Soviet Influence Activities: A Report on Active Measures and Propaganda, 1987-1988

摘要

In response to legislation passed in 1985, the Department of State on July 30, 1986, submitted to Congress a document titled Active Measures: A Report on the Substance and Process of Anti-U.S. Disinformation and Propaganda Campaigns. The current report, the third in a series, focuses on events and changes that occurred between June 1987 and November 1988. Active measures, the focus of the report, cannot be discussed without also addressing propaganda. The themes in propaganda are often reinforced by and are the raison d'etre of active measures. Thus, while the main purpose of the report is to reveal and describe Soviet influence activities that are deceptive and illegitimate, they will be discussed in the overall context of Soviet propaganda.