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This assertion was recently made in
a letter sent by the Federal Reserve to
Senator WILLIAM PROXMIRE, a member
of the Senate Banking Committee.
The letter argued that because gold is
a commodity used in jewelry and in in-
dustry, it is subject to speculative in-
fluences that are undesirable in set-
ting up a stable monetary system.
I find such an argument amazing,
for it is precisely because gold is a
commodity not subject to the manipu-
lation of a bureaucracy in Washington
or London that gold is desirable as
money. If one wishes to speak of unde-
sirable speculative influences, one
need only look at the speculation that
occurs daily in the U.S. dollar.
Some people have asserted that the
fluctuations in the price of gold are
due to its speculative nature. But
these fluctuations need not be due to
the changing value of the gold at all.
In any exchange, there are two factors
present; in this case, paper dollars and
gold ounces. It is the value and antici-
pated value of the paper dollars that
affects the price of gold. Paper, not
gold, fluctuates in'value. In his book,
"The Golden Constant," Prof. Roy
Jastram of the University of Califor-
nia documents the constancy of gold's
value over three centuries.
A gold standard would eliminate all
speculation about the political motiva-
tions of the monetary authorities in
? governing the supply of money. The
great virtue of the gold standard is
that it removes discretionary power
over the money supply from govern-
ment, thus ending the most fertile
source of speculation. A gold standard
puts the power of the monetary
system into the hands of the people
and takes it away from the politicians
and bankers, thus removing a poten-
tial vehicle for establishing a tyranny.
Gold cannot be _mined as cheaply as
Federal Reserve notes can be printed.
? Nor can its supply be manipulated on
a daily basis. There is a great disper-
sion of power in a gold standard
? system. That is the strength of ?the
system, for it allows the people to
check any monetary excesses of their
governors and does not allow the gov-
ernors to exploit the people by debas-
ing the money.
The letter from the Federal Reserve
System to Senator Proxmire closed
with a call for more faith in the Feder-
al Reserve System and its good inten-
tions. For nearly 70 years the Ameri-
can people have been exercising such
faith and they have suffered the worst
depressions, inflations, recessions, un-
? employment rates, and interest rates
in our history. Let us hear no more of
faith in men, but bind government
with the chains of an honest monetary
system?the full gold coin standard.
In the Coinage Act of 1792, the
Founders provided the death penalty
for any Government employee who de-
based the money. One wonders how
many members of the Federal Open
Market Committee would survive the
month were such a penalty exacted
today.
GOLD: THE MEASURING ROD
In his "Tract of Monetary Reform"
published in 1923, the father of the
age of inflation, John Maynard
Keynes, wrote: "The individualistic
capitalism of today ? ? * presumes a
stable measuring rod of value. It
cannot be efficient?perhaps cannot
survive?without one."
Lord Keynes was correct. Unless we
have a stable measuring rod of value, a
gold coin standard, capitalism and
freedom cannot survive. If we are not
vigilant, our society will evolve into
the sort of fascism that resulted from
the great German inflation following
World War I.
The choice before us is simple: Shall
we have gold and political freedom or
shall we have paper and political tyr-
anny?.
THE LATE DR. BARNEY CLARK
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
a previous order of the House, the gen-
tleman from Washington (Mr. CHAN-
DLER) is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. CHANDLER. Mr. Speaker, it is
with deep regret and great respect for
one of my constituents who has de-
parted this world that I come before
you today. Dr. Barney Clark was a
resident of Washington State's Eighth
Congressional District. He was a golf
enthusiast and was for 20 years a
member of the Rainier Golf and Coun-
try Club. He served as president there
in 1978 and 1979. He was active in the
Mormon Church and lived and worked
in the southern Seattle suburbs. Dr.
Clark was struck with a degenerative
heart disease, cardiomyopathy, and
became the first human recipient of a
permanent artificial heart. His cour-
age and positive outlook in volunteer-
ing for the role which allowed this
phenomenal _technology to be ana-
lyzed, has established him as a pio-
neer. In recent months, Dr. Clark
became more than a dentist, husband,
father, neighbor, or constituent, he
was an inspiration to us all.
No one wants to die. But, when faced
with serious, ongoing medical prob-
lems, the will to live frequently dims
yet, each operation seemed to make
Dr. Barney Clark more determined to
live, seemed to make his will to live
grow stronger. Dr. Clark demonstrated
tremendous bravery and tenacity in
his fight for survival in one of the
most outstanding medical achieve-
ments of our time.
Those of us who have prayed in
recent months for his survival, who
have read about him in the newspa-
pers and seen him on the news, need
not feel that our prayers have gone
unanswered. In his passing, he has
demonstrated a level of courage in the
face of continuous and prolonged ad-
versity that serves as an inspiration to
people all over the world. It is for this
reason that Dr. Clark will long be re-
membered.
I have cosponsored the resolution in-
troduced by my colleague, Congress-
man FRANK GUARINI, nominating Dr.
Clark for the Presidential Medal of
Freedom. There is one last thing that
we as Members of Congress can do for
Dr. Barney Clark. That is to pass the
resolution, and I urge my colleagues to
cosponsor the resolution in memory of
Dr. Clark as we seed our sympathy
and respect to Mrs. Una Loy Clark and
their children.
YOUNG RELEASES FBI REPORT
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
a previous order of the House, the gen-
tleman from Florida (Mr. -Yormo) is
recognized for 30 minutes.
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speak-
er, I want to compliment the sincerity
of the vast majority of Americans who
are actively involved in the peace
movement. They hope, as I do, that
someday the threat of nuclear war will
be eliminated and people throughout
the world can live together in har-
mony and peace.
The American people, however, need
to know that while we genuinely seek
to preserve the peace, the Soviet
Union is attempting to take advantage
of this call for peace by the , American
people to reduce America's credibility
in the world. Through its intricate
propaganda network, the Soviets are
trying to convince the world that the
United States supports the nuclear
arms race and is thwarting attempts to
negotiate a nuclear arms freeze. The
success of this propaganda campaign is
most evident in Europe. Even though
Soviet intermediate-range nuclear mis-
siles are poised within striking dis-
tance of Western Europe, without any
comparable deployment by U.S. or
NATO forces, protestors in those
countries continue to portray the
United States, rather than the Soviet
Union, as the great threat to world
peace.
The same Soviet active measures op-
erations that have contributed to this
propaganda effort in Europe are also
being used here in our own Nation.
The Intelligence Division of the Feder-
al Bureau of Investigation has pre-
pared a report entitled "Soviet Active
Measures Relating to the U.S. Peace
Movement," which outlines this Soviet
effort and attests to its success in the
United States.
The portions of that report which I
am releasing today have been declassi-
fied by the FBI at my request so we
can share with the American people
the extensive Soviet propaganda effort
being undertaken within our own bor-
ders.
As the FBI report states:
During the past 2 years, the Soviet Union
has increased its efforts in the United
States to exploit popular causes such as
peace and disarmament. The Soviets have
initiated an active measures campaign de-
signed to penetrate, influence and mobilize
the U.S. peace movement and to discredit
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,American defense and arms control and
disarmament policies.
The FBI acknowledges that the So-
viets do not intend 'to control totally
the American peace and freeze move-
ments. Instead, the Soviet goal is to
locus the movement against the
United States and our defense policies
:instead of the Soviet Union and other
world powers which also possess nucle-
ar weapons. '
The FBI report says: ?
The Soviet peace .campaign, for instance,
is designed to focus public attention on new
American nuclear weapons systems and to
help create the impression that the Soviet
'Union is more interested than the `United
States in serious arms 'control and disarm-
ament negotiations. 'This campaign does mit
require direct Soviet control or manipula-
tion to be/effective. The Soviets believe they
can achieve these objectives through a
planned series of arms control ,and disarm-
ament proposals that play on the senti-
ments df the Western peace 'movements in
'conceit with the systematic 'use of the
.Soviet worldwide propaganda apparatus, in-
ternational fronts and 'local Communist par-
ties, and trusted contacts and agents.
The FBI, both in the classified and
=classified portions of the report,
provides :examples of the :success of
the Soviets in influencing the U.S.
peace and freeze movements.
Two Soviet organizations?the KGB
and the International Department of
the Central Committee of the Commu-
nist Party Soviet .Union?are the prin-
cipal forces 'controlling the Soviet
peace offensive in the United States.
