This story involves the worldwide propaganda activities of the CIA and the Reader’s Digest, and the secret relationship between them, an informational “black hole”, about which little has been written.
The Reader’s Digest has an annual budget of $1.4 billion. The monthly readership worldwide is over 100 million. . . .
Many senior editors at Reader’s Digest have intelligence backgrounds; the current head of the European bureau had CIA ties, two former directors of Latin American operations reportedly were CIA assets. The Digest has regularly carried stories by CIA officials and undercover CIA agents. Foreign language editions were opened at the request of U.S. intelligence agencies. The magazine has been used as cover by the CIA, shared intelligence with the CIA, and circulated CIA fabrications. A senior writer was given office space at CIA headquarters. The Digest has been given exclusive access to
