SOVIET PROPAGANDA ALERT

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CREST [1]

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General CIA Records [2]

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CIA-RDP85-00024R000500260001-7

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RIFPUB

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Document Creation Date:

December 20, 2016

Document Release Date:

June 19, 2007

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Publication Date:

July 30, 1982

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REPORT

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Approved For Release 2007/06/19 :CIA-RDP85-000248000500260001-7 July ~~09 ~i ~8~ Surimary w In June and July, Soviet exteznal propaganda stresseds control and Peace i~tovements. Soviet propaganda focused on a ege U. S. up icity at t e Geneva START talks. President Reagan's speech at the U.P7. Special version on Disarmament t SSOD) was seen as an attempt to hide Gr'ashingtcan' s bid for military superiority b_y L~ortraying the U. S. as a '?peace~maker." Peace demonstrations in the U. S. and Western Europe supposedly showed increasing worldwide realization that Washington, not i~ioscow, is the. true threat -to peace. A .related major themes following the space shuttle's latest flight, concerned U>S. military plans fur space. Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Soviets accused the U. S. cif col- lusion with Israel in its move against t~i~-PLO in Lebanono According to Soviet charges, the U. S. wants to impose a Camp David -type arrange-nent on Lebanon and neig"Whoring territories, .leading to "U.S. imperialist domination over all .the area.?' 'Gas Pipeline Sanctions. Soviet propagandists decried the Banc??ions as economic warfare. They- claimed: that. this new VerslOn Oi the Cc~id vuar wt~uld itCit daiTiaiji? ti3t:' avva.~i ~vv~ivi