The Success of Communist Infiltration and Subversion

At the height of the Cold War, when the Soviet Union was solidifying its grip behind the Iron Curtain and expanding its influence around the world, their plan to destroy the United States from within was detailed in the congressional record. These goals were listed and read into the record when there were people in our government who actually understood the dangers of Marxism and thought America was worth preserving. Look at the list, pay special attention to the legal and cultural war declared, the desire to “take over” one or both political parties and the infiltration of our educational institutions. Look at this list. Most of it has been achieved! And while the Soviet Union no longer exists, consider the political and foreign policy goals in relation to our competition with the communist Chinese; the new communist power desiring our demise. Marxism is here and in the highest levels of our government. The final takeover is in sight for them, it is within their grasp, they can taste it. Are we prepared for the final battle?

Communist Goals - 1963 Congressional Record Communist Goals (1963)

Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35

January 10, 1963

Current Communist Goals

EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, January 10, 1963

Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land, Fla., is an ardent

and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land

Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the

dangers of communism in America.

At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the

following "Current Communist Goals," which she identifies as an excerpt from

"The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen:

CURRENT COMMUNIST GOALS

1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.

2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.

3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a

demonstration of moral strength.

4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and

regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.

5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.

6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.

7. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the U.N.

8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's

promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under

supervision of the U.N.

9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has

agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.

10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.

11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten,

demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent

armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as

easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each

other as they are now doing in the Congo.)

12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.

13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.

14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.

15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.

16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions

by claiming their activities violate civil rights.

17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and

current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers'

associations. Put the party line in textbooks.

18. Gain control of all student newspapers.

19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or

organizations which are under Communist attack.

20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial

writing, policymaking positions.

21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.

22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic

expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture

from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."

23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote

ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."

24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a

violation of free speech and free press.

25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and

obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.

26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural,

healthy."

27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social"

religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity

which does not need a "religious crutch."

28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the

ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."

29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned,

out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a

worldwide basis.

30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats

who had no concern for the "common man."

31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of

American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big

picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.

32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of

the culture--education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health

clinics, etc.

33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the

Communist apparatus.

34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.

36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.

37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.

38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies.

Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but

psychiatrists can understand [or treat].

39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of

gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.

40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy

divorce.

41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of

parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to

suppressive influence of parents.

42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects

of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise

up and use ["]united force["] to solve economic, political or social problems.

43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for

self-government.

44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.

45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the

World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World

Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike.

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