In a report presented to the House
Permanent Select 'Committee on Intel-
ligence last year, togethler with the
testimony of Edwa* OUVIlley, Assist-
ant Director of the P131 Iidelflligenee
Division, 'the FBI specified the objec-
tives of the Soviet KGB in the United
States. According to the FRI?
A primary focus of the ICGB has been
arms control and disarmameift matters and
the Amenican- peace movement. liKGB offi-
cers have recently instructed their contacts
to devote serious attention to the antiwar
movement in the United States, especially
with respect to coalitions forming among
the various factions within the movement.
'The ICG13 is particularly interested in 'infor-
mation concerning the peace anevementis
slogans, political platforms, plans for c on-
ferences or demonstrations, and ,relations
with European antiwar groups. In addition,
ICCB officers have recently ask;ed their con-
tacts in the peace movement to report on
'meetings, 'participate in the planning' of
demonstrations, and 'distribute leaflets and
other publications. Some KGB officers ,are
also directly involved in efforts to influence
the U.S, peace movement.
in coordination with the .KGB's
covert active measures 'to penetrate
'and, influence the peace and freeze
movements, the International Depart-
? ment of the Central Committee directs
the activities of the Communist Party
U.S.A. and its front organizations in-
volved in the US. peace movement.
The FBI report on active measures
says that?
in the Soviet peace offensive, the CPSII
International Department orchestrates the
activities of Soviet-controlled international
front organizations and their U.S. affiliates;
and the National Council of American-
Soviet Friendship.
More importantly, the report says:
The CPSU International Department
'transmits directives to these organizations
and arranges for Soviet funding of their ac-
tivities and projects.
Soviet funding for the Communist
Party U.S.A. and its front 'organiza-
tions is transmitted through KGB
channels, according to FBI testimony
in July before the House Intelligence
Committee.
To better understand the methods
'employed by the Soviets in their active
measures campaign, it is Important to
be familiar With the organizations
they utilize in this effort.
The 'FBI and .CIA agree that the
largest and most signifiCant ,of the in-
ternational Soviet front organizations
is the World Peace Council. The FBI
in its report says:
At Soviet direction, the World Peace
Council has placed the 'highest priority on
the peace movement and a campaign to
oppose intermediate-range nuclear force de-
ployments to Europe.
The FBI report indicates that a
motor objective of the 'council was to
exploit the second special session on
disarmament at the United Nations
and the coinCiding June l'2 demonstra-
tion in New York Oity as a means of
oppoSing American defense ptilithes'
The planning and organization of this
demonstration last year is a prime ex-
ample of a variety of Soviet atftive
measures at work, and ,I will discuss
this particular event later in any. re-
marks.
World Peace Council :aCtivities in the
United 'States have been coordinated
and carried out in the past by the
Soviet-linariced Communist Pa ty
U.S.A. During 1979, however, CPUSA
established a chapter of the World
Peace Council known as the U.S.
Peace Conned. Key leadership posi-
tions in the U.S. Peace Council were
given. to Oommtmist Pdrty
members,.
As a result, the FBI reports?
With the establishment of the USPC,
WPC-related adtrivities in the United States
increased noticeably. Utilizing 'various .sym-
posia, conferences, demonstrations and pub-
lications, the USP,C persistently lobbied for
the halt of American nuclear weapons pro-
duction and deployment, particidarly the
"'neutron tomb" and intermediate-range nu-
Clear forces inWestern Europe.
'The 101:11 report is Quite candid about
the direct relationship between the
Communist Party U.S.A. and the
Soviet Union. According to the
report?
The CPUSA is one /of the most lo,yal, pro-
Soviet communist parties in the world and
its leadership accepts Soviet directives and
funding on a regular batis. During the past
few years, the Ci-soU International Depart-
ment has instructed the CPUSA to 'place
high priority on the issues of arms control
and -disarmament and the peace movement.
An Important propaganda arm of
the Soviets in the United States is the
National Council of American-Soviet
Mardi 14, 1983
Friendship, which the FBI reports,
regularly arranges meetings, press
conferences, radio and television inter-
views, and lecture or speaking engage-
ments for Soviet officials assigned to
the United ,States as well as SoViet 'del-
egations visiting the United States.
A 'similar group called the .Commit-
tee for ILS:-U.S.S.R. Citizens' Dia-
logue- was formed in 1979 In the
United States. This group hosted a 28-
member Soviet delegation that visited
our country in October 1981. The ,com-
mittee _organized a variety of public
appearances for the group in several
major -cities and provided an opportu-
nity for the delegation to promote
Soviet Views on arms contrdl and
disarmament issues and encouraged
the American people to support the
peace movement.
The FBI reports that the Soviet del-
egations visit to the United States was
among the first in a series of Soviet
measures relating to the U.S. peaoe
movement.
Just prior to the delegation :visit, the
National Connell 'of American-Soviet
'Friendship, which I mentioned earlier,
held its third national convention in
'Madison, Wis. The FBI reports that
the September 1981 convention "'was
primarily a call for a .campaign
peace action to focus the entire blame
for arms escalation and the cold war
climate on the U.S. Government."
As an 'indication of Direct Soviet
participation An the convention. The
FBI reports that two Soviet officials
addressed the convention and 'actively
participated in workshop discussion
sessions. The two Soviet officials were
Vadim -.Gorin, Deputy Secretary Gen-
eral in charge of the V.S'S.R.-'U.S.A.
FriendShip Society in 'Moscow, and
Vladimir Zolottahin,? who was as-'
Signed to the 'Soviet Ernbassy) in Wash-
ington. ? ?
Two months later? the U.S. Peace
'Council held its Second National Con-
ference 'in New York City? with the
theme 'being "In the Common Inter-
est?Strategies for Peace." The 'FBI re-
ports convention workshops focused
on how to organize 'and unify the
masses around -the peace
Froth- the 1979 organization of the
U.S. Peace Council thorug,h the var-
ious .visiting 'Soviet delegations and
'front organization conferences, the
Soviets -were -preparing Their propa- ?
ganda, -network to influence the-build-
bag U.S. peace and nuclear freeze'
movements. 'The 'FBI reports that a
principal target of Soviet active meas-
ures in 1982 was the June 12 demon-
stration in 'New 'York City, which I re-
fered 'to -earlier. Soviet involvement in
The organization of this -demonstration
provides a tremendous case study of
soviet active measures at work. As the
FBI states in its report?
Nearly every instrument of .Soviet active
measures was directed towards infiltrating
and influencing the june l'2 Committee, the
organization that was formed to 'plan and
coordinate the demonstration.' ? ?
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Many of the Soviet controlled
groups I mentioned before, such as the
U.S. Peace Council, Communist Party
U.S.A., and the National Council of
American-Soviet Friendship, were
among the sponsors of the June 12
demonstration. The FBI reports that
these organizations were actively in-
volved at the National, State, and local
levels in enlisting support for and par-
ticipation in the demonstation.
The FBI is very careful in its report
to acknowledge that the Soviets did
not totally dominate the demonstra-
tion. Instead, they worked behind the
scenes through their elaborately orga-
nized active measures operations to
shift the focus of the demonstration.
The FBI report included this ex-
tremely important section:
Soviet-controlled organizations participat-
ed at the highest levels of the June 12 com-
mittee and exerted pressure to influence the
June 12 committee to fbcus on U.S. nuclear
weapons policies as opoosed to Soviet poli-
cies. Of course, the Sdviets also exploited
this large demonstration in its worldwide
propaganda campaign against new Ameri-
can weapons systems.
The FBI detailed in its report how
the Soviets successfully shifted the
focus of the demonstration. During
the June 12 committee meetings, the
FBI reports that U.S. Peace Council
Ind Communist Party U.S.A. repre-
sentatives to the committee cam-
paigned to direct the focus exclusively
against U.S. nuclear weapons systems
and away from Soviet weapons sys-
tems. This effort to shift the focus of
the rally caused some internal discon-
tent among committee members, but
the FBI reports that the Soviet con-
trolled groups succeeded in influenc-
ing the committee to focus the demon-
stration primarily on U.S. responsibili-
ty for the arms race. This theme was
reflected in the official call of the
committee which claimed:
The demonstration addresses all govern-
ments which have developed nuclear arms
and which compete. in the international
arms race, but its primary focus is on the
U.S. Government. Possessing more nuclear
bombs than all other countries combined
and leading the technological, first-strike
weapons race, the U.S. Government is the
least willing to stop its nuclear insanity.
