Propaganda was an essential element of Communism: it propagated the Marxist-Leninist ideals among people against the West, in the forms of movies, speeches, radio and then television shows, books, newspapers and art. As a consequence, the US Intelligence developed strong Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) capabilities since the very beginning of the cold war.
In the early 1950s, the analysis of propaganda material from USSR and China consented the US intelligence to highlight a growing discrepancy and tension between the two communist regimes. The intense printed production from the Soviet Union was also a precious source of information on the development of military capabilities, as well as radio programmes and commentaries in North Vietnam
In the early 1950s, the analysis of propaganda material from USSR and China consented the US intelligence to highlight a growing discrepancy and tension between the two communist regimes. The intense printed production from the Soviet Union was also a precious source of information on the development of military capabilities, as well as radio programmes and commentaries in North Vietnam