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FOREIGN SERVICE DISPATCH

From: AMEMBASSY, BAGHDAD

To: Joint State-USIA

Subject: SAMPLES OF ANTI COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA

Date: March 13, 1954

Desp. No.: 657

There are enclosed two copies of each of two anti-Communist 
documents and one copy of a third, all of which have been recently 
distributed through the mails in Baghdad.  

Enclosure Number one is a mimeographed sheet entitled, "The Communist 
Truth", devoted to proving that Communism is atheistic and inimical 
to Islam. It quotes extensively from the statements and writings 
of Communist leaders. The source leaflet is unknown to the Embassy.  

Enclosure Number two is a pamphlet entitled, "We Are In Danger," 
which was published by the Directorate-General of Propaganda and 
distributed without attribution to 500 addresses in Baghdad furnished 
from the mailing list of USIS.  

The pamphlet contains three articles from "Three Nationalists." The first 
is a reprint of an editorial from the newspaper Al-Yaqdha in which the 
Communists are criticized for referring in friendly terms to Israel. (See 
Embdes 383, Dec. 5, 1953). This article was, according to the Director-
General of Propaganda, written by Hassan Dujaili, a prominent young 
nationalist, presently Director General of Administration in the Ministry 
of Education. The second article is a letter to the author of the Al- 
Yaqdha editorial from one Ahmad Naji Al-Kurawi, who says that no one 
should be surprised at the expression of pro-Jewish sentiments by the 
Communists.  

The third article in this pamphlet attributed to "A student in the fourth 
class of one of the colleges," is a confession of unintentional pro- 
Communist (and therefore, by implication, pro-Zionist) activity, under 
the title, "I am a Zionist."  

Enclosure Three is also a pamphlet published and distributed by the 
Director General of Propaganda, entitled "About the Communist Jewish 
Thinking," by Ma'an al-Ajly. This contains a series of articles reprinted 
from Al-Sijl newspaper which discuss the relationships between Islam 
and Communism. The articles criticize a pro- Communist book widely 
circulated in an Arabic version, Henry Dennis' book, "The Crisis of 
Economic Thought," because the forward was written by Jew.  

COMMENT:

These three documents are among first anti-Communist material to be 
distributed here. The latter two represent the first attempt by the 
Government in this field. The heavy emphasis on the links between 
Communism and Zionism in the two Government pamphlets arises from 
the feeling of the Director General of Propaganda that this is the 
best anti-Communist approach. This approach has not, however, had the 
popular reaction expected and future Government anti-Communist 
newspaper articles and pamphlets can be expected to place more 
emphasis on the anti-nationalist, rather than pro-Zionist, aspect 
of Communism.  

Burton Y. Berry

Enclosures 2.

Confidential

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Footnotes and Further Reading

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[1] For more on the US strategy of using Muslim fundamentalism, see: 
""U.S. & Iran: Enemies in Public, but Secret Allies in Terror: The US 
and Iran have long cooperated to sponsor Islamist terrorism," by Jared 
Israel, Francisco Gil-White, Peter Makara, and Nico Varkevisser 
http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/deja.htm  

and

A guide to articles on "US Strategy in Central Asia," at http://emperors-
clothes.com/indict/911page.htm#6  

[1A] The US Embassy document was acquired by the National Security 
Archive at George Washington University. To access the pdf file of 
the US Embassy document, please cut and paste the following URL 
in your browser: 
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB78/propaganda%20120.pdf  

[2] Regarding the central use of anti-Jewish racism by the Iraqi 
Baath Socialist Party, see, "A Los Angeles Reader Asks: Are you For 
or Against Saddam Hussein? Are you For or Against the Proposed war?" 
http://emperors-clothes.com/letters/shussein.htm  

[3] In an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), 
Ahmed Chalabi had this to say about US sponsorship of his Iraqi 
National Congress:  

[The excerpt from the Chalabi interview starts here]

Ahmed Chalabi: Our relationship with the United States administration 
and the United States Government, indeed, are governed by a set of 
legislative actions taken by Congress.  

The chief among them is the Iraqi liberation act which makes it US 
policy that the United States would support Iraqi Democrats to get 
rid of Saddam and to provide assistance to them to do so.  

There are also other legislation providing assistance to the Iraqi National 
Congress.  

Our relations with the United States is that of allies and people who will 
work with the United States to achieve the establishment of democracy 
and the Government that will respect human rights and support 
Federalism in Iraq.  

[The excerpt from the Chalabi interview ends here]

-- http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/s613799.htm
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
LATELINE
Late night news & current affairs
TV PROGRAM TRANSCRIPT
LOCATION: abc.net.au > Lateline > Archives
Broadcast: 22/7/2002

Note that Mr. Chalabi claims he is the *ally* of the U.S. Given the one-
sided financial relationship, this is far-fetched. As was once said by the 
Wizard in the cartoon strip, The Wizard of Id, "The golden rule is, he 
who has the gold makes the rules."  

[4] Anti-Jewish caricatures from Nazi Germany and from the USSR in 
the 1970s had a similar theme and appearance. I have set up a display, 
comparing the two. See, " "Racist Caricatures of Jews from Nazi 
Germany in the 1930s and 1940s, and from Soviet Russia after 1967," 
at http://emperors-clothes.com/antisem/naz-sov.htm  

-- Jared Israel

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Source: "The Emperor's Clothes" - http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/usis.htm


Cheers, Steve..

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