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Mail Covers. Early last year, the Nixon Administration, too, began to worry that the government was not using its intelligence resources effectively enough. A committee of intelligence experts, assembled by the White House with Hoover as chairman, met for weeks discussing ways of coping with foreign spies, racial unrest, campus disorders and leftists in the antiwar movement. Finally, the committee suggested a sweeping expansion of federal intelligence work. Specifically, the committee urged wider use of wiretapping, inspection of letters-"mail covers" -surreptitious entries and bag jobs. Sullivan sympathized with the committee's objectives. Hoover, although chairman, firmly dissented...
...totally mesmerized by the Japanese," said Sir Reay Geddes. "They are not gods and they have their weaknesses. If their industries lose sales beyond a certain point, they could very quickly disclose severe weaknesses." Furthermore, said Sir Reay, a turndown in economic growth could create grave social and political unrest in Japan...
...shaky state of the economy has much to do with the unrest. During the past year, prices of many commodities have jumped 100% or more. The black-market rate for the riel is triple the official rate of 55 to a dollar. Another concern is the apparent affluence being enjoyed by the military. "Corruption has changed its address-from the government to the army," goes a popular saying in Phnom-Penh...
...face a task made more complex by the long years during which all opposition was suppressed. Almost every institution in Spain-from the army to the church and even Opus Dei itself-is divided between conservative and moderately progressive wings, and on how to deal with increasing signs of unrest. In recent weeks there have been clashes between police and unemployed workers in the poor barrios of Madrid, and demonstrations against rising prices (Spain's inflation rate is 7.8%). Campus riots protesting Spain's government have become common...
DISINFORMATION: Spreading of false propaganda and forged documents to confuse counter-intelligence or create political unrest or scandals...