The West’s Secret Marshall Plan for the Mind

Originally published in the International Journal of Intelligence and Counter Intelligence (vol. 16, no. 3 (July/Sept. 2003) pp. 409-427), The West’s Secret Marshall Plan for the Mind by John P.C. Matthews is an article about a little-known operation under which more than 10
million books and journals were sent to scholars and professionals in
Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. More than 500
publishers in Europe and the U.S. cooperated.

October 29, 2003 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Karl says:
    October 29, 2003 at 11:59 pm

    Wow!
    What a delightful story! And I have a new library hero:

    Warner Wolfe…was also responsible for finding two highly intelligent, motivated young women to handle relations with publishers in France and England…. Martine Servot was a well-off, socially prominent young Parisian who worked full-time at the Louvre. Her small, deep-set blue eyes, high cheekbones and blond, bobbed hair made her look more Dutch or Danish than French. She had a university degree in library work and publishing.

    Be still my beating heart!

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