1979 Brzezinski Blueprint For Reviving The Cold War

December 14, 1979 article describes Zbigniew Brzezinski\u2019s three-phase program to revive \u201cCold War\u201d --The questionnaire he sent to all U.S. ambassadors, requesting data on Cuban activities for use in worldwide propaganda campaign, caused "widespread revolt in the foreign policy establishment"

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The World

Coos Bay, Oregon
14 Dec 1979, Fri \u2022 Page 4

Merry go round By JACK ANDERSON and LES WHITTEN

Page 4 THE WORLD, Coos Bay, Ore., fWV. December 14, 1979 Brzezinski's
'cold war' opposed by Vance

WASHINGTON - For the gentlemanly Cyrus Vance, words like
counterproductive and inappropriate are as scathing as he ever allows himself
to use. Both words appear in an angry memo, which he has addressed to Zbigniew
Brzezinski, the bantam national security chief.

This is the latest development in a swirling, seething,
behind-the-scenes controversy, which I revealed on Oct. 31. I reported that
Brzezinski had drafted a top-secret memorandum, outlining a three-phase program
to put the Soviets and Cubans in their place. It could only be described as
a blueprint for reviving the Cold War.

As part of the scheme, Brzezinski ordered a questionnaire
sent to all U.S. ambassadors requesting data on Cuban activities in their areas
for use in a worldwide propaganda campaign. The questionnaire, stamped Top
Secret Umbra, was opposed by Vance. The Secretary of State believes that the
United States should seek detente, not confrontation, with the Soviets. Two-thirds
of the ambassadors also protested the instructions, an unprecedented show of
opposition.

But Brzezinski would not be dissuaded. He wouldn\u2019t even
allow the Iranian crisis to interfere. On Nov. 7, four days after the
American hostages had been seized in Iran, the ambassadors were reminded not to
miss the Nov. 15 deadline for filing their Cuban reports.

This was too much for Vance. He dashed off a sharp memo
intended for Brzezinski\u2019s eyes only. The continued U.S. diplomatic emphasis on
the Cuban-Soviet relationship is counter-productive and particularly
inappropriate at this time," declared the secretary of state. The U.S. can
best secure the cooperation of Third World countries both in the long-run and
during this crisis, he suggested pointedly, by recognizing that they have
legitimate national concerns entirely apart from the U.S.-Soviet relationship.

The responses from the ambassadors, meanwhile, flooded
into the State Department bv secret cable from diplomatic posts all over
the world. There was no enthusiasm in the messages. The ambassadors to
anti-communist countries reported that a new propaganda campaign would be
preaching to the converted. The ambassadors to non-aligned countries warned
that they had to keep a low profile.

Ambassador Marilyn Johnson cabled from Togo, for example,
that the tiny African nation doesn\u2019t look at the USSR-Cuban relationship as
nefarious and "doesn\u2019t believe the U.S. is threatened by Cuba... She
concluded tersely: Economic and social development can keep Togo more moderate;
propaganda campaigns against a Third World nation will not ... The ante for
strong anti-Soviet positions is not words, but economic and military support.

From the neighboring nation of Benin, Charge dAffaires John
Davidson reported: It is not productive to undertake an effort to get out the
facts about the extent of Cuban dependence on Soviet aid ... Benin has little
reason for focusing on the darker side of the affiliation between Cuba and the
Russians.

Brzezinskis Cold War campaign has aroused widespread
revolt in the foreign policy establishment. Vance has complained privately
that the Brzezinski plan would reverse 15 years of American 'diplomacy. sources
told my reporter Ron McRae. But President Carter is going ahead with it.

IRANIAN THREATS:
Incredibly, some Iranians in the United States, far from keeping a low profile
during the Tehran hostage situation, have been passing out literature urging
acts of violence against Americans.

Among the terrorist suggestions are attacks with knives and
razor

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