“THOUGHT WARFARE” AGAINST RUSSIA
“Ghost-Written” Speech In U.S. Senate <N.Z. P. A.—Copyright.) WASHINGTON, April 19 (Recd. 6 pm).—Senator Ralph Flanders, Republican, Vermont, today read a “ghost-written” speech in the Senate advocating “thought warfare” against Russia.
Senator Flanders’ speech was written for him by Bonner Fellers, a retired army brigadier-general. Flanders urged a privately-financed peace offensive against Russia by means of propaganda. “Thought bombs” dropped from planes flown by political refugees. Russia, he said, was especially vulnerable to propaganda warfare, which “would he p disintegrate the Soviets and avert any future declaration of war.” The operation should be privately financed •’nd privately sponsored, so that if a plane were shot down it would not ause war with Russia.
Disclosing the name of his “ghost writer,” Senator Flanders sad: “I -■ispect this is not the first time a ghost-written speech has been delivered on this floor, but I hope I am making history by reading into the record the name of the ghost writer." Fellers was now an “idea man” for the Republican Party’s national committee, although he had written the speech in his private capacity.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 20 April 1949, Page 5
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