A Covert Action: Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War Struggle in Poland

In the fall of 1982, US President Ronald Reagan authorized one of the most successful intelligence operations during the Cold War, which has important implications for today’s situation with Russia.
Join Seth G. Jones, the Harold Brown Chair and Director of the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, as he reveals the CIA’s operations in Poland which produced a landmark victory for democracy during the Cold War.
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[@beeble2003]

3:40 Historical context of the talk 4:55 A reading of the speaker's CV 6:15 The actual talk 35:30 Q&A

[@eatcommies1375]

I was 13 growing up under Marschall law in Poland, interesting times......

[@F_Tim1961]

Martial law

[@johnnotrealname8168]

​@@F_Tim1961I was wondering what a dead guy was doing but I guess the soviets named the law after their agent.

[@timeisrunningoutforthebeast]

Thanks

[@abrahamgustavson4587]

This is a great book. Highly recommended. Thank you for posting this interview!

[@gavinedgar9464]

i realize it's pretty randomly asking but do anybody know of a good place to stream new series online ?

[@edkokosko1759]

Outstanding! This won the cold war!

[@JP-wx6uh]

When are you going to have Ralph McGehee as the guest speaker?

[@dominiquerola5652]

Very good lecture, I need to read the book. Certainly, the REAL role of Wałęsa/Bolek should be discussed

[@brianomalley7501]

Y

[@mahade.khan.6412]

Hi. Everyone.

[@ricklujan8670]

Great job young man / Mr. Jones // a Cubano .... who escaped Cuba in 1961’ ... as a 4- year old boy.... been to Gdańsk, Poland as a athlete in Olympic weightlifting championships { Junior World’s IWF ) sitting on the beach .... overlooking the Baltic Sea .... on that special day.... I realized quickly that I was behind the Iron Curtain.... three individuals who walked up the beach ... where actually three armed Polish military officers - patrolling the beach

[@protanto2794]

How did you escape?

[@xusmico187]

Polish CIA asset exfiled during USMC ball '81, post #1 12/13/81 when martial law started.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Is this a newspaper article?

[@mahade.khan.6412]

Hi. How are you. Everyone.

[@ogarzabello]

When Democrats were against communism. Oh the good old times...

[@slappy8941]

Well, they had to pretend to be against communism, for a while...

[@muttleycrew]

No Democrats are communists but I remember when Republicans pretended to be against fascists, or for family values, or for state’s rights or for moral hazard in economics or against foreign interference in US elections. Nowadays they’re all wretched, castrated Trump sycophants

[@kidmack1121]

"Oh", the beginning of just what we have now; The start of the Republicans becoming the party of arbitrary racist fascism.

[@muttleycrew]

@@beeble2003 What on earth are you talking about? Democrats are not communists, I never said what you claim. I clearly said the EXACT OPPOSITE. Read it again. You are talking to an Australian who is on the far left and who studied polisci and wrote on the socialist conferences and the debates of Marx and Bakunin and graduated top 5% of my class. You are not clairvoyant and should not pretend to be. I will go toe to toe with you on political history and the definition of communism any day, you enormous clown.

[@beeble2003]

@@muttleycrew Ah, it seems I misread your comment. When you wrote "No democrats are communists", I read "No, democrats are communists" (i.e., "You're wrong. Democrats are communists"). I dispute that you _clearly_ said the opposite of what I thought you'd said, as something like "The Democrats are not communists" would have been far clearer. However, I've deleted my original comment, since it was wrong.

[@hermanbruner9406]

GIVING STANDING OVATION TO POLISH SB AGENT LECH WALESA IN US CONGRESS 😂😂😂 BRAVO

[@robertpeston6692]

Thank you, America. Every time free nations struggled, USG was always behind the underdogs. As a Pole I thank America's actions from 1950-1991 through Diplomacy, Intel, Military and of course, RFE or Open source info. USA has always helped Poland; thank you.

[@evawind]

What about traditional values? Are they no longer important for Poles?

[@ProleCenter]

😂

[@mahade.khan.6412]

Hi. My. CIA. Boss.

[@roberttwardowski9711]

you are a pakistani. So its not your CIA.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

​@@roberttwardowski9711The C.I.A. was sending funds through the pakistanis.

[@kidmack1121]

Translation: To hell with the American workforce, including our own shipyard workers, by diverting our wages and livelihood to fund the covert distribution of "office supplies"

[@gaylemc2692]

Translation : to make our democracy and other nations safer.

[@kidmack1121]

@@gaylemc2692 "Our democracy... democracy"?? remind me?

[@evawind]

@@gaylemc2692 Duda is concerned about the EU-promoted LGBT rule. Says it is worse than communism... Well, you ask for it, you get it.