In Africa, for instance, he said the Russians decided in the 1960's that the Peace Corps was improving America's image in the region. He said that these appear in the press with both the unwitting and witting assistance of journalists. Dzhirkvelov asserted that Moscow has made elaborate efforts to plant ''disinformation,'' newspaper articles, broadcasts or rumors that have a kernel of truth but are false in their main thrust. In the interview, he described his career as a Tass correspondent in Africa, when he said he wrote dispatches for the Soviet press agency by day and then, secretly, worked to bribe African journalists who plant items written by Moscow. Later, he said, he joined Tass, the Government press agency, and became deputy general secretary of the Soviet Journalists Union. in the 1940's and 1950's in directorates that deal with both espionage abroad and operations involving foreigners in the Moscow region. Dzhirkvelov said he worked directly for the K.G.B. The result, he said, was an article planted with the help of intermediaries in the West German magazine Der Spiegel, which had been a bitter opponent of Mr. Who can compromise Strauss? Of course: journalists.' '' We have to do everything necessary to compromise him. It's very possible that after Adenauer, the Chancellor of Germany would be Strauss. Dzhirkvelov recounted, ''They said, 'We have a very big problem in West Germany. He said he was present in 1960 when senior Soviet officials asked for suggestions on how the press could be used to discredit Franz Josef Strauss of West Germany, now the Premier of Bavaria and then a rising political star in West Germany who was seen as a contender to replace Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.Īs Mr. carried out schemes to use the press in Africa, Moscow and elsewhere. He serves on the advisory board of the newsletter. Dzhirkvelov, who now lives in England, is in Washington to present the latest issue of Disinformation, a monthly newsletter published here that seeks to predict what themes the Soviet authorities will play up in their press campaigns and elsewhere.
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