Category: Soft War

130 posts

12 Oct 1955

Hypnosis and Disguised Induction

CIA

1 Mar 1957

Edward J. Donovan Listed as Navy Serviceman in Gainesville Directory

MW Zotero

20 Dec 1960

NSC Briefing: Ethiopia Coup

CIA

1 Nov 1964

Edward J. Donovan Infiltrates Leftist Student Strike Movement at University of Recife

MW Zotero

1 Jul 1965

Edward J. Donovan Leads PSYOPS Campaign in Chau Doc, South Vietnam

MW Zotero

1 May 1971

Edward J. Donovan Appointed Director of Psychological Operations in Saigon

MW Zotero

1 Jul 1971

Edward J. Donovan Directs USIA Propaganda in Brazil’s Military Dictatorship

MW Zotero

1 Jan 1972

Controlled Offensive Behavior – USSR (U)

CIA-RDP96-00787R, CIA-Russia

1 Jul 1972

Edward J. Donovan Assigned to CORDS Program in Chau Doc, Vietnam

MW Zotero

1 Jul 1972

Hypnosis and Controlled Behavior (military uses)

NSA, NSA-RDP96X00790R

1 Jul 1972

Light and Color as a Means of Altering Human Behavior

NSA, NSA-RDP96X00790R

1 Feb 1973

LOSON Issues Solidarity Statements During Suriname Strike Wave

MW Zotero

1 Jan 1975

Operation Condor

Wikipedia

1 Jul 1976

Duemling manages CIA brainwashing funding crisis as DCM in Ottawa

MW Zotero

28 Dec 1977

VIDEO: General John Singlaub on national defense & the spread of communism 1977

Videos

1 Jul 1978

Ambassador Ostrander Deploys USIA to Shift Suriname’s Educational Allegiance from Netherlands to U.S.

MW Zotero

1 Jul 1978

Dutch Parliament Delegation Scrutinizes Suriname Aid Program During First Post-Independence Visit

MW Zotero

23 Nov 1978

Surinamese Police Identify Major Heroin Smuggling Network to U.S.

MW Zotero

14 Feb 1979

U.S. Ambassador Adolph Dubs Killed in Kabul Hotel Siege

MW Zotero

17 Feb 1979

Edward J. Donovan Negotiates Release of Three American Crewmen in Maldives

MW Zotero

15 Mar 1979

Consul LaRoche Reports New Grenada Government Consolidating Power

MW Zotero

23 Mar 1979

U.S. Delegation Meets Grenadian Prime Minister Bishop on Elections and Arms

MW Zotero

9 Apr 1979

Consul LaRoche Addresses Medical Student Concerns in Post-Coup Grenada

MW Zotero

10 Apr 1979

U.S. Officials Warn Bishop Against Cuban Ties Amid Gairy Coup Fears

MW Zotero

12 Apr 1979

U.S. Consul LaRoche Warns Grenada of Arriving ‘Underworld Figures

MW Zotero

26 Mar 1980

Hidden unrest in US backyard: Caribbean key to US security

CIA-RDP90-00965R, Press

2 Apr 1981

Mandate for Leadership – Policy Management in a Conservative Administration

Books

10 Jul 1981

President Ronald Reagan appoints U.S. General John K. Singlaub as Commander of the World League of Freedom & Democracy (WLFD) in Washington D.C.

Press

1 Jan 1982

U.S. Marshall Plan for the Caribbean: Counterinsurgency

CIA, CIA-Caribbean, CIA-RDP90-00845R

4 Oct 1982

NRC HANDELSBLAD: “Surinamese in the Netherlands would like to carry out coup”

Press

5 Oct 1982

NRC Handelsblad: “Action Committee Confirms Disclosure by Minister Graanoogst —Contact with Mercenaries for Coup in Suriname”

Press

7 Oct 1982

News And Analysis Update – September 5 to October 5, 1982

Press

26 Oct 1982

Voice of Sandino: “Anti-Sandinist Radio on Aid from Suriname”

Press

10 Dec 1982

Global Issues Review – Internatiol Terrorism

CIA-RDP84B00049R

22 Dec 1982

Minutes of a Meeting of the Political Bureau of the New Jewel Movement (NJM)

DoD

28 Dec 1982

GLEANER newspaper blaming Cuba for the political problems in Suriname

Press

13 Jan 1983

DDI Talking Points - Suriname Recent Developments - 13 February

CIA-RDP85M00363R

20 Jan 1983

Press Reports of U.S. Mercenary – Surinamese Exile Groups Plans to Invade Suriname 1983

