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The Continuing Soviet Disinformation Blitz

A Favorite Soviet Theme: US Destabilization of Foreign Countries. The Soviets have continued their campaign of many years that the United States is conspiring to destabilize foreign countries, particularly in the Third World, by sponsoring coups, assassinating political leaders, and conducting a variety of other subversive activities.

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Shortly after the military coup in Fiji in May, Radio Moscow, TASS and Izvestia all began to play up rumors of US involvement. On 18 May, for example, Radio Moscow reported a statement by the Soviet-controlled World Peace Council -- which cited a leftist British newspaper--that "former CIA Deputy Director" Walters was in Fiji when the plot was being planned and that US citizens participated in the event. Moscow stepped up its disinformation campa ign on 1 June with a TASS story implicating the CIA and US Secret Service. This report was replayed the next day in Zimbabwe and on 3 June in Uruguay.

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Since the February 1986 assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, Moscow has made a concerted effort to implicate the United States in his death. In addition to numerous Soviet and Bloc press accounts alleging US complicity in Palme's murder, Moscow produced a television docu-drama entitled "Why Did They Kill Olof Palme ?"

The film, shown this year in Sweden and the USSR, included accusations of CIA involvement in the shooting.

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The USSR also uses forgeries, rumors, anonymous ma i lings and other methods to conduct its disinformation campa ign alleging CIA plans to destabilize Third World governments.

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In addition, US Embassy indicates that the KGB:

Planted a rumor in the Congo this spring alleging that Zairian President Mobutu intended to use the CIA to assassinate Congo President Sassou-Nguesso.

Circulated last year in India, Pakistan, Peru, Guyana and several African countries an unattributed pamphlet entitled "CIA Insider", which named alleged CIA agents and officers. (b)(3)

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