Word: propaganda
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reputation as a backer of terrorist organizations. That is malicious propaganda used against us, and there is no proof of those charges...
...Carter. He's a good man, but he is ignorant and naive in international politics, so he falls into traps, such as this agreement. We see this agreement as part of his election propaganda campaign -nothing else...
...arms sales to Egypt. While making propaganda about peace, the U.S. is increasing the danger of war. [Gaddafi argued that the new Egyptian arms are likely to be used not against Israel but against Libya. In July 1977, Egypt launched sharp raids against Libya in a border dispute.] If the Americans seek to change the balance [of power in the region] in a way that is threatening to Libya, we will be forced to seek Soviet assistance to counter that threat. When reactionary regimes threaten us, we will resist...
Whether or not the shooting is resumed, the battle of words between the inimical neighbors apparently will continue. Hanoi offered new allegations of Chinese troop atrocities, including such barbarities as eye-gouging and disemboweling pregnant women. If anything, the clumsiness of Hanoi's propaganda was more than matched by Peking's. In a ham-fisted attempt to make up for lost mileage in the war of credibilities, China last week permitted eleven Western and Japanese correspondents based in Peking to visit its frontier areas, including two camps for Vietnamese P.O.W.s. The carefully stage-managed tour nevertheless went embarrassingly...
Chinese TV crews frequently shadowed the visiting journalists as they interviewed the Vietnamese, trying to obtain film footage for propaganda purposes. The Vietnamese would often cringe when the TV lights came on, and the reporters shouted for the Chinese camera crews to stop. They did so. Wade, who along with others threatened to leave the tour unless the Chinese stopped filming the correspondents, later wrote that the visit had been "journalistically unsatisfactory and ethically disturbing." That tough judgment may cause the Chinese to pause before making any further attempts to enlist foreigners in their verbal clashes with Hanoi...