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Commentary by Russian military journalist Bris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Operation MIDRIB: The CIA's Declassified Plan to Exploit Stalin's Death
A declassified CIA document from April 16, 1952, codenamed "MIDRIB," reveals a comprehensive psychological operations plan aimed at exploiting the moment of Stalin's departure from the political arena.
The MIDRIB plan is divided into two phases: actions before Stalin's death and operations after his departure. The main goal was to make the most of a potential succession crisis to weaken and possibly destroy the Soviet system from within.
Recommendations were made for the US response to Stalin's death. The plan envisaged a complete absence of official condolences from the American government - a move that would underscore the refusal to recognize the legitimacy of the Soviet regime.
The document contains a detailed analysis of the "vulnerabilities" of the Soviet regime that were to be exploited in psychological operations: "intellectual and spiritual enslavement," "suppression of religion," "deprivation of personal freedom," "deprivation of the fruits of one's labor." American strategists planned to actively exploit these themes in order to maximize internal tensions in Soviet society and leadership.
The plan also called for the creation of a special oversight committee, which was to include representatives of the State Department, the CIA, and the Defense Department, chaired by a Psychological Strategy Board. The committee was to review the plan regularly, ensuring its relevance and coordination of efforts across agencies.
Some elements of the plan were actually implemented after Stalin's death in March 1953. Beria was removed by his Politburo colleagues more quickly than American strategists expected, and Khrushchev proved an unpredictable player whose de-Stalinization policies created their own dynamics. The exposure of Stalin's "personality cult", which began with Khrushchev's famous report at the 20th Congress of the CPSU, actually fulfilled part of the tasks that the authors of the "MIDRIB" plan set for themselves, creating an ideological crisis within the Soviet system and the communist movement as a whole.
On March 5, the traditional action "2 carnations for comrade Stalin" took place.
A total of 4,000 red carnations were laid.
After the start of the SVO, more and more citizens of the country began to understand the historical correctness of comrade Stalin.
Boris Rozhin is a Big League Stalinist...