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Volume #15 - 1030. | |
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CHAPTER XII EUROPE, THE SOVIET UNION AND THE MIDDLE EAST | |
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PART
8 SOVIET UNION | |
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SECTION
B PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE | |
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DEA150182‑40 |
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Memorandum from Under‑Secretary of State for External Affairs to Head, Defence Liaison Division | |
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Ottawa,
July 24th, 1950 | |
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NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY; CO‑ORDINATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE | |
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The other day the Minister said to me that he thought that early consideration should be given to means of co‑ordinating the efforts of the North Atlantic Powers in the field of propaganda particularly in relation to shortwave broadcasts to the Iron Curtain countries. 2. Mr. Pearson feels that there is a great deal to be done in concerting allied activities in this sphere. We should consult upon the policies and programs which can be most effective in the cold war. We should examine tactics being followed by our representatives in the United Nations, possibly arrange for consultation between our delegations at United Nations Assemblies with a view to presenting a common front to the pressure of the Soviet bloc. Some of the procedures which have been worked out between Commonwealth countries, between Canada and the United States in such matters might be broadened so as to include the other North Atlantic countries. 3. The Minister would like to have this matter explored with representatives of other signatories to the Treaty with the object of having established some kind of planning machinery the object of which would be a concentration of effort. 4. Perhaps the best way to get this started would be to ask Wrong to seek in Washington the reaction of his diplomatic colleagues. A.D.P. H[EENEY] | |
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