New Techniques of Communist Disruption
DULLES, ALLEN
New Techniques of Communist Disruption By Allen Welsh Dulles Director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency The Soviets keep as a closely guarded secret the number of their own citizens and of...
...Those who wait for that, he said, must wait until a shrimp learns to whistle...
...It is now estimated that the Soviets have many thousands of these types of war equipment, some becoming obsolete, some surplus...
...Let us hope that Khrushchev hears the shrill call of the shrimp...
...Of course, a good share of this equipment has already gone to Communist China and to Indo-China, with results which are now clearly seen...
...As the students graduate, they flow into the Communist apparatus throughout the world...
...For example, the replacement of obsolescent MIG-15s with newer models has created a reserve of some four to six thousand MIG-15s, of which a very substantial number could be unloaded as an adjunct to a general program of causing trouble throughout the world...
...Certainly there are many tens of thousands...
...Some high members of the MVD have revolted against the methods they have been taught to practice and have come over voluntarily--"defected"--to the free world...
...You will remember that it was a shipload of obsolete arms sent by Czechoslovakia to Guatemala which aroused the Guatemalan people to realization of the Communist plans for a takeover of that country...
...Central Intelligence Agency The Soviets keep as a closely guarded secret the number of their own citizens and of foreign indigenous agents who are trained in the USSR, in China and in the satellites for subversion and espionage...
...This, of course, is a Russian way of saying "never"--though I have it on good authority that in the deep reaches of the sea the crayfish and shrimp do make some gurgling noises...
...While I am on the subject of Communist techniques, I might mention a somewhat recent development in their program of sowing international discord--one that will look-quite attractive to many countries which are under pressure to build up their military establishments...
...He remarked that, if anyone believes that Soviet smiles involve abandonment of the teachings of Marx, Engels and Lenin, he deceives himself...
...In other cases, for security reasons, it has seemed wiser to hold back on publicity to help us delve more deeply into the Communist organization and practices...
...Immediately following the war's end, the Soviets developed a whole new series of tank and aircraft types, including, in aircraft, the MIG-15 fighter plane, the TU-4 (B-29 type) long-range piston bomber, and, more recently, the IL-28 light jet bomber...
...A few days ago, Nikita Khrushchev, head of the Soviet Communist party, made some interesting statements...
...All are likely to be replaced over the next few years...
...I would not be at all surprised if we soon heard that countries in ibis hemisphere were being approached...
...There remains ample for other parts of the world, and we now hear of advanced negotiations with several countries of the Middle East...
...Once again, Czechoslovakia looms up as the front for the delivery of Communist arms--this time in the Middle East...
...There is no hard evidence as yet that the dangers we face from the underground subversive activities of Communism have ceased...
...Meanwhile, we in the free countries cannot afford to relax our vigilance...
...The Soviets emerged from World War II with a substantial stockpile of obsolescent and now fairly obsolete military equipment...
...Let us hope they do...
...New tanks are in mass production, and new long- and medium-range bombers are coming off the assembly line...
...We estimate that the Soviet Union's expenditures in training, support and operation of its overall subversive mechanism may approach 10 per cent of its expenditures on its overall armament program...
...They have told us much...
...the Petrov case in Australia is a good example of this...
...This article is adapted from a recent speech to the International Association of Chiefs of Police...
...There is some debate as to whether the word should be shrimp or crayfish, for there is an old Russian proverb that says: "I will do it when the crayfish whistles on the mountain top...
...If we spent a comparable percentage of our defense budget for defense against these activities, we would be allocating to this work some three to four billion dollars annually...
...A premature start with this program was made over a year ago...
...This included, in addition to small arms, a good many thousands of medium and heavy tanks...
...Some of this has been published to the world...
Vol. 38 • October 1955 • No. 43
