Congress for Cultural Freedom
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
 Congress for Cultural Freedom    | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Formation | 1950 |
| Founder | CIA |
| Parent organization | CIA/International Organizations Division |
| Type | front |
| Interest of | Enzo Bettiza, Harvard/International Seminar |
| Exposed by | Frances Stonor Saunders |
| Subpage | •Congress for Cultural Freedom/Founding Conference |
| A highly funded anti-Soviet propaganda project. | |
"The Congress for Cultural Freedom is widely considered one of the CIA's more daring and effective Cold War covert operations."[1]
Activities
“Give me a hundred million dollars and a thousand dedicated people, and I will guarantee to generate such a wave of democratic unrest among the masses — yes, even among the soldiers — of Stalin's own empire, that all his problems for a long period of time to come will be internal. I can find the people.”
Sidney Hook (1949) [2]
An event carried out
| Event | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Future of Freedom | Milan Lombardy Italy | Junket conference for intellectuals arranged by the CIA front organization Congress for Cultural Freedom |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:How CIA Money Took the Teeth Out of Socialism | book extract | May 1988 | Richard Fletcher (Author) |
Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.
