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In another report, published on 2 November 1985, TASS accused the CIA of organizing the assassination of Grenadan Prime Minister Maurice Bishonafter which the United States invaded the country. [(b)(3)7

3. US Terrorism. Recurring Soviet themes--linking political assassinations, US aid to liberation movements, and CIA

United States for making terrorism a state policy.

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Recent attacks (TASS, 24 October 1985 and 7 March 1986) charged the United States with:

conducting undeclared wars in Africa, Asia, and Central America;

backing South African attacks against its neighbors;

- seizing hostages; and

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inciting national strife in India.

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In an effort to counter US accusations of Libyan involvement in terrorism, the Soviets claimed, in a 13 March 1986 edition of Sovetskaya Rossiya, that the United States is a "factory of international terror," citing Us Marine Corps actions innvanada and mercenary

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US Espionage Operations. The Soviets replay endlessly themes of secret us intelligence operations intended to subvert the populace of other countries and destabilize governments.

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In January 1986 Radio Moscow charged that the CIA will be using funds to recruit scientists, journalists, missionary doctors, and university teachers to work in developing countries as CIA agents.

In mid-February, elaborately fabricated packages were delivered to a number of African newspaper offices. The packages listed alleged CIA penetrations of media, and some contained over 100 names of US officials, journalists of various nationalities, and a few US university professors allegedly linked to the CIA. This disinformation operation surfaced in seven African countries and implicated media in nine other countries.

Some press allegations of media associations with the CIA appeared concurrently in countries as far afiel¢(b)(3)

the Philippines and Dominican Republic.

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The Soviets have capitalized on Yurchenko's redefection, most recently in the 11 March edition of Pravda, and the scientist Alexandrov's disappearance, in a 27 January

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