CIA-RDP85M00363R, Press

8 Mar 1983

DCI Talking Points – Update on Situation in Suriname

CIA-RDP85M00363R

29 Apr 1983

Jack Anderson: Suriname and Brazil

CIA-RDP90-00965R, Press

1 Jun 1983

U.S. drops plan to overthrow government of Surinam

CIA-RDP91-00901R, Press

1 Jun 1983

CIA Targeted Suriname, ABC Reports

CIA-RDP90-00552R

1 Jun 1983

CIA Reported Blocked in Plot on Surinamese

Press

7 Jun 1983

Have we got a coup for you…

CIA-RDP91-00901R, Press

13 Jun 1983

The CIA vs. the Colonel 1983

CIA-RDP91-00901R, Press

28 Jul 1983

Enhanced U.S. military activity and assistance for the Central American region 1983

CIA

8 Aug 1983

Anonymous letter purports to describe planned coup: commentary

F-2012-32749

3 Nov 1983

ABC Nightline: Tonight’s program focused on Grenada, Cuba and the UN vote today

FOIA, State

18 Nov 1983

National Endowment For Democracy – 1984 Report

Press

30 Nov 1983

Suriname Says It Foiled Coup

Press

1 Dec 1983

CovertAction: Destabilization in Suriname 1983

CIA-RDP90-00845R, Press

22 Dec 1983

Suriname Shaken By Labout Unrest

Press

28 Dec 1983

Wikipedia EN | 1983 Suriname bauxite strike

Wikipedia

29 Dec 1983

Suriname Reports Sabotage By Striking Bauxite Workers

Press

7 Jan 1984

New Suriname Strike Blacks Out the Capital

Press

10 Jan 1984

Suriname’s Cabinet Is Ousted

Press

10 Jan 1984

Strongman finds Suriname isn’t easily subdued

Press

12 Jan 1984

Suriname’s Army Fails To End Bauxite Strike

Press

15 Jan 1984

Suriname Bauxite Strike Spreads to 3 Banks

Press

4 Feb 1984

New Suriname Cabinet Plans Liberalizing Steps

Press

22 Feb 1984

Secretary’s Comments on Chile at Boston World Affairs Council

FOIA

20 Nov 1984

U.S. Urged to Use ‘Paramilitary’ Assets

CIA-RDP90-00806R

1 Dec 1984

Mandate for Leadership II – Continuing the Conservative Revolution

Books

2 Jan 1985

Intelligence Overseers Cite Progress

CIA-RDP90-00965R, Press

18 Feb 1985

Can we afford the War Powers Act? – Presidential Handcuffs

CIA-RDP90-00965R, Press

19 Mar 1985

Intelligence Operations – US is beefing up its covert activities

CIA-RDP91-00587R, Press

16 Jun 1985

U.S. Shaping Assertive Policy for Third World : ‘Reagan Doctrine’ Would Actively Support Rebellions Against Unfriendly Leftist Regimes

Press

14 Jul 1985

TERRORISM: Still Searching for the Smoking Gun: Are ‘Outlaw States’ Simply Surrogates?

CIA-RDP91-00587R, Press

1 Sep 1985

Cuban Support to Latin American And Caribbean Insurgencies 1978-1983

Thesis

7 Sep 1985

Career Diplomat Named To Handle Contra Funds

CIA-RDP90-00965R, Press

4 Nov 1985

Reagan approval reported on plan to weaken Libya

CIA-RDP90-00965R, Press

15 Jan 1986

Military Coups: Likely Third World Targets 1986

CIA, CIA-Caribbean, CIA-Latin America, CIA-RDP87T01127R

8 Mar 1986

Casey Enforces ‘Reagan Doctrine’ With Reinvigorated Covert Action

CIA-RDP91-00587R, Press

11 Mar 1986

Trouw: VS plannen geheime acties tegen Suriname

Press

14 Mar 1986

Aid for the Contras

Videos

16 Mar 1986

‘Reagan Doctrine’ Promoting Wider Role For CIA

Press

18 May 1986

The CIA in Transition

Press

1 Jun 1986

Suriname: Drug Arrest Shakes Regime

CIA, CIA-RDP87T00685R

30 Jun 1986

American mercenaries arrested in a plot to overthrow the leftist military government of Suriname 1986

CIA, CIA-RDP90B01390R

1 Jul 1986

CovertAction Nr. 26 (State Sponsored Terrorism)

CIA-RDP90-00845R

28 Jul 1986

A 1986 Prevention: The Foiled Takeover of a Foreign Government

FBI, Press

25 Sep 1986

Suriname: Threats to the Bouterse Regime (better version)

CIA-RDP86T01017R

3 Nov 1986

Have Guns, Will Travel

CIA-RDP88B00443R

3 Nov 1986

What Lies Ahead: A Deepening U.S. Commitment

CIA-RDP88B00443R

3 Nov 1986

The Shadowy World of America's Mercenaries

CIA-RDP88B00443R

27 Mar 1987

Chin A Sen seeking support from U.S.

