CIA/International Organizations Division
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 CIA/International Organizations Division    | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | IOD |
| Formation | 1950 |
| Extinction | ? |
| Parent organization | CIA |
| Type | • front •  propaganda |
| Subgroups |  Congress for Cultural Freedom |
| Interest of | Michael Ross |
The International Organizations Division was a division of the CIA set up in 1950 to promote anti-communism[1] by manipulating international[2] psychological warfare operations. Its first head was Tom Braden.[3]
- The IOD operated according to the same principles that guided Wisner's management of the Non-Communist Left. The purpose of supporting leftist groups was not to destroy or even to dominate, but rather to maintain a discreet proximity to and monitor the thinking of such groups; to provide them with a mouthpiece so that they could blow off steam; and, in extremis, to exercise a final veto on their publicity and possibly their actions if they ever got too 'radical'. Braden issued clear instructions to his newly established IOD posts in Europe: 'Limit the money to amounts private organisations can credibly spend; disguise the extent of American interest; protect the integrity of the organisation by not requiring it to support every aspect of official American policy.'[4]
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References
- ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040302795.html
- ↑ http://www.umsl.edu/~thomaskp/mormey.htm
- ↑ Who Paid the Piper, The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Francis Stonor Saunders, Granta Books, 2000, p97.
- ↑ Who Paid the Piper, The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Francis Stonor Saunders, Granta Books, 2000, p98.