The official call of the June 12 com-
mittee is evidence of the success of the
Soviet active measure campaign in this
instance. The Communists were also
successful in lending an organizational
hand to the demonstration. A U.S.
Peace Council open letter boasted that
Communists "also bring to the move-
ments in which they work a sometimes
missing sense of organization, direc-
tion, and ideological cohesiveness."
The success of the Soviet active meas-
ures campaign in turning the theme of
the largest peace and freeze demon-
stration in recent years into an anti-
U.S. nuclear weapons demonstration
confirms the boast.
Mr. Speaker, it is not my purpose in
releasing this report to discredit the
efforts of the thousands of Americans
who have made their dream for peace
known. I share this hope and pray
that it someday will come true. The
American people, however, have a
right to know how the Soviets utilize
this very legitimate desire to their
benefit. as a weapbn in their active
measures campaign against the United
States.
Last July at my request, the Intelli-
gence Committee held 2 days of hear-
ings to take testimony from the CIA,
FBI, and Stanislav Levchenko, a
former high-ranking KGB officer who
defected to the United States. He was
the first Soviet active measures officer
to make himself available to our intel-
ligence organizations.
During his testimony, Mr. Lev-
chenko provided detailed accounts of
Soviet active measures operations he
was directly involved in while sta-
tioned in Japan. Although he was not
directly involved with active measures
operations in our country, we learned
from the CIA and the FBI that Soviet
influence operations such as his in
Japan are similar to those employed
by the Soviet Union throughout the
world, including the United States.
The FBI report I am releasing today
supplements the FBI testimony during
these hearings.
This report, which I will submit for
the RECORD in its entirety, is a declas-
sified version of a much lengthier
report. I have requested that the FBI
declassify and release even more of
the report on "Soviet Active Measures
Relating to the U.S. Peace Move-
ment," so the American people can
have a better understanding of the
tactics to which the Soviets will resort
to achieve their goal of world domina-
tion.
Mr. Speaker, because of the leader-
ship of this House and our colleagues,
I have the privilege of serving on the
Select Committee on Intelligence and
the Appropriations- Subcommittee on
National Defense.
From that standpoint I can tell
those who are concerned that the
United States is no threat to the free-
dom of the world. The United States is
not now and never has been a threat
to the freedom of any other nation.
We have no plans to control other
nations like the Soviet Union does in
Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and
so many others. We have no plans to
use our military to establish satellites
like the Soviet Union has in Cuba or
Vietnam. We do not plan to invade
any other nations with our military
like the Soviets have done in Afghani-
stan.
What we want to do, Mr. Speaker, is
to make sure that those things do not
happen to us. We want to make sure
that we have the ability to protect the
United States and the American
people and our national interests,
whatever they might be.
An informed America is an essential
ingredient in that effort. It is in that
spirit that I make this presentation
today and release the unclassified ver-
sion of the FBI's report entitled
"Soviet Active Measures Relating to
the U.S. Peace Movement":
FBI INTELLIGENCE DIVISION REPORT ,ON
SOVIET ACTIVE MEASURES RELATING TO THE
U.S. PEACE MOVEMENT, MARCH 1983
Soviet leaders have publicly backed the
peace and nuclear freeze movements, seeing
an opportunity to encourage opposition in
the West to current U.S. arms control and
defense policies. Through official communi-
ques, propaganda, and active measures oper-
ations, the Soviets have maneuvered to
align themselves with popular sentiments of
the peace Inovements in the United States
and Western Europe, with the prospect that
Western public opinion might dissuade
Western Governments from deploying the
new weapons systems. (U)
During the past two years, the Soviet
Union has increased its efforts in the United
States to exploit popular causes such as
peace and disarmament. The Soviets have
initiated an active measures campaign de-
signed to penetrate, influence, and mobilize
the U.S. peace movement and to discredit
American defense and arms control and
disarmament policies. (U)
' The Soviet organizations principally in-
volved in the Soviet peace offensive in the
United States are the KGB and the Interna-
tional Department of the Central Commit-
tee, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
(CPSU). The principal objectives of the
KGB are to collect information on the U.S.
peace movement and to recruit sources to
penetrate and influence the movement. (U)
The CPSU International Department di-
rects the activities of the principal instru-
ments of the Soviet campaign to penetrate
and influence the U.S. peace movement:
Soviet-controlled international front organi-
zations and their U.S. affiliates; the Com-
munist Party, U.S.A. and its front organiza-
tions, and the National Council of Ameri-
can-Soviet Friendship. The Soviets also use
representatives of the Ministry of Foreign
Affaira, USSR Academy of Science, Soviet
media establishments, and other party and
government agencies in active measures op-
erations. (U)
This report examines Soviet active meas-
ures relating to the U.S. peace movement.
Section I identifies the Soviet organizations
and front groups that are involved in the
Soviet peace campaign. Section II docu-
ments specific Soviet active measures and
focuses, in particular, on the Soviet effort to
influence the June 12, 1982, demonstration
for peace and disarmament in New York.
The final section of this report presents an
assessment of Soviet active measures relat-
ing to the U.S. peace movement. (U)
I. INSTRUMENTS OF THE SOVIET PEACE
OFFENSIVE
CPSU International Departmeht
In the Soviet peace offensive, the CPSU
International Department orchestrates the
activities of Soviet-controlled international
front organizations and their U.S. affiliates;
the Communist Party, U.S.A. and its front
organizations; and the National Council of
American-Soviet Friendship. The CPSU In-
ternational Department transmits directives
to these organizations and arranges for
Soviet funding of their activities and proj-
ects. Although it has few representatives
stationed in the United States, the CPSU
International Department works with offi-
cials of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Af-
fairs and KGB officers to monitor and
direct the activities of these organizations.
(U)
KGB
The KGB is also attempting to develop
contacts with religious figures in the United
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States. The Soviets believe that the partici-
pation of American clergy and religious or-
ganizations in the peace movernent is ex-
tremely desirable, since it lends the aura of
moral legitimacy to the movement.
KGB 'officers have also collected personal
and biographic information on several peace
activists in the United States. The purpose
of this exercise 'is to identify those peace ac-
tivists who are likely to cooperate with the
Soviet Government and to determine if any
of these individuals are vulnerable to re-
eruitment operations. The KGB also sys-
tematically collects the public statements
and speeches of leading peace activists, with
the ultimate aid of selectively replaying in
the Soviet media or in covert media place-
ments in other countries, those views that
parallel Soviet foreign policy and propagan-
da intereat. (U)
World Peace Council and U.S. Peace
Council
At Soviet direction, the World Peace
Council (WPC) has placed the highest prior-
ity on the peace movement and a campaign
to oppose intermediate-range nuclear force
(INF) deployments in Europe. The WPC
Program of Action for 1982 called for a
worldwide campaign against the danger of-
nuclear war, and it was clearly directed at
U.S. defense and arms control policies. A
principal objective of this campaign was to
exploit the Second Special Session on
Disarmament at the United Nations ,(SSOD
fl) and the coinciding June 12 demonstra-
tion to discredit American defense policies.
'CU)
WPC activities in the United States have
been coordinated in the east by the CPUSA.
During 1979, however, the CPUSA assigned
two of its long-time 'members to establish a
U.S. chapter of the WPC. At its founding
convention in November, 1979, the United
States Peace Council (USPC) became an af-
filiate of the WPC,-and the key leadership
positions in the USPC were given to SPUSA
4nembers. In addition, the memberships of
many local chapters of the USPC are pre-
dominantly -comprised of CPUSA members.
(U)'
With the establishment of the USPC,
WPC-related activities in the United States
increased noticeably. Utilizing various sym-
posia, conferences, demonstrations, ' and
publications, the USPC persistently lobbied
for the halt of American nuclear weapons
production and deployment, particularly
the "nutron bomb" and interinediate-range
nuclear forces in Western Europe. (U)
The US7C sponsored two high-leVel WPC
delegairts to the United States in 1981.