FOIA

1 Jun 1987

Under Casey, the CIA initiated more than 50 major covert operations on every continent (Lest We Forget)

CIA, Press

1 Dec 1987

VEIL – The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981-1987

Books

1 Dec 1987

Soldier Without Fortune 1987 – John L. McClure

Books

11 Apr 1988

Secret Warriors: Inside the Covert Military Operations of the Reagan Era – Steven Emerson

Books

1 Jul 1989

Soldier of Fortune’s Robert К. Brown

Press

31 Jul 1989

Das Warheads – Oratorium

Press

12 Feb 1992

Surinam: OPERATION CONJOINTE CIA-IBD? (Article behind paywall)

Press

1 Jun 1993

The CIA-Venezuela Cocaine Connection (1993)

CIA, Press

1 Jul 1995

De Militaire Inlichtingendienst, Nederlands minst gecontroleerde dienst

Press

7 Dec 1995

Trouble in Suriname 1975-1982 — From Independence to Revolution and Countercoups – Edward M. Dew

Books

1 Sep 1997

Hazardous Duty: An American Soldier in the Twentieth Century (John K. Singlaub)

Books

25 May 2005

Caribbean Region: Issues in U.S. Relations 2005

Thesis

2 Apr 2006

Paranoia of reëel gevaar?

Press

4 Jul 2009

Van Haperen: huurling of geheim agent?

Press

20 Nov 2010

Nederland plande afzetting Surinaamse dictator Bouterse

Press

8 Dec 2012

Dutch pedophile exposer to stand trial, high-ranking pedophile still walking free

13 Mar 2013

Link Demmink-Horb | Relatie met Surinaamse militair?

Press

2 Jul 2013

The Cold War’s Last Battlefield: Reagan, the Soviets, and Central America – Edward A. Lynch

Books

1 Oct 2014

Dutch Joris Demmink Affair Reveals Heroin, Cocaine and Pedophile Entrapment Affairs; Orange Royal Family Similarly Linked to Child Abuse and Mafia Networks

Press

26 Jan 2016

Een of ‘het’ elitair pedofielennetwerk..?

3 Sep 2018

Every Government the CIA Has Overthrown and What Happened Next

Videos

25 Aug 2020

Het spoor van de kinderverkrachters; Dutroux en de dode getuigen

Videos

27 Nov 2020

The CIA is a Terrorist Organization

Videos

2 Dec 2022

Major General John K. Singlaub

Press

19 Mar 2024

General Laura Richardson on security in the Western Hemisphere

Videos

13 Jan 2025

Thesis: Hollywood Soldier Intelligence Support for SOFTWAR Operations 2010

Thesis

9 Sep 2025

State-Directed Terrorist Squads

Press

23 Nov 2025

CIA BASE by Ralph McGehee

CIA, Press

24 Nov 2025

Michel Nihoul

Press

24 Nov 2025

Ronde Huis Nunspeet

24 Nov 2025

A closer look at child abuse networks in the Netherlands and Belgium

29 Nov 2025

Mandate for Leadership: 2025 Presidential Transition Project

Books

30 Nov 2025

Wikipedia NL | Marc Dutroux

30 Nov 2025

Wikipedia NL | Zaak-Dutroux

30 Nov 2025

Wikipedia EN | Marc Dutroux

Wikipedia

30 Nov 2025

Wikipedia EN | Michel Nihoul

Wikipedia

30 Nov 2025

Wikipedia NL | Michel Nihoul

Wikipedia

26 Dec 2025

Wikipedia: Roze Balletten

28 Dec 2025

Gemini | John K. Singlaub (researching the Suriname connection)

Gemini

18 Jan 2026

Wikipedia EN | Reagan Doctrine

Wikipedia

19 Jan 2026

Wikipedia NL | Roy Horb

Wikipedia

19 Jan 2026

Indigenous forces and clandestine airstrips…

Press

3 Feb 2026

Matthew Smith Podcast: The Suriname Contra Affair – Part 7

Videos

27 Mar 2026

The Suriname Contra Affair – Part 8: The Handler (Part 1 of 2)

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