Chernyavsky, V., ed. The CIA in the Dock: Soviet Journalists on International
Terrorism. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1983. 176 pages.
Soon after Ronald Reagan took office, think-tank pundits took their
cues from Secretary of State Alexander Haig and began making ominous
pronouncements about "the hand of Moscow" behind "international terrorism."
This collection of essays uses information from the Western press to make
the case that it's actually the CIA, not the KGB, who has been responsible
for the bulk of state-sponsored terrorism during the Cold War. The
contributors are Yuri Zhukov, Genrich Borovik, Karen Khachaturov, Yevgeny
Korshunov, Vladimir Katin, Timur Gaidar, Lolli Zamoisky, Eduard Kovalev,
Vadim Kassis, Leonid Kolosov, and Melor Sturua.
Most of the essays concern topics that are covered fairly well in the
U.S. literature on the CIA: the coup in Chile, CIA mercenaries in Angola,
American policy in Libya, CIA in Afghanistan, Licio Gelli and P2 in Italy,
OAS in France, Portugal in 1975, and William Casey's wheeling and dealing.
Two essays cover material that is more obscure: the history of Radio Liberty
and Radio Free Europe, and the CIA in Bolivia. The latter is based partially
on the 1968-1969 testimony of Bolivian Minister of Internal Affairs,
Antonio Arguedas Mendietta, who confessed to working for the CIA since
1965. While on bail, Arguedas survived three assassination attempts before
receiving asylum from Mexico.
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