Soviet News and Propaganda Analysis Based on Red Star (The Official Newspaper of the Soviet Defense Establishment) for the Period 1 - 31 December 1981. Volume 1, Number 12, 1981

摘要

The data in this report reflects Soviet print media emphasis and propaganda trends for over two and one half years -- July 1979 to December 1981. During this period, almost 29,000 feature stories and news items were analyzed. The main purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with an overview of Soviet rhetoric and propaganda themes and topics directed to Russian military forces during December 1981. This report contains a summary of propaganda themes from the Russian language newspaper Red Star. Russian propaganda and rhetoric continues to be grossly inflammatory and threatening about all aspects of Reagan's foreign policy. This reflects Moscow's conviction that psychological warfare should be aggressive and offensively oriented. Some of the topics that the Kremlin headlined and underscored in December 1981 were: The Pentagon elite and the U.S. defense industry are a major threat to world peace; Reagan has sacrificed social and education programs in favor of increasing military spending and the arms race; The United States has moved closer to nuclear war; and The USSR will never permit Washington to gain military supremacy.