Allen Dulles' "Indonesian Strategy" and the Assassination of JFK

[Magda Hassan]

strategy of ending conflict throughout Southeast Asia and assisting the growth of democracy in newly liberated post-colonial countries worldwide.

Before there could be an uprising growth in democracy for all countries worldwide, there would need to be a revolt against all communist countries worldwide.

Scott, there were relatively few communist countries in 1961-63. Most of the Third World was still struggling to overcome the effects of decades or centuries of being ruled over by European empires.

It was never about democracy then any more than it is about 'humanitarianism' now. And there were billions of people living in communist countries in 1961-63. East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania & the Soviet Union, China, Mongolia, North Korea, North Vietnam, India had strong ties with the Soviet Union and several states ruled by communist parties, Egypt, South Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Cuba.