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Approved Fog Release 200M OREO RET ROP 80-01 068g00300040063-2 Security Information MAR 17 1953 COVERT-PSYC! CAL WARFARE OPERATIONS GR EXPLOITATION. OF STALINGS DEATH .......- ees \ _ a roe Oorpudary | ~Sggpa psoex=wssa I. PURPOSE A. To make immediate maximum use of existing covert psychological warfare assets and facilities to exploit opportunities created by Stalin's death and thereby endeavor to: 1. ‘Impede the orderly transition of power and establishment of authority by the new Soviet regime. 2. Greate a psychological climate of confusion, uncertainty, suspicion and doubt within the areas under direct Soviet control, 3. Intensify disaffection and passive resistance to the regime, 4. Induce defection of Soviet military and government repre- sentatives stationed abroad. 5. Promote conflict and division between the Soviet Union and its satellites, TI, TARGET AREA Soviet Union and those areas of Eastern Europe and Asia where large concentration of Soviet military and civilian personnel are found. III. TARGET GROUPS A. Soviet Military 1. Soviet military personnel serving with the Soviet forces of occupation, 2. Soviet military personnel on diplomatic duty abroad, 3. Soviet military - all ranks - inside the USSR, Approved For Release soap PGEL -RDP80- 01065A000300040063-2 nNormatian