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7 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Mar 17, 1953 · Broad topic: War & Geopolitics · Topic: COVERT PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE OPERATIONS FOR EXPLOITATION OF STALIN'S DEATH · 7 pages OCR'd

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Approved For Relegse 2003/06/03 SE HbPs0-01065a009370040063-2 Mrertty Infarmatian -3- V. GENERAL OBJECTIVES The general strategic objectives to be served by the short range program of covert psychological operations for exploitation of Stalin's death are: A. To establish the Soviet Military as the patriotic guardian of tradition and protector of the people against the tyranny of the Com munist Party rule. B. To instill within the Soviet Military the desire to seize the - opportunity to liberate the peoples of the USSR, and encourage the people to incite and support the armed forces to struggle for liberation, CG. To undermine the confidence of the Soviet peoples in the new regime by: 1. Fomenting conflicts and prompting fission within the top com- mand of the Soviet Government, 2. Destroying the effectiveness of the new regime by compromise and character assassination of its key persons. 3. Promoting fear, confusion and disaffection among the peoples of the USSR, 4. Emphasizing that the course which the new regime is determined to follow leads to further worsening of the standard of living, new purges and a probable war. BD. To weaken the effectiveness of the State Security apparatus by emphasizing that the day of reckoning is approaching and everything they do against the people will be held against them, E. To bring about defection of Soviet military and official representa— tives stationed abroad in order to undermine the confidence of the new regime in its officials, F, To encourage the peoples of the USSR to take advantage of the present situation through intensification of their anti-regime activities, Such activities should be limited to: 1. Intensification of passive resistance, 2. Intensification of slow-downs in production, 3. Collective efforts to neutralize the informant system, Approved For Release zoospgie BED Po 0 065A000300040063-2

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Approved For Relegse 2003/06/03 SE HbPs0-01065a009370040063-2

Mrertty Infarmatian

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V. GENERAL OBJECTIVES

The general strategic objectives to be served by the short range
program of covert psychological operations for exploitation of Stalin's
death are:

A. To establish the Soviet Military as the patriotic guardian of
tradition and protector of the people against the tyranny of the Com
munist Party rule.

B. To instill within the Soviet Military the desire to seize the
- opportunity to liberate the peoples of the USSR, and encourage the people
to incite and support the armed forces to struggle for liberation,

CG. To undermine the confidence of the Soviet peoples in the new
regime by:

1. Fomenting conflicts and prompting fission within the top com-
mand of the Soviet Government,

2. Destroying the effectiveness of the new regime by compromise
and character assassination of its key persons.

3. Promoting fear, confusion and disaffection among the peoples
of the USSR,

4. Emphasizing that the course which the new regime is determined
to follow leads to further worsening of the standard of living, new
purges and a probable war.

BD. To weaken the effectiveness of the State Security apparatus by
emphasizing that the day of reckoning is approaching and everything they
do against the people will be held against them,

E. To bring about defection of Soviet military and official representa—
tives stationed abroad in order to undermine the confidence of the new
regime in its officials,

F, To encourage the peoples of the USSR to take advantage of the
present situation through intensification of their anti-regime activities,
Such activities should be limited to:

1. Intensification of passive resistance,
2. Intensification of slow-downs in production,

3. Collective efforts to neutralize the informant system,

Approved For Release zoospgie BED Po 0 065A000300040063-2