This
video includes the words of Malcolm x (1960s) and the 1984 interview with former KGB Agent Yuri Bezmenov.
In this video recorded 32 years ago, Yuri who fled the Soviet Union in 1970 explains how to brainwash a nation and how America would turn Marxist.
Ronald Reagan was president when Yuri did this interview. It
provides some Insights about what’s happening today. As he said, Americans
won't believe it until it happens to them ....sad commentary.
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Former KGB agent Yuri Bezmenov exposes the
four stages of a Communist takeover of a country in rare 1984 interview
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In an interview with G. Edward Griffin in 1984, former
KGB informant Yuri Bezmenov had exposed the insidious operations of the Soviet
Union and how the Communist apparatus viciously overtakes the conscience of a
country.
He began his interview by revealing that people who towed
the Soviet foreign policy, in their home country, were elevated to positions of
power through media and manipulation of public opinion. However, those who
refused to do so were either subjected to character assassination or killed.
Bezmenov cited the example of the city of Hue in Vietnam where 1000s of people
were executed in one night for being sympathetic to the United States. The city
was under the seige of a mass political organization named Viet Cong for about
2 days when the mass killings took place. Even though the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) could never understand how the operation was carried out, Bezmenov
pointed out the extensive network of local informants set up by the Soviet
Union to execute those who didn’t tow its line.
Recounting his time in India, the KGB informant revealed
how he was shocked to discover the list of known pro-soviet journalists in
India who were doomed to die. He said that even though those journalists were
idealistically leftists, yet the KGB wanted them dead as ‘they knew too much’.
Benzmenov emphasized, “Once the useful idiots (leftists), who idealistically
believe in the beauty of Soviet socialism or Communism, get disillusioned, they
become the worst enemies.”
The former KGB informant reiterated there are no
grassroots revolutions but one engineered by a
professional, organized group. He revealed that the Awami League party leaders
were trained in Moscow, Crimea, and Tashkent. He also added that the Indian
Government chose to unsee the movement of 1000s of ‘students’ from India to
East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). His colleague at the Soviet Consulate in
Kolkata had discovered guns and ammunition in his basement in a box titled
‘Printed material’ scheduled for Dhaka University. It indicated the role of the
Soviet Union in arming the Mukti Bahini during the war.
The ideal recruits of KGB
He was instructed by the KGB to not bother the ‘political
prostitutes’ but instead surround himself with large media
persons, rich filmmakers, academicians, and cynical egocentric people.
According to Benzmenov, the potential recruits and reputable people in the eyes
of the KGB were narcissistic, greedy, morally devoid individuals who can help
destabilize their country of origin. Citing the example of the United States,
he stated that the KGB recruited professors and civil rights defenders to
subvert and destabilize the country. “When their job is completed, they are not
needed anymore. They know too much. Some (recruits) get offended when
Marxists-Leninists come to power because they hoped they would come to power.
That will never happen. They will be lined up against the wall and shot,” he
remarked.
The Plan to execute Indian journalists
The KGB informant reiterated that when the ‘useful idiots’
serve their purpose, they are either executed or exiled or held up in prisons.
“We are a bunch of murders. There is nothing to do with friendship and
understanding between the nations… We behave like a bunch of thugs in a country
that is hospitable to us. I did not defect but I tried to get my message
across. Nobody wanted even to listen, least of all to believe me,” he sighed
recounting the inner turmoil he faced on learning about the scheduled execution
of pro-Soviet Indian journalists known to him.
The Defection of Yuri Bezmenov
His decision to defect and switch sides came during the
Bangladesh Liberation War which was described by an American correspondent as
the ‘Islamic grassroots revolution.’ Under the patronage of the KGB, Yuri
Bezmenov lived a lavish lifestyle. He was, however, in love with India so much
so that he did not want the country to be ‘irreparably damaged’ under the
Soviet influence. Despite an affluent career and labels of treason against the
nation, he finally defected from the KGB.
And he disappeared as many had done in the past. The only
possible difference was that he lived to tell the story. Interestingly, Indian
newspapers carried ads citing a reward of ₹2000 for information on him. But,
the informant had by then impersonated an American hippie and flew from Mumbai
airport to Greece where he met with CIA officials. All of this happened under
the nose of the KGB.
The concept of ‘Ideological Subversion’
Yuri Bezmenov explained that KGB was more concerned about
the psychological warfare against the American government through ideological
subversion rather than espionage activities, which constituted only 15% of
their work. He highlighted how brainwashing techniques were used on the
American population to infuse an ideology, distinct from Americanism. He
further emphasized how manipulation of public opinion can make people reject
obvious facts to cater to the existing perceptions and interests.
Demoralization of a population
The former KGB informant stated that the Soviet
Intelligence Agency used four methods to alter the mindset and behavior of
people in foreign countries. The first step is that of demoralization which
according to him took 15-20 years. During the phase, young people are
influenced to question the integrity of a country and raise suspicions through
media propaganda and academia. Perception takes the center stage and facts
become meaningless. He attributes it to the lack of moral standards in society.
For a population self-absorbed in a world of propaganda,
and theories of Marxism and Leninism, truth loses its grip on the society. The
older generation also loses control over the population due to consistent
attacks on their moral fabric. Yuri Bezmenov revealed that the ‘demoralization’
phase was completed before the interview and the Soviet Union was surprised at
the ease of its execution. He also explained how those from the 60s were
occupying high positions in the government, mass media, and civil services at
the time of the interview. Yuri Bezmenov further claimed that another 20 years
would take to create a new generation of patriotic American citizens.
Destabilization, Crisis and Normalization
As per the former KGB informant, destabilization of a
country also referred to as the second step, meant altering the nation’s foreign
relations, economy, defense systems. He said that the process takes 2-5 years
to execute. He stated that the Marxist-Leninist hold over the American defense
and economic sector was ‘fantastic.’ Bezmenov said that he never thought that
the process would be so easy to execute in the US when he landed there in 1971.
He highlighted that a country could be brought to a state of crisis, the third
step, in a short time as six weeks and cited the example of Central America to
make his point.
Coupled with a violent change in power structure and
economy, the fourth phase of normalization is kicked in that can last
indefinitely. The word normalization is derived from Soviet propaganda that
seeks to downplay a drastic change in a country as a normal phenomenon. “This
will happen in America if you allow the Schumuks to bring the country to
crisis, promise people all kinds of goodies and paradise on Earth, destabilize
your economy, eliminate the principle of free-market competition, put a Big
Brother government in Washington DC with benevolent things,” he remarked.
Yuri Bezmenov reiterated that the US was in a state of
undeclared war, against the principles on which it was founded, under the
Communist conspiracy. “You don’t have to be paranoid… Unless the United States
wakes up! The time bomb is ticking every second and the disaster is coming
closer and closer. Unlike myself, you will have nowhere to defect,” he emphasized.