These delegations toured major American
cities and addressed sizeable meetings of
trade unionists, academicians, students, and
women and peace activists. They stressed
the peace and disarmament theme and en-
couraged the USPC and other organizations
to initiate letter-writing campaigns, rallies,
and demonstrations. (U)
The Soviets believe that this is an ideal
time to Influence American trade unions be-
cause of the economic problems of reces-
sion, high interest rates, and unemploy-
ment. Consequently, the Soviets have re-
quested the WFTU and CPUSA to convince
American labor to support the peace move-
ment, under such slogans as "jobs for
peace," and to promote the view in trade-
union circles that increased defense spend-
ing and exploitation by multinational corpo-
rations are the main reasons for the poor
economic situation in the United States. (U)
Communist Party, U.S.A.
The CPUSA is one of the most loyal, pro-
Soviet communist parties in the world and
its leadership accepts Soviet directives and
funding on a regular basis. During the past
few years, the CPSU International Depart-
ment has instructed the CPUSA to place
high priority on the issues of arms control
and disarmament and the peace movement.
Although outside the mainstream of Ameri-
can political life and operating with a small
membership, the CPUSA has responded to
Soviet requests for assistance with fervor..
The organization has initiated letter-writing
campaigns, sponsored and participated in
demonstrations and rallies, formed coali-
tions with other /organizations, and spon-
sored seminars and workshops to promote
Soviet views on arms control and disarm-
ament matters and to mobilize the Ameri-
can peace movement. (U)
National Council of American-Soviet
Friendship
The Soviet friendship society M the
United States is the National Council of
American-Soviet Friendship (NCASF). Es-
tablished by the CPUSA in 1943, the
NCASF claims that it is an independent or-
ganization whose purpose is to promote
friendship, understanding, and cultural and
educational exchanges between the peoples
of the United States and the Soviet Union.
In practice, however, the NCASF works to
advance the foreign policy and propaganda
objectives of the USSR. (U)
The Soviets have urged the NCASF to
focus its activities on arms control and
disarmament matters and the peace move-
ment The NCASF has responded by spon-
soring letterwriting campaigns, rallies, and
demonstrations to support Soviet interests
In this matter. Local chapters of the NCASF
were instructed by NCASF headquarters in
April, 1981, to join peace coalitions in their
areas and to ensure that such matters as a
freeze on nuclear weapons and Soviet atti-
tudes toward peaceful co-iexistence are
brought to the attention of the American
people. (U)
The NCASF has arranged meetings, press
conferences, radio and television interviews,
and lecture or speaking engagements for
Soviet officials assigned to the United
States and Soviet delegations that visit the
United States. During the period April-
June, 1982, three Soviet delegations spon-
sored by the NCASF visited the United
States. Two of the Soviet delegations toured
cities on the West Coast and engaged in pro-
paganda activities aimed at discrediting U.S.
positions on nuclear disarmament and pro-
moting the U.S. peace movement. Members
Of the Soviet delegation were interviewed by
the local media and appeared ion local radio
talk shows and newscasts., The third Soviet
delegation participated in similar activities
In major American cities on the East Coast.
(U)
as. SOVIET .ACTIVE MEASURES VIS-A-VIS THE U.S.
PEACE MOVEMENT
Documented below, in roughly chronologi-
cal order, are Soviet active measures oper-
ations' vis-a-vis the U.S. peace movement.
These operations, together With other
Soviet active measures previously discussed
in Section of this report, document overt
and covert Soviet plans and activities to
penetrate and influence the U.S. peace
movement. (U)
A. U.S.-USSR Citizens' Dialogue
In 1979, a group of American citizens from
a vaisirty of nongovernmental organizations
(including several religious organizations)
formed the Committee for U.S.-USSR Citi-
zens' Dialogue, under whose umbrella a
series of "U.S.-USSR Citizens' Conferences
on Peaee and Security" were to be held. The
declared purpose of the Dialogue is to pro-
mote understanding, cooperation, and
peaceful relations -between the two coun-
tries by launching citizen to citizen ex-
changes with Soviet citizens from several
Soviet "public, nongovernmental organiza-
tions," such as the Union of -Soviet Friend-
ship Societies, the Committee of 'Youth Or-
ganizations, the Soviet Women's Commit-
tee, the Soviet Peace Committee, and the
All-Union Central 'Trade Union Couricil.
Each of the organizations Hated above, how-
ever, are Soviet affiliates of international
front organizations, and they are controlled
by the CPSU 'International Department. (US
In October, 1981, a 28-member Soviet dele-
gation traveled to the United States, at the
invitation of the ILS.-USSR Citizens' Dia-
logue, to attend a "Conference of Peace and
International Security." The delegation vis-
ited several Amerciasi cities, including
Washington, D.C.; Toledo, Ohio; Austin,
Texas; and Pasadena, California. Members
of the delegation conducted press-confer-
ences, appeared on radio talk shows, and
spoke before several American audiences, in-
cluding church organizations. The visitors
promoted Soviet views on arms control and
disarmament issues and encouraged the
American people to support the peace move-
ment. (U)
B. NCASF Third National Convention
The Third National Convention, of the
NCASF 'transpired September -11-13, 1981,
in Madison, Wisconsin. Opening speeches
were presented by the National Chairman
and the Executive Director of the NCASF,
and-the theme of these speeches dealt with
disarmament and world peace. Soviet repre-
sentatives at the convention, including
lladim Gorin, Deputy Secretary General itf
charge of the USSR-USA Friendship Soci-
ety in Moscow, and Vladimir Zolotukhin, a
Soviet official assigned to the Soviet Embas-
sy in Washington, D.C., addressed the con-
vention and actively participated in work-
shop discussions. They presented Soviet
Views on arms control and disarmement
issues and urged the NCASF and other
American organizations to increase their ef-
forts in the peace movement. (U)
The theme of the convention was "Negoti-
ate Now," which was primarily a call for a
campaign of peace action to focus the entire
blame for arms escalation and the cold war
climate on the U.S. Government. At the
same time, Soviet arms control and disarm-
ament proposals were praised at the conven-
tion, and a publication listing Soviet peace
and disarmament decrees, proposals, agree-
ments, and treaties from 1917 to the present
were passed to the participants for distribu-
tion to American officials and the general
public. (U)
Petitions decrying U.S. plans to develop
and deploy the "neutron bomb" and calling
for a nuclear freeze were also distributed to
the comiention delegates. The delegates
were instructed to persuade American
people in their districts to sign the petitions
and send them to Senators, Congressmen,
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
and Prsident Reagan at the White House.
The convention outlined plans to wage cam-
paigns to persuade national political figures
and city mayors and councils to adopt reso-
lutions against nuclear war and for a nucle-
ar freeze. The convention also resolved to
participate in and add its voice to the Soli-
darity Day march sponsored by the AFL-
CIO, which was held in Washington, D.C.,
in' September, 1981, and which attracted a
sizeable number of demonstrators. (U)
The proceedings of the NCASF Third Na-
tional Convention demonstrate Soviet influ-
ence over this American organization. The
NCASF was aggressively promoting Soviet
views on peace and disarmament through
the distribution of publications and circula-
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tion of petitions at the national and local
levels. (U)
C. USPC Second National Conference
In November, 1981, the USPC held its
Second National Conference in New York
City with the theme of "In the Common In-
terest-Strategies for Peace". The conference
mapped out plans for intensified work
around the major WPC activities and cam-
paigns, including workshops on disarm-
ament, international solidarity with liber-
ation struggles, conferences on the domestic
consequences of the arms race, and electoral
strategies for peace. Workshops also focused
on how to organize and unify the masses
around the peace issue: (U)
Proposals passed by the conference atten-
dees included calling on local USPC chap-
ters to introduce referenda for "jobs with
peace" to city and state elected bodies and
to dampaign for a nuclear freeze proposal
on electoral ballots. The conference also
passed a resolution condemning the U.S.
State Department denial of a visa for the
Soviet Peace Committee delegate to the
conference and another resolution con-
demning the Reagan Administration for cre-
ating a hostile climate as a rationale for
armed intervention by the United States in
Cuba, Nicaragua, Grenada, or El Salvador.
