SUMMARY OF PSB D-45, JUNE 22, 1953, INTERIM U.S. PSYCHOLOGICAL PLAN FOR EXPLOITATION OF UNREST IN SATELLITE EUROPE

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 14, 2003
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: June 24, 1953
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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Summary of
PSB D.-45
June '24, 1953
PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGY BOARD
WASHINGTON, D. C.
1, hol is b c iv
/ (a) To nourish resistance to communist oppression throughout
satellite Europe, short of mass rebellion e in areas under
Soviet military control and without compromising its
spontaneous nature.
(b) To undermine satellite puppet authority.
(c) To exploit satellite unrest as demonstrable proof that the
Soviet Empire is beginning to crumble.
(d) To convince the free world, particularly Western Europe,
that love of liberty and hatred of alien opporession are
stronger behind the Iron Curtain than it has been dared to
believe and that resistance to totalitarianism is less
hopeless than has been imagined.
2. Cou ses 2f Action - Phase I (Requiring less than 60 days to :initiate)
(a)
In East Germany and other satellite areas, where feasible,
covertly stimulate acts and attitudes of resistance short of
mass rebellion aimed at putting pressure on communist authority
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for specific reforms, discrediting such authority and ;provoking
open Soviet intervention.
(b) Establish, where feasible, secure resistance nuclei capable of
further large-scale expansion.
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(c) Intensify defection programs, aimed at satellite polices
leaders and military personnel (especially pilots) and
Soviet military personnel?
(d) Stimulate free world governmental,, religious, and trade
(e)
(f)
union activities capable of psychological effect behind
the Iron Curtain, such as:
(1) International campaigh to honor martyrs of the East
German revolt,
(2) Free trade union denunciation of Soviet repression
and demand for investigation of basic economic and
labor conditions,
Reemphasize U. S. support for German unity based on free
elections followed by a Pace Treaty,
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Implement NSC x,43 completing discussions as soon as possible
with Allied governments,
(g) Consider bringing Soviet repression of East German revolt
before the UN.
(h) Launch black radio intruder operations to encourage defection,
(i) Encourage elimination of key puppet officials,?-
3. C `ae91 ?of +.i ga - Phase II (Requiring lengthy ~' -- preparation
contingent upon, developments)
(a) Organize, train and equip underground organizations capable
of launching large-scale raids or sustained guerrilla warfare
when directed.
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(b) Consider U. S. advocacy of;all foreign troop~wi+hdrrwai from
Germany, Austria, satellites ,"Tree elc etion in the satell+tes
d association with Western European community, with
emphasis on economic cooperation and rehabilitation,
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(c) Consider new forms of covert organizations based on concepts
of:
(1) Simulating Soviet officer conspiracy to establish
honorable peace with the West,
(2) Cooperation between satellite resistance elements and
nationalists in non-Russian Soviet Republics,
(3) Cultural appeals to Soviet intellectuals.
(d) Consider inclusion of USSR nationals in Phase II of VFC
project.
(e) Consider large-scale systematic balloon propaganda operations
to the satellites.
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CORRIGENDUM
TO
APPROVED SUNfl7ARY (JUNE 214,, 1953) OF PSS D-I5
Please make the following corrections in the above papers
(1) On page It paragraph 1(a), in the second line delete
the comma after "rebellion", and in the third line place a comma
after "control".
(2) On page 2, paragraph 2(d)(l) please correct the
spelling of "campaign".
25X1A
Secretary to the Board
IT INF TIpN
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