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18.
What likelihood does there appear to be that awareness
will develop in the United States with regard to the
situation?
A.
The prospects for any timely insight are very dim. The
problem is essentially one of perceiving reality and
the American people thus far have been unable to obtain
a clear view of reality with regard to the assassination
of President Kennedy and with regard to American foreign
policy. These apparently separate matters really comprise
a
single matter but itis not possible to see this clearly
because no relevant data has been made available.
Not only has the press failed to perceive reality and
communicate any part of it to the people but the
government -- which is really to say the warfare
oriented conglomerate which now constitutes the hidden
nucleus of power in America -- has elaborate machinery
to continue to maintain the insulation of the people
from reality.
For example, military intelligence may indicate the
apparent need for a crash program to produce billions
of dollars for invisible paint with which to coat
defense installations throughout the country so that
the Russians cannot see them. Such intelligence
superficially will appear to be highly authoritative
and of impelling significance with regard to national
security. However, the source of such information is
the Central Intelligence Agency, which serves the
interests of the conglomerate. The more likely meaning
of such "intelligence" is that, like a dope addict,
the warfare complex needs another economic shot in the
arm. The primary interest of the complex is neither
the national security of the United States nor its
economic well-being but the continued accumulation
of money and power by the warfare organism itself.
Such foreboding "intelligence" estimates indicating
gargantuan defense requirements are the basis for
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