_(U)
Two U.S. Congressmen and a high-level
delegation of the World Peace Council, led
by Romesh Chandra, attended the USPC
conference. In his address to the confer-
ence,. Chandra stressed the peace and disar-
manent theme and encouraged the USPC to
initiate letter-writing campaigns, rallies, and
demonstrations concerning the peace move-
ment. He emphasized the importance of
thwarting U.S. plans in modernize theatre
nuclear foraes in Western Europe and
praised the nuclear freeze proposals made
by the late Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
The USPC Second National Convention
convincingly demonstrated the one-sided,
pro-Soviet views od the WPC/USPC. (U)
D. Hemispheric Conference of Soviet
Friendship Societies
The proposed Hemispheric Conference of
Soviet Friendship Societies illustrates the
patient behind-the-scenes maneuvering by
Soviet and Cuban Governments to exploit
friendship societies for active measures pur-
poses. The Soviets hope to coordinate the
activities of friendship societies in an or-
chestrated attack against U.S. policies in
Central and Latin America and on peace
and disarmament issues. (U)
E. WPC "Discussion on Disarmament"
WPC conferences, such as the above, are
widely, publicized by the Soviet Union to en-
hance worldwide protest against American
defense policies. Soviet and WPC officials
exploit the participation of American public
officials in WPC/USPC activities to lend le-
gitimacy to these organizations. (U) _
F. Soviet "peace delegations" sponsored by
the NCASF
The Soviets systematically use NCASF-
sponsored tours to promote Soviet policies
and propaganda concerning peace and
disarmament to the American people- and to
conduct covert active measures. The NCASF
arranges meetings, press conferences, radio
and television interviews, and lecture or
,speaking engagements for both Soviet offi-
cials assigned to the United States and
Soviet delegations that visit the United
States. (U)
A 21-member Soviet tourist group arrived
in Los Angeles April 29, 1982, from Mexico
City to begin a twelve day tourist excursion
to Los Angeles, San Francisco and San
Diego. The tour was sponsored by the
NCASF. (U)
Members of the group engaged in propa-
ganda activities aimed at discrediting the
U.S. position on nuclear disarmament.
While in San Francisco, Soviet tour member
Eduard Batalov, an historian with the Insti-
tute of the U.S.A. and Canada, was a guest
of a radio talk show and discussed the
Soviet position on nuclear disarmament. (U)
In San Diego, Batalov and the other mem-
bers of the tour were met at the airport by
members of the local media. Batalov was
the subject of two San Diego newspaper ar-
ticles dated May 8 and 10, 1982. In the latter
article, Batalov excoriated the Reagan Ad-
ministration's position on Soviet proposals
regarding- nuclear disarmament and on the
possibility for limited nuclear warfare. (U)
A 16-member Soviet tourist group, spon-
sored by the NCASF, entered the United
States in June, 1982. In this group was Vla-
dimir Dunayev, identified on his visa as a
television political commentator. On the
evening of June 12, 1982, a San Diego televi-
sion station reported that during an antinu-
clear rally held in San Diego, an individual,
whom the newscaster identified as a visiting
Soviet tourist, was observed walking along-
side the demonstrators and, utilizing profes-
sional recording equipment, recorded the
events of that day, This Soviet visitor was
later identified as Dunayev. A television
newscast of the rally included an interview
with a member of the Soviet tourist group,
who made disparaging comments on U.S.
arms control and disarmament policies. (U)
G. The nuclear weapons freeze campaign
According to newspaper accounts, Kapra-
lov made an extremely favorable impression
on the conference attendees. Both Bog-
danov and Kapralov participated on the var-
ious panels, and they urged the attendees to
redouble their efforts to prevent deploy-
ments of new American weapons systems.
(U) _
H. June 12 demonstrations ?
A principal target of Soviet 'active meas-
ures in 1982 was the June 12, 1982, demon-
stration in New York City, which was held
in conjunction with the Second Special Ses-
sion on Disarmament at the United States
(SSOD II). nearly every instrument of
Soviet active measures was directed towards
Infiltrating and influencing the June. 12
Committee, the organization that was
formed to plan and coordinate the demon-
stration. (U)
Soviet Involvement
Representatives of the CPSU or one of
the Soviet controlled international front or-
ganizations that have official status with
the United Nations (i.e., the WPC, WFTU,
Women's International Democratic Feder-
ation, Christian Peace Conference, and the
World Federation of Democratic Youth)
were invited to participate in SSOD II by
the United Nations. Many of these individ-
uals actively lobbied for Soviet peace and
disarmament policies during SSOD II meet-
ings at the United Nations and during the
June 12 demostrations. (U) ,
USPC Involvement
The USPC, NCASF, CPUSA, and several
CPUSA front organizations were among the
over 100 national sponsors of the June 12
peace and disarmament demonstration.
These organizations were actively involved
at the national, state, and local levels in en-
listing support for and participation in the
June 12 demonstrations. They made travel
and accommodation arrangements for rally
attendees and sponsored foreign delegations
that traveled to the United States for the
demonstration. (U)
In March, 1982, the USPC sent a letter to
the general public requesting their partici-
pation in and support of the June 12 demon-
, II 1795
stration. The letter informs the public that
the USPC has made mobilization for June
12 its first priority for the next 100 days. It
urges the recipients to join the local June 12
Coalition, reserve buses to New York, solicit
the participation of local civic organizations
and city councils, pass resolutions in sup-
port of SSOD II and the June 12 demon-
stration, and support the fight against the
"Reagan War Budget." (U)
The USPC played an important role in
the planning and organization of the June
12 demonstration. The USPC was one of ten
organizations sanctioned by the June 12
Committee to serve as information centers
for American citizens and organizations who
were seeking information on the platforms
and activities of the June 12 demonstration.
One USPC official, Sandra Pollock, was as-
signed by the June 12 Committee to orga-
nize and coordinate the logistics of the dem-
onstration. (U)
The USPC had at least one seat on the
June 12 executive committee. Michael
Myerson and Sandra Pollock, two USPC of-
ficials who are also national leaders of the
CPUSA, were active participants in execu-
tive committee meetings. During June 12
Committee meetings, the USPC/CPUSA
representatives actively campaigned to
direct the focus of the demonstration exclu-
sively against U.S. nuclear weapons systems
and away from Soviet weapons systems. (U)
According to articles in several noncom-
munist publications, there were substantial
internal problems in the June 12 Committee
as a result of the insistence of 'USPC/
CPUSA representatives that the rally
should focus exclusively on U.S. arms con-
trol and disarmament policies. An article by
Ronald Radosh in The New Republic re-
counts the USPC's campaign to "tone down
the official rally call so that it was not
equally addressed to the United States and
the Soviet Union." According to Radosh,
the USPC held one seat on the June 12
Committee and "four other seats were held
by communists or fellow travelers." (U)
These revelations are consistent with the
public statements of the USPC/CPUSA
which also claim they had a significant
impact on the June 12 Committee proceed-
ings. In a brochure entitled, "The New 'Red
Scare': An Open Letter," the USPC defends
communist participation in the peace move-
ment stating that conainunists "also bring to
the movements in which they work a some-
times-missing sense of organization, direc-
tion and ideological cohesiveness." This bro-
chure, which the USPC has distributed to
nearly all of the major peace organizations
in the United States,/ claims that the USPC
played, "a key role in the development of
the June 12 demonstrations." (U)
According to public accounts, a compro-
mise was finally reached in the June 12
Committee to focus primarily on U.S. re-
sponsibility for the arms race. The Commit-
tee's rationale was that the Soviet Union
supports several Committee proposals, in-
cluding a bilateral nuclear freeze, and the
June 12 demonstration was primarily de-
signed to influence the U.S. Government po-
sition on nuclear disarmament. This com-
promise was clearly reflected in the official
call of the June 12 Committee which said:
"The demonstration addresses all govern-
ments which have developed nuclear arms
and which compete in the international
arms race, but its primary focus is on the
United States Government. Possessing more
nuclear bombs than all other countries com-
bined and leading the technological, first-
strike weapons race, the U.S. government is
the least willing to stop its nuclear insanity.
