Larouche Upstages Plenum on Moscow TV

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countries ....and listen to what their leader in the United States,Lyndon LaRouche,says." Then,a Russian actor is trotted out,portraying LaRouche,with the following lines (paraphrase): "Gorbachovtries to foolyou. He talks of peace, LaRouche upstages but really wants war.He wants to attack the West." Striking TV ly,for Soviet TV,LaRouche was also portrayed calling Gor plenum on Moscow bachov,"the Devil. " In the"telespectacular" (as Izvestia called it),three prom inent Soviet actors were used: Vyacheslav Tikhonov,imper by Luba George sonating the Swedish police chief Holmer; the 59-year-old actor Oleg Yefremov,impersonating Olof Palme; and the Timed with the Soviet Central Committee Plenum,held on third,Ion Inguriu, impersonating Lyndon LaRouche. Actor Jan.27 and 28, Soviet television showed a 55-minute film, Yefremov,who also directed the show,was recently appoint "Who Killed Olof Palme?" twice: at 8 p.m.on the evening ed at the behest of Gorbachov's wife, Raisa, to secretary of Jan.27, and again on the morning of the 28th.The film general of the newly formed All-Union Theater group.He focused on re-running the Soviet TV slander of March 21, collaborated closely with Raisa to found the Soviet Culture 1986, accusing U.S. presidential candidate Lyndon La Fund. Rouche and his Swedish associates,the EAP (European La The chairman of the Gostelradio (Soviet National TV and bor Party) of "involvement " in the murder. The evening Radio network) is Alexander Nikiforovich Aksenov, "offi showing was especiallystriking: LaRouchedirectly preceded cially " in the KGB until 1971.He too,like Yefremov,was the "Vremya " news feature on Gorbachov's Plenum speech. involved in founding the Soviet Culture Fund.He was ap Thefilm's planning and timing,and one crucialpersonnel pointed Second Secretary of Byelorussia (1971-78),and lat move at the Plenum,were not unrelated. Soviet media policy er, under Yuri Andropov's tutelage,chairman of the Byelo is determined by the Central Committee secretary in charge russian Council of Ministers. Under Gorbachov,he was of propaganda, Alexander Yakovlev, one of Gorbachov's brought to Moscow to become the new boss of Soviet TV closest advisers,and a fanatic promoterof theKremlin policy and Radio. to stop LaRouche at all costs.The Plenum elevated Yakovlev Izvestia on Jan.24, announcing the TV "premiere,"listed to candidate Politburo membership. its authors: G.Zubkov, Gostelradio' s political commentator, Yakovlev,together with the "No.2" on the Politburo, V.Gubernatorov, Gostelradio's agent in Sweden,and pub Yegor Ligachov,is responsible for the massive Soviet dis licist A.Krasilnikov. All three had been assigned by Yakov information campaign targeting LaRouche around the Palme lev and Aksenov to produce the "documentary," with the assassination.EIR's investigative discoveries exposing the help of the KGB personnel in Sweden. role of the Soviets in the Palme murder have been amply Invited by Boris Pankin,the Soviet ambassador to Swe documented. den,a select group of Swedish "journalist friends " came to Yakovlev is well connected to the U.S. Eastern Estab the Soviet Embassy in Stockholm to watch the film.The lishment,having admitted close ties to Brzezinski and Kis entire KGB disinformation crew involved in the Palme mur singer since the late 1950s.He agrees with Kissinger that a der cover-up was there,too, including the Stockholm TA SS LaRouche presidential candidacy can wreck their strategic correspondent and GRU (U.S.S.R. military intelligence) "New Yalta " plans. All Soviet slander articles have made agent N.Vukolov and the above-mentioned V.Gubernato this very clear.The Sept.30, 1986 SovetskayaKultura stressed rov.Vukolov was among the authors of the Soviet New Times that "LaRouche has already declared he is running for Presi slander (September 1986) against LaRouche.He also accom dent in 1988 ... [and] is clearly undergoing right now a panied Yakovlev and Gorbachov to Reykjavik. great period of growth." Boris Pankin in the 1970s was deputy director of one of The program was previewedextensively in Sweden,and Russia's dezinJormatsia agencies, the Soviet Copyright excerpts were shown on Jan.27, on the Swedish TV news Agency (VAAP). He, together with KGB colonel Vassily program "Rapport." What was the "evidence " presented? Sitnikov and Nikolai Chetverikov,financed and steered anti First,the murder weapon,a magnum pistol,was shown with American operations in Greece.As the new head of the the commentary: "an American weapon,which makes your VAAP, Nikolai Chetverikov came to Sweden mid-December thoughts go to the neo-fascists, especially the EAP. The 1986 to work out an arrangement between Gostelradio and EAP, who already in 1984 said that they were going to shoot Swedish TV for the anti-LaRouche Soviet TV "special." Olof Palme." Chetverikov's visit led to some controversy because Chet This is followed by clips of old EAP demonstrations, verikov, formerly expelled from France, was identified by featuring posters of Palme as the "Devil's Devil." The com French officials at the time as the boss of the KGB within mentary: ''They always attacked Palme.. . . They are in 10 France.

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