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...emption of others, subjugation or subversion of still others. In a world full of dangers-real, imagined or exaggerated-the Soviet leadership dangers-real, imagined or exaggerated-the Soviet leadership would prefer to protect its gains with minimum risk of war by means of diplomacy, intimidation, propaganda, covert action, or the use of proxies. If necessary, though, it will resort to direct military intervention to ensure the survival of the Soviet system, including in those countries where the system has been imposed by outright conquest-such as Hungary, Czechoslovakia and, possibly next, Poland. On Christmas Day two years...
...skeptical view in Washington is that the CIA might have wanted much of the story to become public. The motive: by portraying Gaddafi as the madman behind a presidential assassination attempt, they could justify covert action aimed at toppling the Libyan leader. Even if that theory were true, however, it did not in itself undermine the credibility of the evidence...
...Soviet diplomat in Copenhagen was expelled by the Danish government after reportedly being caught passing money to peace organizations. But there is no concrete evidence that Moscow has been funding pacifist groups on a large scale, although the Soviets have been engaged in covert activity for so long that they rarely leave traces. Western Europe's well-organized Communists, however, have given organizational and financial support to pacifists. In France and Italy, the main organizations are virtual subsidiaries of powerful Communist parties. In West Germany, the extraordinary discipline of the Oct. 10 protest in Bonn was in good measure...
Both Veliotes and Crocker deny that the official made any formal proposal of covert action during their meeting with him, although they admit the discussion did involve Libya. Edwin Meese, counsellor to the President, would neither confirm nor deny there was a plan. Said he: "It would be totally inappropriate for me to comment." Declared State Department Spokesman Dean Fischer: "There was no discussion of a covert plot to overthrow Gaddafi, and the French official made no request for logistical or diplomatic assistance from...
Wilson is a former covert operative for the CIA who helped organize the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion by anti-Castro Cubans in 1961. He officially left the Government in 1976, when the naval intelligence branch for which he was working, known as Task Force 157, was being disbanded by Navy Rear Admiral Bobby Inman. Wilson tried to persuade Inman to save Task Force 157 by offering what Inman took to be a bribe; the admiral, offended, immediately decided to abolish the operation. In 1980 Wilson was indicted on charges of illegally shipping explosives to Libya. He has been...