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THE TECHNIQUES OF SOVIET PROPAGANDA 51 organize repeated and impressive demonstrations seeking the self determination, by free supervised elections, of the peoples subjected to Communist dictatorships, and to protect against the oppression under which they are suffering. They might transform May Day into a D-Day of solidarity between the workers of the free world and their enslaved brethren of the Communist empire. MISSIONARIES OF FREEDOM Under this program, men and women could be enlisted who would be fired with enthusiasm at the prospect of a new type of apostolate. Trained in ‘ial schools, they would be taught a wide variety of technical skills in agriculture, local irrigation and power sources, medicine and family hygiene, etc. They would study native lan- gusges, and be thoroughly trained in every aspect of political warfare. ach mission would be supplied with a workshop, @ radio transmitter, records and tapes, a small motion picture projector, and a small printing plant. Such training and equipment would allow the missionaries to exer- cise a new kind of cultural, economic, and political apostolate in the underdeveloped countries, While warning untiringly against the deceptions of communism, they would build their influence by help- ing the people improve their human environment by assistance in road building, irrigation, food preservation, housing, etc. Such local help is perceived by the small fry, and makes more friends then the huge affairs of dams and airports, to which most economic aid has heretofore been limited. Fortified by this trust and support, these missionaries of freedom could demonstrate the extent of : suffering borne by the people who have fallen under the Communist yoke, and the superiority of free institutions in every way to those of the Communist world, for the poor even more than the wealthy. Picked local people could be recruited for training at the special schools who, on their return, would assume the duties of tbe initial Western missionaries. In the course of time the entire rogram could be manned by the natives of Asia, Africa, and South America. Twenty thousand such missionaries of freedom, working at the bush, village, factory, and university levels, could gain the esteem of the natives at an annual cost not exceeding a billion dollars, a fifth of the current world budget for economic aid. They would form a barrier against the Communist tide far more efficient than a hundred more missiles in Western arsenals, and would accomplish much more than the present assistance program, directed through purely govern- mental al annels and concentrated on heavy construction which, while no doubt usefu! to the recin: i i while no doubt useful to the recipic: against communism. Freedom must establish its own chivalry. What to do in international policy The following policy, if adopted by the West, can preserve the two cardinal values of 1. Carefully select and clearly formulate strictly minimal conditions for true peaceful coexistence such as, for example: Dismantling of the Communist political warfare apparatus throughout the world. nt nations, isnot directly explo: nations, is not directly explo eee Pe em a meee ener enema memememinaes pectentamees psatecetemnean memnaammmmenn wmenepenensiese.