In 1948, a secret political/psychological warfare department known as the Information Research Department (IRD), was set up within the Foreign Office, with the aim of embarking on a “propaganda offensive” against the left. To conceal the operation’s existence from the public, its funding was obtained from Parliament on the “secret vote”. The IRD had two main purposes. It created “grey” propaganda for overseas’ consumption, which was directed against “Communism”, a catch-all label that included … Den ganzen Artikel lesen »