THE AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE IS A WEAPON OF ADVENTURISM AND PROVOCATION

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 19, 1999
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THE AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE IS A WEAPON OF
ADVENTURISM AND PROVOCATION
(Following is.a translation of an article by
FOIAb3b
V. Yeroshin and Ye'. Peskov in the Russian-language
periodical Kommunist (Communist), No. 8, Moscow,
CPYRGHT( a ~--pages 112-119. ]
by the western press,,is in a "boom" period and many sociologists,
international experts and intelligence workers have published in
the press, in recent years', articles on political and, sometimes,
narrowly professional questions of subversive work, and the
craft and art of. espionage.
of aggression in Viet Nam, the Dominican Republic, the Congo and
other areas, is accompanied bythe intensified subversive opera-
tions of its secret services. American intelligence, Judging
The intensification of the expansionist policy of USA
imperialism, resorting more and more frequently to direct acts
as
unw tingly given us a peek at the machinery, of sec'ret.war
Characteristic in this respect is the book by Allan Dulles,
The Craft of Intelligence (New York, 1963). Following the failure
of the CIA sponsored adventure against Cuba, in April 1961, the
not unknown master of espionage, A. Dulles, was used as scapegoat
and officially resigned. However, as reported.by many informed
observers, basically little has changed so far in intelligence
work. Dulles's concepts of the role played by the CIA as a weapon.
in US foreign policy are shared essentially by the now ruling
circles of the country and are directly reflected in the practices
of the secret services. Dulles himself has remained as-.::advisar
,and consultant on intelligence matters. He is a member of various
government commissions and committees and is an active propagandist
of the "cold war." Profiting from his, unofficial status, he has
described in his book a great deal of the thoughts and actions
of the current chiefs of US intelligence.. Concerned with improv-
ing the "art" of.political adventures and espionage, A. Dulles,
h
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