The demonstrators are absolutely clear that
only when there is a strong citizen's move-
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ment to reverse and end the arms race will
the U.S. government change its policies re-
garding first use, first-strike and nuclear de-
terrence. The June 12th Rally reveals once
again that the disarmament movement in
the United States is rapidly growing and in-
creasingly powerful." (U)
The Soviets were satisfied that the USPC/
CPUSA was successful in directing the focus
of the rally against U.S. arms control and
defense policies and later boasted in a pro-
paganda booklet:
"But it is a .fact, said Pravda's special cor-
respondent A. Vasilyev who was in New
York City on June 12, that during the seven
hours of the demonstration and rally at-
tended by a million people on the day I did
not see a single anti-Soviet placard. I asked
my acquaintances and friends about it, and
some of them said that there had been some
small groups, maybe one or two placards in
a thousand." (U)
CPUSA Involvement
In April 1982, the CPUSA held an Ex-
traordinary Conference in Milwaukee, Wis-
consin. The meeting was attended by an es-
timated 700 participants, including a large
number of nonparty individuals. The pur-
pose of the meeting was to moye the entire
party to bolder, more militant positions on
various issues, including the peace move-
ment. CPUSA General Secretary Gus Hall
stated, "We may have to stage and initiate
sit-ins, kneel-ins, and confrontations. Maybe
a few of us will get our heads busted . . .
Some of us may go to jail." (U)
During the Extraordinary Conference,
CPUSA officials outlined the following
steps to organize for the June 12 demonstra-
tion:
Every club discuss concretely at its next
meeting how it is going to build for June 12.
That there be a strong Party presence on
June 12th, with- banners and literature in /
addition to the Party press.
That we help develop a national trade?
union peace network out of the local union
activity on behalf of the freeze and in sup-
port of June 12.
That where the U.S. Peace Council
(USPC) exists, we- work with others to aid
its participation for June 12; where it
doesn't exist we work with others to try to
launch local Peace Council participation
with buses and banners; that we undertake
to help distribute a USPC spe-
cial leaflets for June 12th.
That we implement the proposals of Com-
rade Hall- in his Central Committee report
"What The Reds Say Today," particularly
the need to help build multi-racial, multi-
national, working class affiliates to the
USPC at the grass roots. It was stressed
that such instruments of struggle are neces-
sary to influence other movements-even as
we cooperate, not compete, with them. At-
tention was paid to some liquidationist ten-
dencies, to the absolute need to support the
legitimacy of the USPC in all struggles and
to link up economic and peace struggles.
That we work to overcome the weaknesses
of approach now evident among white
middle-strata forces in the organized peace
movement that 'create obstacles to the full
participation of the Black and other minor-
ity communities. Discussion in the work-
shop affirmed the urgency of taking actions
to bring the local and national operational
leadership of peace movements into con-
formity with the actual reality of the situa-
tion in respect to the position of the entire
Afro-American community which is solidly
against Reaganism and militarism.
That larger districts create or reactivate
Peace and Solidarity Commissions within
the Party to guide the work. Smaller dis-
tricts should assign a cadre to be in charge
of the work.
Reaffirmed the inseparability of the
struggle for diarmament and support for
the liberation movements such as the
A.N.C. of South Africa, SWAPO of Namibia,
FMLN-FDR of El Salvador and the PLO;
and affirmed that the anti-interventionism
movements gaining great strength in the
churches, unions, communities and campus-
es represent an inseparable part of the anti-
Reagan all people's front. (U)
In January, 1982, local CPUSA districts
were' instructed to institute plans to take
part in demonstrations that were scheduled
to occur in the Spring of 1982 to protest the
Reagan Administration's views on nuclear
disarmament. CPUSA members were urged
to write letters to their Congressmen and
take part in as many demonstrations as pos-
sible in an effort to force the Reagan Ad-
ministration to alter its views on disarm-
ament. Members were also urged to back in-
dividuals at all levels of government who
would be sympathetic to these views. (U)
The CPUSA also placed representatives
on the June 12 Committee. In an article re-
printed in the January 14, 1983, edition of
the Wall Street Journal, CPUSA member
Bruce Kimmel publicly, stated that he was
CPUSA representative to the June 12 Com-
mittee. Kimmel claimed that he and his
party were extremely active in planning and
organizing the demonstration. (U)
Following the June 12 rally, a memo from
the Organization Department and National
Peace and Solidarity Committee of the
CPUSA national headquarters was sent to
all districts. The memo stated that the
Party was extremely active in working to
make the June 12 demonstration -an out-
standing success. The memo emphasized,
however, that it is a critical period for the
U.S. peace movement and the Reagan Ad-
ministration is proceeding with the largest
military buildup in history and shows no
signs that it is ready to negotiate seriously
With the Soviet Union. According to the
memo, the new target of the CPUSA is the
November elections, and the American
peace movement will ask candidates across
the country to take a public position on the
nuclear freeze proposal and cuts in the mili-
tary budget. The memo suggested that local
coalitions should link up with other forces,
especially those involved in economic strug-
gles, which have an interest in removing
Reagan supporters from office . . . every
effort should be made to popularize the de-
cisions of SSOD II. . . chapters should con-
tinue nuclear freeze petitioning and join
with other peace and disarmament groups
to build local peace councils. (U)
NCASF Involvement
The NCASF was also active in planning
the organizing for the June 12 demonstra-
tion. In April, 1982, a chapter of the NCASF
recounted its activities in response to the
Peace Action Program adopted by the
NCASF in 1982:
"Our monthly Open Forums have been
generally successful. With better planning
and increasing the staff of the 'publicity
committee and its systematic approach to
sending out press releases, advertising in
more university and community newspapers
and contacting local radio and television sta-
tions, we are confident the forums will suc-
ceed . . . We have been actively participat-
ing in coalitions working on the June 12th
demonstration in New York in support of
the Second United Nations Special Session
on Disarmament . . . We are dstributing
flyers, selling tickets and helping to plan
with the NCASF for the May 7th Carnegie
Hall Rally, which is aimed.at building popu-
lar support for the June 12th demonstra-
tion. (U)
In May, 1982, the NCASF organized and
sponsored a peace rally at Carnegie Hall
March 24, 1983
' called the "Rally for Peace, Disarmament
and Social Progress." The rally was de-
signed to mobilize public opinion behind
SSOD II and the June 12 rally. Public fig-
ures and well-known entertainers also at-
tended the rally. (U)
wrru representative Ernest DeMaio de-
livered a speech at this affair that blamed
the current economic problems in the
United States on the "military-industrial
complex whose imperialist nature and arms
budget advance the interests of the rich to
the detriment of the poor." He called for a
nuclear freeze and praised the late Soviet
leader Brezhnev's initiatives for a freeze of
nuclear arms in Europe, nuclear free zones
in the Nordic and Indian Ocean regions, and
other Soviet initiatives. (U)
Following this meeting, the NCASF Klis-
serninated a letter to its affiliates requesting
additional fund-raising activities and finan-
cial support for NCASF peace activities.
The letter listed the recent accomplish-
ments of the NCASF:
"We were members of the National June
12th Steering Committee. Our members
helped organize the million who marched in
New York, and were among the 100,000 in
the Rose Bowl, the 50,000 in San Francisco
and in local demonstration elsewhere;
"Our very successful Carnegie Hall Rally
for Peace, Disarmament and Social Prog-
ress, May 7th, which featured among others
Representatives Parren Mitchell, Counselor
Oleg Sokolov of the Soviet Embassy and
Pete Seeger,' was a part of the mobilization
effort for June 12th.
? 'Our leaflet 'In the Name of Humanity'
has been widely distributed and a large'
printing of a new issue of Friendship News
has just appeared;
"On June 15th we published 'Swords into
Plowshares: Soviet Initiatives for Peace, Se-
curity and Disarmament, 1917-1982', a
ground-breaking forty-page booklet which,
listing specific Soviet proposals year by year
and the responses they elicited, demon-
strates the consistency of the Soviet cam-
paign for peace from the first decree of the
Soviet state. November 8, 1917 down to this
year;
"We helped organize a Peace Cruise on
the Volga River which will take place
August 5-22 and was filled up by February;
"We received five very successful Good
Will Missions and a lecturer from the Soviet
Union by the middle of the year, and will be
host three more missions later this year, at
a time when contacts between U.S. and
Soviet citizens are becoming rarer and more
precious;
"Dick Morford, " our Executive Director
Emeritus, helped organize the U.S. delega-
tion for and participated in the great inter-
religious conference on peace 'held in
Moscow in May which Billy Graham also at-
tended." (U)
The letter also included a warning about
complacency in the peace movement:
"This is a most critical moment for the
peace movement. There must be continued
forward movement or we risk severe set-
backs. If the new and powerful U.S. peace
movement should come to be dominated by
anti-Soviet influences the disarmament
process will be hindered rather than helped.
