BI-WEKLY PROPAGANDA GUIDANCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03061A000100010028-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 23, 1998
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: March 2, 1959
• Content Type: PERRPT

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44. ~ar3as ? "Great lea. ear+easrd r
On. the heels russtechev'a 21st CPSU Congress dicta a. that 6oct&1fst
c xntrlea must aebie a communism sairaulumeausly, and that the prerequisites wcwald
l created in t be Wirt coudries at accelerated tempos, the 13-17 January 1939
-Duslga .n C? Ce ral Co m. tee plenum called for a far-reaching reorgani ion
and d *centrati . n of the Bulgarian state, The former 12 regions and 117 districts
have been amalgamated into 30 new regions which will direct all political state4
econancv and cull ralt activities. Half of the existing ministries (those concerned
with economic matters) have been sbolisshed and their operational factions assumed
by, the regional u 4s, To increase the labor force. the reorganization calla for the
introduction of comm -l in ons such as public kitchens, laundries. baths and
creches. These Innovations. by extending regime controls into fan tly life. will
mean increased regime :atton. The fact that the Bulgarian reorganization is more
extensive than the analogous 1956 Soviet changes can be imputed to the estaablLisaheed
predilection of the Bulgarian leaders for StalIhAsa, Vulko Chervenkov, an
unregenerate Stl ist and still-dominant figure in the Bulgarian C?, headed a
delegation to Red Chi In September-October 1958. Cherve c v'aa statements after
his return from China indicate that he had been favorably Impressed by the Chinese
adherence to the Stalinist "hard-Lim. The sequence of developments following
Chetrvenk* %?'s return from China indicate that his thinking once more prevailed In
the Central Commi ee, We time with the result of la hing the program in a
traditional Bulgarian-S.taUnist mw er with a number of Chinese overtones,
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45. Soviet Pressure can Irate
Soviet-Iran talks concerning a uon-aggression pact ended in an aa.8amosphaare of
l distrust. According to Iran, the Soviets insisted that Iran refrain from signing
a bilateral defense agreement with the V. S. The SQ1jete accuse Iran of yielding to
L{. S? pressure. Regaardleae of a oTn a a< s p e c r s of the cc roveray, than contrast
in tone between subsequent Iranian and Soviet astaterne nta bas been str&ing. Iran has
been mild, unprovocativem dignified; the Soviets hdate'beo bmIlying? threatening.
blustering. An example of this is Khrushchev's Tula speech on 18 Febr ry. He
said the Soh., on his "r?*to a throne"a was afraid of his own people. cited the fate of
the Iraqi xnmarch0 and threatened to take the Soviet cast directly to the Iranian
people. This aggreesive attitude toward Iran has nunerous parallels In history. The
'Soviets have several times attempted to amend their system of Caucasian trepublica^
Into Iraanian.. territory,, using subversive talcs backed up by military occupation.
Absorption of Iran has been a major goal of Soviet policy for 40 years.
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46. Laos Asserts Its Independence
Following the cessation of hostilities between the French and the Vietnamese
in Indochina to 1954, the Geneva Agreements were signed (with Great Britain and
the USSIt as co- sigeators and France signing on behalf of Vietnam and Laos)
delineating certain conditions to be carried out by the Associated States of Laos.
Cambodia. and Vietnam and establishing the International Control Commissions
(ICCj. with representation from India, Poland, and Canada. within the three states
as supervisory agencies. In July 195, the Lao Government requested that the
ICC be adjourned and leave Laos. since Laos had successfully completed its
obligations under the treatp., On It February 19.59, Prime Minister PHOUI &innikcm
announced that the Government of Laos considered the terma of the Geneva
Agreements satisfactorily completed and that Laos would henceforth depend upon
the UN as guarantor of its independence and freedom. The Lao action' in July,
inspiring the adjournment of the ICC evoked a storm of criticism from the
Communists, and Vietnamese Communists have since attempted to provoke border
incidents which could lead to the recall of the ICC to Laos. The recent action
by the Lao Government has evoked strong antagonistic reaction from Peking and
Moscow. The declaration was issued primarily to counter Communist pressure
for the reactivation of the ICC and to free Laos from the anachronistic provision
of the Geneva Agreement. which infringed on Lao sovereignty.
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47. 11'altei' Ulbric
? v;"alter UlbrlchtA Secretary General of the Central Corr nltGtee of the SEI-1
(Mealiest Unity Party of Germany . now the Comm> let Party of 1 it Germany) was
borne iii Teipzi, on 30 June 1893 and is his yc h vmrked as a c tr Ye`:6t31e-r. A' member of
the Su. is vt larty from 1912 through 1917 he joined the Comna.unist Party (KPD) in
1918 and becaxue a member of its 'Central. Cox .ttteees in 1923. LU the said-19..O he
ca ie the KID a preseenattjve to the Exeecratlve Conu tttxeee of the ComhA*rn and in
1926 attended the Lenin Scoi in Moscow. From 19ZO to 1933 he was a member of the
Germ&n Reich , , for a part of which period he as Jailed for Cem ist activity.
