Copyright by Gregory Krauss 2007 - The University of Texas at Austin
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L<strong>at</strong>in Americans to w<strong>at</strong>ch out for [the U.S.’s] ‘new’ visa policy and the ‘new Yankee<br />
<strong>of</strong>fensive on the cultural front.’” 30 Lister found the response <strong>by</strong> Communist<br />
governments to be “reassuring and [a] heart warming sign th<strong>at</strong> our tactics are<br />
sound.” 31<br />
Daily Propaganda B<strong>at</strong>tles<br />
On a day-to-day basis, Lister was alert to potential opportunities to embarrass<br />
Communist supporters and symp<strong>at</strong>hizers. For instance, in 1964, when Salvador<br />
Allende, leader <strong>of</strong> the Socialist Party in Chile, was running for President, Lister drew<br />
<strong>at</strong>tention to an interview Allende had given to an Italian newspaper. In the interview,<br />
Allende reportedly had said th<strong>at</strong> “we will make Socialism [in Chile] like the Cubans”<br />
and th<strong>at</strong> he hoped to achieve the “same result” as in Cuba but “<strong>by</strong> an electoral<br />
method.” 32 Lister argued th<strong>at</strong> the Department should “find appropri<strong>at</strong>e ways to have<br />
[Allende] hit quickly, hard and <strong>of</strong>ten on this one.” 33<br />
Some <strong>of</strong> Lister’s suggestions for advancing U.S. interests were particularly<br />
sly. In May 1967, looking beyond his immedi<strong>at</strong>e focus on L<strong>at</strong>in America, Lister<br />
suggested to Harriman th<strong>at</strong> the U.S. “arrange for skillful, un<strong>at</strong>tributed propaganda<br />
exploit<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> available m<strong>at</strong>erial” showing th<strong>at</strong> the Hanoi government in North<br />
Vietnam was aligned with Gamal Abdel Nasser, the President <strong>of</strong> Egypt. 34 Lister<br />
argued th<strong>at</strong> showing a North Vietnamese-Egyptian alignment could weaken the<br />
resolve <strong>of</strong> Jewish leaders in the anti-war movement. 35 It is unclear how far Lister’s<br />
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