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Cryptonym: QKACTIVE

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Definition:
A proprietary radio broadcasting entity turned over to the Department of State for support and subsequently placed under the control of the Board of International Broadcasters. Aided the political organization and activation of Soviet emigres, to secure the cooperation of Soviet citizens in the struggle of the Western democracies against the rulers of the USSR in the postwar era.
Status:
Documented
Discussion:
Program to weaken the Soviet regime, run by the CIA's Soviet division, utilizing radio broadcasts (Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty), the Institute for the Study of the USSR (BGCALLUS) chaired by Stanislaw Stankiewicz, and published articles and books.
Sources:

https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA%20AND%20NAZI%20WAR%20CRIM.%20AND%20COL.%20CHAP.%201-10%2C%20DRAFT%20WORKING%20PAPER_0009.pdf

"(QKACTIVE), approved by (the Office for Policy Coordination) in September 1950, called for "the political organization and activation of the Russian emigration with a view to securing the cooperation of the peoples of Russia in the struggle of the Western democracies against the present rulers of Russia." Draft Working Paper, Chapter 8, page 6.

National Archives, Research Aids: Cryptonyms and Terms in Declassified CIA Files, p. 46. https://www.archives.gov/iwg/declassified-records/rg-263-cia-records/second-release-lexicon.pdf

QKACTIVE (1951-71), operating through a proprietary cover organization (American Committee for the Liberation of the People of the USSR (AMCOMLIB) (PBAFFIRM)), sought to conduct overt anti-Soviet activities to weaken the Soviet regime and thereby reduce its threat to world security through radio broadcasts (Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty), the Institute for the Study of the USSR (BGCALLUS) Chaired by Stanislaw Stankiewicz, and published articles and books

Lisa Pease, The Assassinations (2003), p. 312.

QKACTIVE was a project of the Soviet Russia Division in the early '60s for running attempted penetrations of the Soviet Union.

Tom Mangold, Cold Warrior, p. 414.

Soviet Russia Division, it had eight main branches. The Soviet Realities Division had eight branches. SR-1 (code named "QKACTIVE") ran the attempted penetration of the Iron Curtain by various emigre groups

104-10300-10053: Lee Harvey Oswald/Address Book/FBI Report

Discusses Perry Harten, who was an OWI (Office of War Information) agent and considered as a QKACTIVE agent in 1955. He and his wife worked at the Brussels Exposition in 1956. (Note: The phone book referred to a Harten in Dallas)

157-10014-10144: No Title

"QKACTIVE: This proprietary radio broadcasting entity was turned over to the Department of State for support and subsequently placed under the control of the Board of International Broadcasters for continued operation with Congressional support."

https://that1archive.neocities.org/subfolder1/early-cia.html#

QKACTIVE (1951-71), operating through a proprietary cover organization (American Committee for the Liberation of the People of the USSR (AMCOMLIB) (PBAFFIRM)), sought to conduct overt anti-Soviet activities to weaken the Soviet regime and thereby reduce its threat to world security through radio broadcasts (Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty), the Institute for the Study of the USSR (BGCALLUS) Chaired by Stanislaw Stankiewicz, and published articles and books. Karl Toennies considered for possible use on Project QKACTIVE. See also PBCHORD.

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