“I wonder, however, whether we clearly perceive the magnitude of the problem, whether we realize how sinister the battle for men’s minds has become in Soviet hands,” he continued. “In the past few years we have become accustomed to hearing much about the battle for men’s minds–the war of ideologies,” he told the attendees.
WATCH: Full episodes of America's Book of Secrets online now.ĭulles had just become the first civilian director of an agency growing more powerful by the day, and the speech provided an early glimpse into his priorities for the CIA. was weeks away from secretly sponsoring the overthrow of a democratically elected leader in Iran.
Others were reportedly so brainwashed that they had refused to return to the United States at all. Some GI’s were confessing to war crimes, like carrying out germ warfare against the Communists–a charge the U.S.
