The Soviets’ germ-warfare propaganda aimed to discredit American morality regarding warfare.

Evidence

Jackson believed that the Soviets’ sinister purpose was to “plant the idea that maybe the Americans are morally capable of initiating germ warfare.” — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1119

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1119
• XREF: connects to: East Germans protested about American potato beetle attacks, but were dismissed as ridiculous. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 480; Suppressed knowledge allows the myth of American decency to endure. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1087; The United States offered other nations a template of propaganda and punishment to emulate