Pakistan’s writers were suppressed through CIA-backed cultural countermeasures

Evidence

Some years later Wise filed a FOIA request for records relating to the publication of The Invisible Government, and he got back a document in which someone at CIA recommended a media campaign, employing Agency assets to plant unfavorable reviews and thereby “lessen the book’s impact.” — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 643 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Pakistan’s Cold War clienthood aligned it against Third World anti-imperial sentiment; The CIA recommended media campaigns against unfavorable books. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 643

Related

• The CIA recommended media campaigns against unfavorable books. (similarity 0.93)

Broader Connections

• The CIA recommended media campaigns against unfavorable books. #expands (0.70) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 643