New documents reveal the Soviet effort to deflect attention began on November 23, 1963, and it was introduced by a memo to the Kremlin signed by KGB chairman Vladimir Semichastny.
The strident anti-Israel policies and hateful rhetoric of today's Nation find their origins in the Kremlin-sponsored efforts of former Washington editor I.F. Stone.
The highest-ranking official ever to defect from the Soviet bloc knows the kinds of jokes dictators say about weak American presidents behind their backs.