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For those unclear on USIA (active measures working group) & "info war" / political warfare, strongly suggest read this history on AMWG from NDU, really attention to the history section "Devaluing the Counter-Disinformation Mission: 1959–1977" ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Doc…
Did you see these lines: The inclination to challenge Soviet disinformation declined over the 1960s until, by 1975, there was no organized, overt effort to expose Soviet disinformation at all....
And for those still believing Fulbright was a champion of public diplomacy, consider: in '72 he successfully amended Smith-Mundt to prevent ALL access to USIA material (leading to recharacterizing S-M as "anti- USG propaganda"), he also req'd USIA to be reauthorized ANNUALLY
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