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38 THE TECHNIQUES OF SOVIET PROPAGANDA == Moscow remained superarmed after World War 1—but pot Wazh- ington. Moscow invaded Iran, Greece, and Korea, and forcibly enslaved eight Eastern European countries—but not Washington.:::dloscow tore to shreds every single one of the treaties it agned—but not Washington. Moscow maintains a colossal world apparatus to under- mine and subvert al) free nations—but not Washington. .Moscow deports, slaughters, and imprisons—but not Washington. «+ =2:.2.: , when one antagonist is immensely more aggressive than ¢ other, the assignment of equal responsibility to each is in actuality service to the aggressor. The disarmament of two knights avoids bloodshed; but if policemen and criminals are simultaneously dis- armed, crime is protected. In the present state of world affairs, only the retaliatory strength of the nonaggressive camp can maintain peace. The statement may be criticized as indecorous, but it must be made because it is true. Even though the Soviets were miraculously to destroy ell their . armaments tomorrow it would not save civilization, even assumi: the incredible possibility they would uot cheat, because they woul then attack us with their fantastic epparatus of political warfare, by - which they cen conquer countries from within by subversion, con: . spiracy, and Propaganda, without firing a shot. e Soviets possess both a sword and a virus while the free world has only a sword. So if both discard their swords we would be killed by the Soviet virus. By ignoring the Communist political machinery the normal pacifist commits yet another aberration, and parades about draped in some noble but empty slogan, such as, “let us exchange ideas, not ICBM’s.” As if Communists were influenced by ideas! As a matter of fact, it is far from noble to always seek easy applause for the abstract posture of “placing human life above all else” while pormitting others to shoulder the unpopular task of realistically saving ives by resisting communism. Summarizing, there is truly no problem of nuclear wespons today; . guly a problem of Communist dictatorship in Moscow and Peiping. So long as these totalitarian, Machiavellian, and hegemonistic regimes are in power, even without nuclear missiles no free man, anywhere on earth, can look confidently to the future. ; oa FALLACY NO. 5: A BILLION COMMUNISTS CANNOT BE IGNORED This type of propaganda titillates “realistic” tendencies. It promotes visions of friendlier relations and exchanges, liable to win the hearts of the billion, and prove to them that underneath our varied exteriors we are all brothers. ; This is one of the trickiest themes because it masks the crucial fact that friendly relations are rewarding only between people able to exercise free will, whereas under totalitarianism the people are im- pounded and muzzled, unhappily incapable of being reached by any diplomatic or touristic approach. . oreover, this propaganda is also treacherous because it strengthens the implication that there are actually a billion Communists in the world, lending substance to the Kremlin’s display of power, when nothing could be further from the truth. There are not a billion Communiste, but a billion human beings living under a Communist dictatorship against their wills. If it were not against their wills, a dictatorship would not be necessary. Hed chaih becbd shaves dhe id EE HEE dae adh ede Sey