The Administration must not be permitted
to continue its inflammatory anti-Soviet
rhetoric which threatens efforts to re-estab-
lish-detente." (U)
Based on available information, we do not
believe that the Soviet Union and its prox-
ies directly controlled the proceedings of
the June 12 rally, nor were they primarily
responsible -for the large turnout at the
rally. The overwhelming majority of the
nearly one million people that attended the
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June 12 rally were members of independent
peace and civic organizations, and they at-
tended the rally as an expression of legiti-
mate concerns about nuclear weapons. (U)
On the other hand, Soviet-controlled or-
ganizations participated at the highest
levels of,the June 12 Committee and exert-
ed pressure to influence the June 12 Com-
mittee to focus on U.S. nuclear weapons
policies as opposed to Soviet policies. Of
course, the Soviets also exploited this large
demonstration in its worldwide propaganda
compaign ? against new American weapons
systems. (U)
The importance the Soviets attach to in-
fluencing the peace movement to focus on
U.S. and NATO weapons systems is drama-
tized by the letter of protest sent by Yuri
Zhukov, Chairman of the Soviet Peace Com-
mittee, to West European _peace organiza-
tions. The letter, which was published in
the West Berlin Tageszeitung of January 4,
1983, indicated that the East bloc peace or-
ganizations would not participate in the
May, 1983, West Berlin Peace Conference
because the Conference attendees hold
"both sides, that is to say the East and
West, equally responsible for the existing
tensions and asked both the United States
and the Soviet Union to 'withdraw all nucle-
ar weapons from Europe." (U)
The East German response to this even-
handed approach by Western European
peace groups was swift and unequivocal. On
January 27, 1983, the Bonn Newspaper, Die
Welt, reported the arrest 'of twelve pacifi-
cists in East Germany who applied to
German Democratic Republic authorities
for travel permits- to participate in the West
Berlin Conference(U)
J. American trade-unions
WFTU Tenth Congress
One of the major priorities of the WFTU
and CPUSA is to mobilize the trade unions
in the United States to join the peace move-
ment. In February, 1982, the WFTU held its
10th Congress in Havana, Cuba. The U.S.
delegation to the Congress consisted of over
50 trade-union officials. (11)
The Congress focused primarily on peace
1, and disarmament issues, particularly the
social and economic costs of the arms race.
During the Congress, Soviet delegates per-
sistently espoused Soviet views on disarm-
ament issues and attempted to enlist the
support of other delegations in a peace of-
fensive. The Soviets emphasized to Ameri-
can trade-union delegates the importance of
mobilizing the working class to join the
peace and disarmament demonstration in
New York City in June, 1982. The Congress
also adopted a policy paper entitled, "The
Trade Unions and the Challenge of the
80's," which presented a systematic set of
rationalizations on why trade unions of the
world should join in anti-American, anti-
free enterprise activities and move in a pro-
Soviet direction. (U)
Labor Research Association'
The IRA also sponsored a banquet lun-
cheon honoring the Congressional Black
Caucus on November 21, 1982, in New York
City. Joseph Harris, a longtime CP_USA
member and Director of the IRA, organized
the luncheon, and he sent letters of invita-
tion to several labor unions. (U)
III. FBI ASSESSMENT
It is extremely difficult to determine the
extent to which various peace organizations
and coalitions are being influenced or ma-
nipulated by the Soviet Union. An assess-
ment of the effect of Soviet active measures
on the U.S. peace movement is particularly
difficult because the Soviets have endeav-
ored td capitalize on or manipulate existing
sentiments within peace organizations, such
as the desire for a nuclear weapons freeze,
that parallel or tend to promote Soviet for-
eign policy and propaganda objectives. As
the 1981 Interagency Intelligence Memoran-
dum on Soviet Active Measures noted:
"Whenever a political movement supports,
policies that coincide with. the goals or ob-
jectives of Soviet foreign policy, the exact
contribution of Soviet active measures to
that movement is impossible to determine
objectively." (U)
Based on information available to us, we
do not believe the Soviets have achieved a
dominant role in the U.S. peace and nuclear
freeze movements, or that they directly con-
trol or manipulate the movement. The Sovi-
ets, however, do not view direct control or
manipulation of a movement as a necessary
prerequisite or condition for a successful
active measures campaign. The Soviet peace
campaign, for instance, is designed to focus
public attention on new American nuclear
weapons systems and to help create the im-
pression that' the Soviet Union is more in-
terested than the -United States in serious
arms Control and disarmament negotiations.
This campaign does not require direct
Soviet control or manipulation to be effec-
tive. The Soviets believe they can achieve
these objectives through a planned series of
arms control and disarmament proposals
that play. on the sentiments of the Western
peace movements in concert with the sys-
tematic use of the Soviet worldwide propa-
ganda apparatus, international fronts and
local communist parties, and trusted con-
tacts and agents. (U)
THE IMMIGRATION REFORM
'AND CONTROL ACT OF 1983
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
a previous order of the House, the gen-
tleman from Kentucky (Mr. MAzzom)
is recognized for 5 minutes.
fb Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, last
week - my subcommittee concluded 7
days of hearings on the Immigration
Reform and Control Act of 1983, H.R.
1510, and the related activities of the
Immigration and Naturalization Serv-
ice (INS).
I want to commend my seven col-
leagues on the subcommittee?SAM B.
HALL, JR., BARNEY FRANK, GEORGE
CROCKETT, LARRY SMITH, DAN LUN-
GREN, BILL MCCOLLUM, HAM FISH?for
their diligence and patience in sitting
through 26 hours of hearings during
which we heard 74 witnesses.
I also want to commend those wit-
nesses, which included many Members
of this body, for their fine contribu-
tions to this important debate. While
much of the material covered in the
hearings had been examined exten-
sively during hearings in the 97th
Congress on last year's immigration
reform bill, it was important to update
and refresh the RECORD, and to look
for new formulations to include in the
bill.
At the end of my statement, I am in-
cluding the witness lists for the 7 days
of hearings.
My subcommittee plans to hold -its
markup of H.R. 1610 the week after
the Easter recess. We will go into the
markup with open minds, just as we
approached the hearings. New and old
proposals will be given serious consid-
eration.
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Mr. Speaker, I look forward to work-
ing with you and all of our colleagues
on this most important piece of legis-
lation.
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, SUBCOMMIT-
TEE ON IMMIGRATION, REFUGEES, AND INTER-
NATIONAL LAW
MARCH I, 1983
Witnesses
Representative Don Edwards.
Representative Robert Garcia.
Representative Jim Wright.
Representative Hank Brown.
Representative Clay Shaw.
Representative Edolphus Towns.
Attorney General William French Smith,
Representative Manuel Lujan.
MARCH 2, 1983
Witnesses
Representative William Hughes.
Representative Mickey Leland.
Representative Dan Mica.
Representative Hal Daub.
Representative Walter Fauntroy.
The -Honorable Diego Asencio, Assistant
Secretary 'Of State for Consular Affairs.
The Honorable Alan Nelson, Commission-
er, Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Witnesses
Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner, Immigra-
tion and Naturalization Service, Depart-
ment of Justice.
David L. Milhollan, Director, Executive
Office of Immigration Review, Department
of Justice.
William R. Robie, Chief Immigration
Judge, Department of Justice.
Michael G. Harpold, President, National
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Council, AFGE, AFL-CIO.
Richard L. Bevans, President, National
Border Patrol Council, A.FGE, AFL-CIO.
MARCH 9, 1983
Witnesses
Hon. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
Hon. Abraham Kazen, Jr.
Hon. Ronald Coleman.
Ben Jarratt Brown, Executive Director,
Alliance for Immigration Reform.
Sam Bernsen, Washington Representa-
tive, American Council on International
Personnel.
Howard Knicely, Vice President, Human
Relations, TRW, on behalf of National As-
sociation of Manufacturers and the Busi-
ness Roundtable.
