure of X tereliti
on all of their font arganizatiLong and their var?iottre afYi1 ate!
activities run in the euei horbMI of 2 binlvn dollars. They
a
the value of these pvm:. i.ai.-
l i t navements and c+ac Csatiow, a they we
willing to pay dearly for them.
International C uriaw psrt:Lm lar
ly aTpmciatea the ItWortance ~ ,f
.irking with the youth:, and for this ,mss they have i jx.rtaot
the lnterne~~;israal ~ ~u of . ar
tutllet s and the W 18 Tiederet c
ratia Youth, Taese iaej"de million, of ors from 71 roue .rj
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they claim same 80 millions. They have frequent rallies, the most impcr a it
of which took Place in Berlin in Augult of 1951. It was a colossa.s. adit.t r
labeled "A Youth Festival for Peace." Over a million Oerrav youth w rt
transported to Berlin at the expense of their Conamist patrons. .in sip d t Lon
25,000 foreign youths were brought to Berlin from all corners of Vie r l d .
Of course, the entire bill was footed by the Comaniat goveramente of : torn
Europe and the Soviet Union. The cost ran into the millionI of dt Llarr,
Fortunately the Berlin Rally had some unpleasant kickbacks
Cist side. Almost a million of the Cotsaunist youths visited he Frae
Western Sector of Berlin. Probably they went there to deer but th-y strjsi
to wander. Nagy of them wanted to stay permanently. They were at-nm Ulu-
sights of the free city of Western Berlin.
One of the moat impressive sights they saw was the American iigt
C sioner hies]!. John J. $cClar. Be Invited representatives if thous
youths to visit his office, sought and answered their questions co4did i, sad
fully. Words of this extraordinary scene spread through the entire Yca$.'.
Festival and was an impressive contrast to Communist teehnicuse of prev-e=: t tug
a free discussion among the youths at their own rally.
Another front organization is the International Association if
Democratic Lawyers. This is one of the few organizations which ha,* its
headquarters outside the Iron Curtain and has found fellow travels ~'s itr
England and France respectively to act as the President and Vice-la wideett
of the organization. It has been used by the Caamunists to front -'or thh3 3 r
false charges of bacteriological warfare in the Korean War sad hel fed
the phoney investigation which was made of these now wholly discreatite
charges.
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tur& y the Soviet have not overlooked the vast importaam- of
VamenQs organizations in the field of propaganda. Sere they have or .~0
the Women?s International Des ratio Federation. Its charter is bx a ne.
It pretends to stand fur the eradication of FascIsn; collab4ratit, tot,
peace; defense of the political, economic, legal, and social riglt~,a of is ion;
the safeguarding of public heaLtb with particular reference to ch kite s.; ud
urgency AMC I have described only a few of the score of organizations, chic
It is estimated. that it aeust cost the Cocsawists Sam b . $ i s t ter. s
a 1
to run the Women ? as International Federation for a single year and to #* A
its representation ft m 40 different countries to these vazious la :ter: 1 x>al
meetings. Contrast this expenditure with the fact that the Sovis-" has it;-.
to this date contributed a penny to the United Nations I ranatioasl t llren?a
respect from the C mist line. At its sleeting in Vienna in Ap? tl of :. i
it cam out strongly against "American wadi ngers". Its arasathly 9ul1et ; O
N wen n of the World." is largely devoted to the Commounie+t peace
intellectual development of the young.
In all Its history, however, this "front" has never deviate in
the preservation of social conditions suitable to the physical, ss'ral, at
subtly working to spread the Communist doctribes o This viii give yon sus s
idea of the methods, which International Cdro?uaism is employing, t=ie t r ea a
coverage they are giving to their propaganda, and the treme ndoua ina rx is L
and organizational effort they are expending to undermine the basis eel`
our free society.
What I have given you is by no means an exhaustive review o' the ,Wca..s
the Communists use to delude and deceive the non-Coasesoist wurldL. 1k -* er:,
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this may give you an Ifta of their methods. Each situation., ofteeg e61211
country, means for them the employment of a new technique or of s speci,i.L
adapted form of deception.
The facts I have given you shatld not be kept secret.
Naturally the Comamunists do all they can-to conceal their connecVoas v... xx
these front organizations. They should not be allowed to get &W-1 wit'-c ~ tr.e
hoax and deception any longer. Since they g t little local or popular
financial support, it Is obvious that someone with an ample poaace A cO i t t
governmental proportions must serve as the "angel" to keep them gins
Why do they do all this? It is not just propaganda for pros43 s
sake; it is the Cozanist method of reaching out to condition and then.
control those people who will not buy Com mism.1n the raw. It nerves it
a measure to neutr ,llAe those they cannot quickly make into direr ai i = a .
We all want peace and the reduction of armaments, they extersiot !t
benefits to the underprivileged, and an and to old-fashioned colonial. s. and
the like. The Ccmmcunirts are playing the rather unique gave of c.sny x ;
these principles everywhere in the sphere of their own control aa4 _ax ?`?
same time deluding people elsewhere into believing that they, the- CGMjWA'G5#
are the real defenders of them principles in every county of tike 'ems t+t
These techniques I have described are used as the soi"tenim-, pz f w
to prepare for the day when the Ca mauxieta hope to be read ;r for -.tie `? a a-over ?' .
Not so long ego we saw it happen in Czechoslovakia. Not a shot 1=as
but liberty was destroyed overnight. The softening process er 1repA is
the ground. Each Commaunist was in his agpo:1nted place, each per -"on ?ii
been neutralized by pmpegaadr and deception kept quiet. 'Mere as
fight for f'reedcma.
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Today it is not the on O=wmisistp the abaittee ft -lower 3f .H :::
a Lenin, who is likely to-trip us up. Its is the neutra:.ist, the
thinkers about agrarian reformers; those srho merely decry the me C . I -u.
are blind to the aima of international Cunism.
To pre nre to at this danger we are putting our house it oz6e
in the United States. We catmot defiide the policy for tbise in ,tht r
countries of the Marl.. We can hell? to ttnsask the Coeu*m st da wir t
rthermore we cm give one a le of a free people who tom: fmsttrs-t ',t f
the C st prograt while keeping our own freedszia.
To carry out our task to fact tinders and to keep at= a 'n> r & .icy .
makers advised of what the Comnunistr$ are doing outside of the titer :fates
we have gathered together in the Central Intelligence mercy an iblt
On this stems representative women frou all parks of the tniteci ?itate
serving. I wish to pay my tribute to their effective :mole in tb:. verk the Central Intelligence Agency in this country and ahroad
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