"SOVIET PROPAGANDA ALERT" NO. 12

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2007
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 5, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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MAR 5 1982
.MEMORANDUM FOR: The Honorable
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William J. Casey
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
'FROM: Charles Z. W
SUBJECT:
"Soviet Propaganda Alert" No. 12
Attached is the twelfth issue of the "Soviet Propaganda
Alert" produced by our office of Research.
November and December the Soviets:
o Continued to denounce the U.S. position at START, INF,
and MBFR as seeking unilateral advantage and demanding
unilateral disarmament on the part of the Soviet Union.
The U.S. was' accused of using the talks as a cover for
the development and deployment of new weapons systems.
Soviet policy was portrayed as defensive, moderate, and
fair.
o- Took full propaganda advantage of the lifting of the gas
pipeline sanctions, declaring the act to be a ,victory
for the independence of Europe and purporting to see.a
widening of the split between the U.S. and its.European
allies.
Denounced the U.S.. for allegedly obstructing the Madrid
CSCE talks.
Called the U.S. mid-term elections a defeat for the
Administration and a protest against President.Reagan's
policies. The poor state of the U.S. economy was_..
attributed directly to U.S. military spending.
o Continued to charge that the U.S. and its allies were..
attempting to incite tension in all parts of the world
in order to carry out their imperialist and neocolo-
nialist plans. Trips by U.S. Administration officials
were described as attempts to put pressure on various
countries to bow to U.S. diktat.
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