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Draft ot Broadcast 'Individual Defoaoo Agoinst Hostile Propctanda"
1* Attached la copyext which wc have drafted for ose by rder not to betray our connection withou swart not obou thia text toat. However, tho text Blent augeert to you cone general operational ideas. There le naturally no reason why your Local outlet* should not utilise itt hen boon broadcast by SHEIK .CL. We oust loavo this to their ownLLstoroX. to those broedrnste end utilising the proposals contained la then. Bat i! ono or your contacts should ask for your advico, do at least not raise cay ob^ectiono.
2. lour coeesonto re tho attached text ore Invited. He shall "Ire-further oue&eotlone tailch you night how rc^ardlnp additional topics"
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vrrnriont propa. .undnheParty, the other politicaldjv the Arxmc reginc oa well cur. tlv several comaiiawont--oLirc;th ua ti*r? -i tho JOJj the ^reccoczri laonythey ell ileod you with their ;ropegn.'ala. odrese yourodio and In smtinco oa well ac Iiv private conversations, wnii'lt Uiclr paid and unpaid agitators try to win you over to the cauno o. the "Revolution",style-
At tho aaee tine, however,ap attempts to musalr all voices ol' ths opposition snd allorient oylrpona in nnrral. The screws o. censorship are being tightened every day, lrniopendent radio stations ivm been silenced and terror, officialotherwise, acts where Arbenz andnunlst wire-pullers behind bin coosioer the qu-ial-lecal acthods still ac lnaooqiicte.
Tou and everyitizen oi our country ought therefore to toko an active hand ln reels tin and frustrating this insidious propaganda laonopolyas an Individual, without the direct supportegitimate oppoeition party or press. Tou arelsntrvsuTtage, to be sure, la this bottle oi* the wits againstTxanlst agitators who fmve received cortenolve training ln the deceitful mcthoda of Stalinist propaganda, in schools In Mexico or even in Moscow or -Voguo. dut tf they nay know uorc slogans, aore tricks, more liesyou have tlx? incormxircble advantage of uefendlnj your freedom, your right to lecm the truthabout your future and the future of your oountry,ruth which tho Ar'oofu-^ociminlst regime has evnry reenon to fear.
If you can oppose a overrryntypeech of your own, refuting hia clalne and exposing his lies, do so by all neons. But even if you don't feel qualified toegular opooch or if the situation docn not make it oafs for you to appearlatfom an an anti-coffrrunlst, mti-jovcrnnont speaker, you arc still
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not UriVnsnleoB, In any case, you can auk educationswhether lirterruptinjakur, or ookin. ilvtalscuunlou after hie speech, or In private convernalion, or in letters totormpojier or to theaoio stationvr. you romjnist-.governnent propoga:idn instead oi the truth. It nay not always be necoaoary to oijn your rianc to tho latter, ii you fear reprisalg.
vocations, asked at the right aorcnt and in the right way, ecu acxaaplialiev useiul resulte. First of all, they vill show the agitator that his fiuuleiice is not altogether gullible, that they lwrve opinionseir ownand thii* Is clwoye disconcertingconnmiat who, after all, ix the servantotalitarian plillosopit>- noer which only one ringle opinion, tho opinion of the dictator, is permitted.
Second, your question? nay force the speaker to deviate from tils prv -crcd speech in order to dispel the doubts wnlch your quretloos heve created. Ton ahoula of course tn' to net :da away iron his favorite propoganda elogann and to speak about topics which he would prefer to avoidfor Instance, the subservience of tho TOT to Mo*cow, the freqimnt trips of its leaders berilnd the Iron Curtain where they receive their orders, the auosurviance ofo the KT, the ebb In the govermnnl treasury wises funds ere being spent for propn-rruidaor the welfare Of the people, and nany, many other subjects.
Ttilrd, if you ask your questions in presence of others, you will also help then to resist the icopact of that propoganda. Byhen that the opinionpeaker is ahGolutely not the only opinion possible, by drawing their attention to ueaiawosoe tad contradictions in the agitator's roaurko, you will stimulate theirlinking, you vill provoke doubts in tlioir mindsami you will thus not only coiabat that propaganda, but lnmmizc your friends, neighbor* snd
workers against lb.
iou cay start by asking veryicb arc easy -or you toand don't ice :tiiy you dfierlyan active ixaabcr ol' tiic opposition, 'or instance, you may ask as soon as tho speaker hantntewnt which you feel ic not correct or at least doubtfult "How do you know? licvo you been there yourseli'V Can you prover something slxilar.
In many cases, thcy have been given this informationrcaning course of the cccziuiiisthe will be
reluctant to admit thisand this will make him pause, begin to stutter or avoid on answer altogether, in tho lost cose, repeat your question or haw soriphody else repent it. This second timo, you ndi*ht put your question more bluntly per ops asking "I'bnt's the matter with you? Are you efroid or ashamed to tell us where you learned that?"
Come tines, he may admit that he read the disputed fact in theVMIIJiE or some other conrauniot or gover:*ient publication. Thzn ask him^wc) believe what you read there? Don't wc know how many lies ore printed in newspapers?"thus forcing himefence of hie oourco of Information! ropagandist who must defend lnstesd of in able to attack Is alreadyeakened position.
You may ulao begin your questions byhe shaken "Who gave you instructiono to toll me (ub)r "What do they pay you for thisr "What do you expect to win for yourself?ou went tooraedtssar In Soviet Guatemala?'1 or any similar questions.
Questions pertaininc to the international ramifications of corajnuniom will always perturb an eeitator, whether he is an admitted connunist or disguised as an Arbeit-
lata. Dopnndlnr upon who the speaker is unit what ho taks about, you nay, for instanci aski "Save you visited Russia (or another cow.nist II you think that coi.'Jitions oretlero vhy didn't jog stay there?" -V,c discusses agrarian refora, youask: "Lut isn'tone only the first step toward: collective and state firm,s it was in Russia?"thus forclry him either to declare that tho Uunalun exwnple does not apply to Guatemala (which ia very embarrassing to any true contnunixt) or to adult that tlie nroscnt agrarian rriom is indeed only one step and that the cmviunisls want to go nuch farther.
If Umj agitatorace" slogans, ask hint "How about disarming the Soviet Amy? Doesn't lt have more Boldiars, more to kt, mire planer Han unyf ha complains BOWnd otter "friends of peace" are bein perr.ecuted ln 'westernln how anti-co-aaunists are beinr. treated in Russia, cjwBtlon Mm about the fst* of Berla, -ovist Mars:-all and chief of Stalin's secret police, exfcuted last yearecret trial and about the file of so reany ether cuamunist leavers who were assassinated by their own comrades.
We cannot enumerate all the possible questions hero today* But we hope that these examples have shown you bowittle question nayig effect, if it is askedesting or ln private conversation, at the right time and In the right way. We have* confidence that the natural Intelligence, the inborn with and the love oi' freedom which are ccenon to so many of our fellow-cltixens, will enable you to make the best possible use of the suggestions which we hava just discussed! showing you how you can even as an Isolated individual successfully oppose the propaganda machine ol our cccrnu.'iiswa'bcnzista oppressors.
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