Word: propagandas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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TIME'S article about the conflict between Iran and Iraq [WORLD, Oct. 29] is an echo of Iraqi propaganda. If "Iraqi morale is at a wartime high," why would an Iraqi officer surrender to an Iranian photographer who was just "threatening" him with his camera? And if "Iran does not seem to be in a position to strike a conclusive blow," why would Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ban the distribution of white undervests among his troops lest they should eventually use them to surrender...
Even if the President manages to establish a single negotiating strategy for his Administration, arms-control agreements will surely be elusive. Chernenko's health and his mastery of the Soviet state remain uncertain. The Kremlin may simply want to observe the forms of negotiation for propaganda purposes. "We're not there yet," concedes a White House adviser, with epic understatement. "It may take the whole second term to get there...
...admire the Sparts for what they are doing. It's important to make the point now while people are being paralyzed by the propaganda Reagan is putting out," said Ralph G. Vetter 8' refering to the rumored MiGs aboard Nicaragua-bound Soviet freighters...
Though Kremlin leaders no doubt welcomed the return of the dictator's daughter as a propaganda victory, there would be no dancing in Red Square. Since her 1967 defection, Svetlana had frequently denounced the Soviet regime in books and interviews. She called the Bolshevik revolution a tragedy for Russia and characterized Stalin as "a moral and spiritual monster." Repudiating her Soviet citizenship, she ritually burned her passport...
...Chinese have also tried to spruce up their image. Radio Peking broadcasts 18 hours of programming daily to Eastern Europe, and the quality of the languages spoken by Chinese broadcasters has improved, as has the content of the programs. "It used to be just propaganda a few years ago," said an East European journalist. "But now the picture we have of China from radio broadcasts is really very like the way China...