Robert T. Thompson, Vice Chairman,
Board of Directors, and Chairman, Labor
Relations Committee, Chamber of Com-
merce of the United States.
William D. Toohey, President, Travel In-
dustry of America.
James G. Van Maren, Director, Agricul-
tural Department, California Chamber of
Commerce.
George M. - von Mehren, Vice Chairman,
Immigration Committee National Foreign
Trade Council.
Anthony J. Pellechio, Deputy' Assistant
Secretary, for Income Security Policy, De-
partment of Health and Human Services.
MARCH 10, 1983
Witnesses
Mr. Thomas Donahue, Secretary-Treasur-
er, AFL-CIO.
Mr. Perry E. Ellsworth, Executive Vice
President, National Council of Agricultural
Employers.
Mr. Russell R. Williams, President, Agri-
cultural Producers, Inc.
Mr. Henry J. Voss, Member of Executive
Committee, American Farm Bureau.
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Mr. Tom Hale, President, California
Grape and Tree Fruit League.
Mr. George Sorn, Assistant General Man-
ager, Florida Fruit and Vegetable Associ-
ation.
Mr. John R. Norton, III, Chairman of the
Board, United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable
Association.
Mr. R. E. Hornibrook, Chairman of Labor
Committee, National Cattlemen's Associ-
ation.
Mr. Frates Seeligson, President, Texas
and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Associ-
ation.
Father Theodore . Hesburgh, President,
University of Notre Dame.
Mr. Billy Reed, Director, American Engi-
neering Association.
Mr. Irwin Feerst, President, Committee of
Concerned Electrical and Electronics Engi-
neers.
Mr. Marvin Baron, President-Elect, Na-
tional Association for Foreign Student Af-
fairs.
John Calhoun, Director of Business Devel-.
opment, Intel Corp. on behalf of American
Electronics Association.
Dr. Paul E. Gray, President, Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology on behalf of
The American Association of Universities.
Dr. David C. Lewis, American Association
of Engineering Societies.
MARCH 14, 1983
Witnesses
Otis Graham, Vice Chairman of the
Board, Federation for American Immigra-
tion Reform.
Thomas McMahon, Executive Director,
Environmental Fund.
Carole L. Baker, Executive Director, Zero
Population Growth.
Dale de Haan, Chairman, Committee on
Migration and Refugee Affairs, American
Council for Voluntary Agencies and Direc-
tor of the Immigration and Refugee Pro-
gram of Church World Service.
Howard Kohr, Assistant Washington Rep-
resentative, American Jewish Committee.
Althea Simmons, Executive Director, Na-
tional Association for the Advancement of
Colored People.
John Huerta, Director, Immigration Proj-
ects, Mexican-American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund.
Arnold Torres, National Executive Direc-
tor, League of United Latin American Citi-
zens.
Norman Lau Kee, Chairman, Task Force
on Immigration and Refugee Policy, U.S.-
Asia Institute.
Benjamin Gim, Chairman, Committee on
Immigration and Refugees, Organization of
Chinese Americans, Inc. .
MARCH 16, 1983
? Witnesses
Hon. Tony Coelho.
Hon. James Scheuer.
Hon: Edward Roybal.
Hon. Major Owens, accompanied by Cohn
Moore, President, Caribbean Action Lobby.
Maurice A. Roberts, Editor, "Interpreter
Releases" and former Chairman, Board of
Immigration Appeals.
Josie Gonzalez, Legislative Chairperson,
Immigration Section, La Angeles County
Bar.
John Shattuck, Legislative Director,
American Civil Liberties Union.
Robert Juceam, President, American Im-
migration Lawyers Association.
Robert Ervin, Member, House of Dele-
gates, American Bar Association.
Deane Dana, Member, Board of Supervi-
sors, County of Los Angeles.
Senator David Roberti (California), ac-
companied by Senator John Hill (Florida),
National Conference of State Legislatures.
Matthew Coffey, Executive Director, Na-
tional Association Of Counties.
James A. Krauskopf, Commissioner,
Human Resources Administration, City of
New York, on behalf of U.S. Conference of
Mayors.
David Pingree, Secretary, Florida Depart-
ment of Health and Rehabilitative Services,
on behalf of the National Governors Associ-
ation.
Robert Searby, Deputy Under Secretary
for International Labor Affairs, Department
of Labor.
A. James Barnes, General Counsel, De-
? partment of Agriculture.*
CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR
HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL SPIRIT.
? LEADERS
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
a previous order of the House, the gen-
tleman from Florida (Mr. HuTTo) is
recognized for 5 minutes.
? Mr. HUTTO. Mr. Speaker, Chocta-
whatchee Senior High School in Fort
Walton Beach, Fla., continues to live
up the the tradition of excellence it
has enjoyed for several decades. The
heritage of graduating from an institu-
tion with such high degree of camara-
derie has provided many leaders from
business and industry, the military,
local, State and National Government,
and religious organizations. The sports
teams, band, choral groups, debate
teams, and so forth, have all proven to
be first class due to the excellent lead-
ership found at Choctaw.
Even here in Washington, the tradi-
tion of the Big Green Indian is felt. I"
have had interns to serve who gradu-
ated from Choctaw and have a full-
time alumnus, Randy Knepper, as my
administrative assistant.
Mr. Speaker, it brings me great
pleasure to inform the House that
Choctawhatchee Senior High School
has been selected as one of five nation-
al winners?out of some 400 schools
nationally?in the 1982 7-Up School
Spirit Contest. Choctaw is clearly in
the running for the national selection
and I fully expect them to win.
The Big Green Indians of Chocta-
whatchee have spirit and I am proud
to be their Congressman.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.*
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY
REFORM
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
a previous order of the House, the gen-
tleman from Rhode. Island (Mr. ST
GERMAIN) is recognized for 5 minutes.
? Mr. ST GERMAIN. Mr. Speaker, on
April 20 and 21, I will convene hear-
ings on a variety of proposals to
reform the supervision and regulation
of U.S. bank international lending. In
accordance with the multinational
nature of our current global lending
problems, witnesses with broad experi-
ence in foreign lending regulation, will
be invited to testify on proposals to
strengthen the international banking
system.
I anticipate these hearings will
result in an international regulatory
March 24, 1,988
reform amendment to the IMF legisla-
tion the House Banking Committee
will ask the House to consider in early
May. What provisions such an amend-
ment will contain are impossible to de-
termine precisely at this time. Howev-
er, I intend these hearings to give de-
tailed consideration to proposals
whi'ch would:
Augment bank foreign loan disclo-
sures;
Increase loan loss reserves;
Prevent undue foreign loan concen-
trations;
Change the manner in which banks
account for the fees they charge for
loan rescheduling; and
Strengthen the international exami-
nation and supervision authorities of
the U.S. Federal regulatory agencies.
As you know, Mr. Speaker, reform-
ing the framework governing U.S.
bank international activities is not the
only action I feel Congress should take
at this time. I recently introduced
House Joint Resolution, 208, the Inter-
national recovery resolution, to en-
courage a broad national response to
our global economic difficulties. House
Joint Resolution 208 would require
the Reagan administration to take ac-
tions at the Williamsburg Economic
Summit to be held in late May, to
assure that the assembled nations con-
sider making a multilateral commit-
ment to adopting fiscal and monetary
policies that would result in renewed
growth and employment, to reducing
the financial pressures on the develop-
ing nations, and to improving the reg-
ulatory programs that govern interna-
tional banking safety and soundness. '
This resolution will also be considered
at the hearings on April 20 and 21.
For the present, passage of -legisla-
tion to stimulate a U.S. economic re-
covery, such as the Housing and
Urban Rural Recovery Act, action on
the IMF bill including a thoughtfully
developed regulatory reform amend-
ment, and enactment of House Joint
Resolution 208, would constitute an
initial response to our current econom-
ic difficulties. After these urgent near
term actions are taken, the House
Banking Committee will turn its atten-
tion to longer term solutions to our do-
mestic and global economic prob-
lems.*
PERSONAL EXPLANATION
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
a previous order.of the House, the gen-
tleman from Massachusetts (Mr.
MARKEY) is recognized for 5 minutes.
? Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, yester-
day, I was necessarily absent for the
first two electronically recorded votes.
Had I been present, I would have
voted "yes" on the motion to approve
the Journal and "present" on the
quorum call.*
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