From 1933 to 1938 Uibrric was a Communist activist in Cr echoslovakfs., and briefly,
a 1"?"ollticat Cora,'Iris .r in the Spanish Civil War. rcnn 1939 to 1945 he 'Was active in
Russia where he *tcq *ired Russian citizenship as became a protege of Stallu. During
t in period he led the for a stiexa of the "Free G*n Co itltee, headed the Polittiica'
Depart :etat of the KPD in Moscow, and mad as the a-aort y over prisoner exchanges
from Germany to tb.* Soviet Unite super wing their seeleectie , political training and
re-o4scati " as pets ial office-holders for the "New Germany. In May*;1945 he
ri.x?raed in the train of the Red Army to Berlin Wheare he organized the political
structure and administration of Last Germany, first t ira gh the KPD, acrd tthe n in 1946
J a roug is the pea edo "" Aar 'F'ir ", the Sf;1C o h he became the Secaretarv Generra3
in .195) amid, thus the political and gavetr ear s1 CIA*( of 'East Gem. lie is mocked
for aping L*niu in appearance, espeeciselAy for his beArd. He is feared by the SED znegr e a and the population. aloe for his der x t iesaness and f tical ambition.
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T!* .: to x is Gckverutner iP-4 arc 1958 i.p ;roved the r quen i r Perm(
try 1h 'A'd the Seventh _V. *rid Yo dh i~ e'Ott'val Vi"I fwd July
ter
will be Ch first t ra mrsu l
auth fe$iva1 lay,r la td oit aide t ho "i vic.t bloc
n* ;=, ri aOVt t-aou14's favar .lble dreiakm. wt ' patiri ially^ motivated by a< de.i ?e
awl' to s eg ue the USSR is vier of the then LY:i'MIIjwC:zt Austria n-Soviet u0 okfatt t.c
a? i t t r ti ro rsticwo~ ra rxa+ xxtr. The "ern F
axrae t s`: rar~~n i i n i t i i
herd Ly world Fed t ti of Democratic Yoh (,W' FDY) ctirog . ry Jean G&r as
6Ixf, e- LI xA Ili t cty~ eight w esn r s are So~ r1 0r S. t 111 9t lt' r.e or of
tl
F` Y or l errr ti s c.i t1rt of S euty ('t 'IS). The "eettyal
Wag Organized the ir?a gent Commission for the Saves V Ofid
' f c _ o c F?o-st .vas . l am . fact. Ee ;iva1 *rr g :&eiti are b l * go.raged by tho If r.'Y
a ~ xt w N.=-c* u .t A u ri a atwent groups; have it.roaagty p .Aeoted a.ad. fitat.s*d
i #a the A 4Btt g err .e "z a rc'w*l of the Festival. ;'Three groups have
: 4x b1i lbo rd pr 'st:z i Vte trod oodled thousand's of p **t sr ~ xad (cu e
of W C lave lees *+t l` to tl a field) 0 Youth aX4 d e' rap ffi-a exjhi the wort.
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t of> h 19%9 pr d to
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: at -r 1 rrted at ati rie at - ri*# 1 a etia:l:a a&10, edltori&1a
(4 le. Q .f which' bav bscu'e ~ f.el t . Th Fea oval x; ra 3r er rae t r?a4ly haw,
*Z.w V xkuj to ova tb. Festival to ? r& t u e e a A .& G i9 y th If '
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Cyprus as^. d the Ba P:k n Put-c!
Tht, Cyprus tkc ord h `brocght proc+niarf, o;l ctz Aa,?. F ;rep .rd Arta znd
marked improvement of re;le.,liona) w un Greeds v.n 't'sar Tht Frio World b l
ft: As :a cocc:rett .?etep toward rf~g'Jar!v,1 huarmony, brat tha So,--LLet;v are viA sctyed,, Sovirt
and zantmilite propaganda says tshcA T.: :ord to a da7~7f,:,;e to m*Lke C- prnt at NATO mil.itmry
b,-A*e in defiance of its peopled The setilemenZ is in h!.ra ov;, ri'lh the, "Bc;{lhfsr.
Pact" which engaged Grease and 'miry, togeth1r r wtth- '~ngca.~Ti t to await to dfffertm-.
pe&cefully and in accordance wl!Lh the U. N. Chacrs';er, Th::a pm ty wVzh al> o pro~.Ader
for mulaaa,i defense aarrrangaments L*d a ooomtn a