THE BEST-SELLIN LIES OF 1980 OR, HOW A JET-SET JOURNALIST TEAMED UP WITH A CIA FLCAK TO PUSH THE NEW COLD WAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000100500025-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: December 29, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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HOW A JET-SET JOURNALIST
TEAMED UP WITH A CIA FLACK
TO PUSH THE
"The Plan.' (KGB chief) Kramar pronounced
( ~~.R~-~/~T+/ T COiLIi ~~~ the words like a chapter heading_ "You may or nay
not be aware, Comrade Colonel -- Barisov flushed
with pleasure to hear himself addressed by his
new rank for the first time - "that three years
ago a plan was drawn up under the supervision
of Comrade Suslov for the _._ attainment of
military and political superiority over the United.
States.... A key element in The Plan was to develop
our capacity to influence public opinion in the
west, through disinformation fed to governments,and
opinion formers and, above all, through media oper-
ations.._.
Kramar consulted his watch. 'I have a meeting,
he said, rising from his chair. "Comrade Suslov
has convened?a special conference to decide whether.
we should advance our deadline for defeating
years -- and the measures that will involve."
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