LOGNOTE - ANALYSIS GROUP, 17 JULY 1985

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• Publication Date: July 17, 1985
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45.' LOGNOTE - Analysis Group, 17 July 1985
NSC SUBOOMMITTEE. Yesterday I attended the second meeting of
the new Subcommittee on Soviet Propaganda Techniques established under
the NSC International Information Committee chaired by USIA Director
Wick. USIA Associate Director for Programs Sam Courtney chaired the
session and noted that the role of the subcommittee will be confined
largely to exchanges of information among the participating agencies, as
well as discussion of pending projects. Two working groups were
mandated--one on Program Development to be chaired by Courtney's deputy,
Mike Schneider, and another on Research to be chaired by Lawrence Sulk,
Deputy Associate Secretary for Inter-Departmental Affairs in INR.
Matters that came up during yesterday's discussion included Turner's bid
to buy Soviet TV tapes for airing on Cable News, a demarche which would
invite some U.S. effort to achieve reciprocity in the form of Soviet
airing of Worldnet.material.
USIA has expanded its various publications on Soviet propaganda. The
monthly Soviet Propaganda Alert continues, now supplemented by a weekly
one-page Soviet Propaganda Highlights and a publication called Addendum.
Briefings included a presentation by an INR representative on the idea of
a journal on quality of life in the USSR, possibly under RAND or National
Endowment for Democracy aegis. The target audience (U.S., West
European, or both) is as yet not clearly determined, but USIA AND State
both favor the idea in principle.
f SOVA briefed the group on the recently concluded
conference on the semantics of Soviet propaganda and disinformation. I
gave a rundown on FBIS reports recently issued or in progress, including
the JPRS compendium of Gorbachev speeches, the two AG Special Memorandums
collating excerpts of Gorbachev statements in selected categories, and
our projected compendium of statements by Shevardnadze. I also mentioned
our report on reactions to Radio Marti.
(cc: AD/FBIS, C/Ops, C/Prod, C/LRB)
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