>>9877137 (PB)

The "Encyclopedia of the Cold War" states: "[The KGB's] real work was subversion -active worldwide measures, including criminal, to weaken the West economically, military, and psychologically, to sow discord among Western allies, undermine the United States making it vulnerable, and to destroy opposition to the Soviet regime in the USSR and East European countries." The same source reports that the KGB's annual budget for the 1980s was estimated to be in excess of $10 billion and that approximately 500'000 people worked for the agency, with only 90'000 in intelligence and counterintelligence [1].

But according to former KGB agent Yuri Bezmenov, only 15% of the annual budget was dedicated to espionage. 85% was to be used in support of active measures instead. Bezmenov has always urged the US not to underestimate the significance and apparent success of Soviet efforts in subversion [2].

The CIA has a copy of Special Report No. 88 (October 1981) from the US Dept of State in it's archive, where it lists a number of Soviet subversion techniques, as they were known to the US government at the time [3]:

• Efforts to Manipulate the Press in Foreign Countries

• Forgeries

• Disinformation

• Control of International and Local Front Organizations

• Clandestine Radio Stations

• Economic Manipulation

• Political Influence Operations

• Use of Academicians and Journalists

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>>9879445

In fact, it appears from these reports that the Soviet Union indeed built a vast, global apparatus that primarily focused on so called active measures, and not espionage.

So, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, where did all these propaganda specialists go? The "Encyplopedia of the Cold War" states that only one of a total of five KGB directorates survived the collapse: The first Main Directorate (Central Intelligence Service) that was split-off the KGB, it is known known as the Federal Security Bureau (FSB). What about the other personnel? Who would have had vested interest in recruiting ex Soviet Intelligence, most adept at inflitration, manipulation and subversion and deeply invested in the United States?

The obvious answer appears to be China, as Communism survived and even thrived there. Possibly Cuba or North Korea. Furthermore, Western intelligence probably tried to acquire personnel and knowledge from the ex Soviet bloc. In the private sector, propaganda specialists conceivably got recruited into marketing/pr firms and likely into news agencies as well. With other foreign nations (such as Iran) or supranational organisations, political parties, politicians, special interests and even private players further coming to mind as potential employeers of ex KGB active measures specialists.

Another Element to consider in this riddle is perhaps the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The only party in the GDR was the SED. And even though lots of Stasi and SED records were purged during the GDR's collapse or went missing thereafter, we nonetheless know about a number of documented ex Stasi and/or ex SED who transitioned into West Germany. Did they stop being Socialists, just like that? Did the GDR perhaps make contingency plans? Could the Warshaw Pact or the GDR itself have foreseen similar covert resistance organisations as the NATO did with Operation Gladio and other national resistance orgs? Such elements would probably have overwhelming interest in accessing the remnants of the former KGB's vast, subversive networks.

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>>9879452

It's been reported earlier that, back in the 1980s [4], R. Maxwell recruited J. Epstein to work with his daughter, G. Maxwell - Even though Epstein was reportedly considered unfit by Russian contacts. If so, why was he considered "unfit"? Did the recruitment nonetheless happen at the whim of G. Maxwell herself? Just exactly what kind of work were the Maxwells doing before 1991?

R. Maxwell allegedly died in 1991, having become a publishing magnate by then. He reportedly left behind no money. If the Maxwells were KGB operatives, they likely had to reinvent their business model after Soviet Union's collapse. Did G. Maxwell set up J. Epstein as the face man of a new, private enterprise? Could R. Maxwell's money possibly have been funneled into this operation? Collecting and owning highly influencial figures in politics, economy and media through blackmail, their respective loyalties to be sold-off to the highest bidder? Did Maxwell and Epstein extract state, military and trade secrets from their victims?

J. Epstein reportedly bragged about selling Prince Andrew's secrets to the Mossad. Who else did the pair do business with? China? Iran? The Saudis? The Clinton Foundation? Geroge Soros? The DNC?

The question of significance is probably: Who would not benefit from such a powerful and absolute mechanism of control as the Maxwell/Epstein operation appears to have established over the Western world ?

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[1] Encyclopedia of the Cold War; Ruud van Dijk, William Glenn Gray, Svetlana Savranskaya, Jeremi Suri, Qiang Zhai; https://books.google.com/books?id=QgX0bQ3Enj4C

[2] Yuri Bezmenov Interview 1984 (excerpt), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1EA2ohrt5Q

[3] https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP84B00049R001303150031-0.pdf

[4] https://8kun.top/qresearch/res/9828758.html#9829240