Filmed Lecture on Communism vs Capitalism by US Government Employee, ca 1960s Pt. 1 of 2
By Charles T. Vetter United States Information Agency
12:19:40 Charles Vetter introduces himself & his past postings while standing in front of map & blackboard.
“...competition of ideas between the Free World & the Communist World...you must always know & understand your enemy & your competition. We didn’t asked for the struggle & the fight...
12:20:37 “...this presentation is an attempt to look at their language & appeal realistically..” Gestures, writes on blackboard & explains similar words in Russian & English; and words sounding similar by meaning different things which will confuse. “...Russians are creating their meaning of words, their concept of life so their message will go thru & the Free World message will be filtered out.” Explains how Soviets will explain things “to you”. Outlines on blackboard Soviet ideas of class warfare as thought of by USSR.
12:25:50 “...and when the masses are so elevated you come into the final ideal stage of society, they say Communism, heaven brother heaven, Communism. When you see this is a rather ideal do-it-yourself chart to help people answer a very basic question: How am I doing? They say for instance that they can place people on History so they can analyze their state of life & know the past, analyze the present & predict the future. But before we apply this we have to bring it up to date the way Lenin did... ...Lenin, you may remember, said: ‘These clever Capitalists have found a way of delaying the Revolution, they have gone out & gotten colonies & they’re sucking the blood, bringing the wealth of Colonies back to Europe & England & delaying the Revolution...” Vetter says USSR says USA are Economic Imperialists “which must come to us for gasoline, parts, Peace Corpsmen...”
12:28:27 “...they Communists predict they will be in the Communist stage in 20 years. They say China is not yet sufficiently industrialized, so China is just on the road to building Socialism. Romania, Poland, East Germany, Hungary they say have an economic basis but their People’s Democracies w/ more than one party on the books so they are just approaching Socialism. They say Czechoslovakia is the only other country which has reached the Socialist stage w/ its new 1960 Constitution. Where would they put these countries: India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Korea, Philippines... They say these countries are just emerging from feudalism...
12:29:30 “...they say you can’t basically change it, but you can speed it up if you listen to the proper theory & leadership. You can go can go over the worst aspects of Capitalism, come into the higher social, economic, political stage of Socialism if you follow the right leadership.” Continued...
Cold War; Anti-Communism; Communists; Economics; Russia; Soviets; USSR; Soviet Union; Marxism; paranoia
NOTE: Vetter worked for US State Department, 1950- 1955. USIA post 1955.NOTE: Any continuous ten minutes of film sold at per reel rate.
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Filmed Lecture on Communism vs Capitalism by US Government Employee, ca 1960s Pt. 1 of 2 By Charles T. Vetter United States Information Agency 12:19:40 Charles Vetter introduces himself & his past postings while standing in front of map & blackboard. “...competition of ideas between the Free World & the Communist World...you must always know & understand your enemy & your competition. We didn’t asked for the struggle & the fight... 12:20:37 “...this presentation is an attempt to look at their language & appeal realistically..” Gestures, writes on blackboard & explains similar words in Russian & English; and words sounding similar by meaning different things which will confuse. “...Russians are creating their meaning of words, their concept of life so their message will go thru & the Free World message will be filtered out.” Explains how Soviets will explain things “to you”. Outlines on blackboard Soviet ideas of class warfare as thought of by USSR. 12:25:50 “...and when the masses are so elevated you come into the final ideal stage of society, they say Communism, heaven brother heaven, Communism. When you see this is a rather ideal do-it-yourself chart to help people answer a very basic question: How am I doing? They say for instance that they can place people on History so they can analyze their state of life & know the past, analyze the present & predict the future. But before we apply this we have to bring it up to date the way Lenin did... ...Lenin, you may remember, said: ‘These clever Capitalists have found a way of delaying the Revolution, they have gone out & gotten colonies & they’re sucking the blood, bringing the wealth of Colonies back to Europe & England & delaying the Revolution...” Vetter says USSR says USA are Economic Imperialists “which must come to us for gasoline, parts, Peace Corpsmen...” 12:28:27 “...they Communists predict they will be in the Communist stage in 20 years. They say China is not yet sufficiently industrialized, so China is just on the road to building Socialism. Romania, Poland, East Germany, Hungary they say have an economic basis but their People’s Democracies w/ more than one party on the books so they are just approaching Socialism. They say Czechoslovakia is the only other country which has reached the Socialist stage w/ its new 1960 Constitution. Where would they put these countries: India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Korea, Philippines... They say these countries are just emerging from feudalism... 12:29:30 “...they say you can’t basically change it, but you can speed it up if you listen to the proper theory & leadership. You can go can go over the worst aspects of Capitalism, come into the higher social, economic, political stage of Socialism if you follow the right leadership.” Continued... Cold War; Anti-Communism; Communists; Economics; Russia; Soviets; USSR; Soviet Union; Marxism; paranoia NOTE: Vetter worked for US State Department, 1950- 1955. USIA post 1955.NOTE: Any continuous ten minutes of film sold at per reel rate.