What did Soviet youth use to bootleg banned Western music in the 1950s?
Chapter 1

Bizarre gadgets of the secret agents

Chapter 2

Animals drafted into the secret service

Chapter 3

Weird milestones of the space race

Chapter 4

Mind games and psychological warfare

YOUR GOAL

Master of Cold War secrets

Ch 4 · Mind games and psychological warfare
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misslily The famous Kitchen Debate of 1959

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Acoustic Kitty, Acoustic Kitty, She's got a wire, but she's walking away!

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misslily The giant condom balloon plot

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The famous Kitchen Debate of 1959

misslily An impromptu debate about capitalism and communism in a model kitchen.

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The giant condom balloon plot

misslily A bizarre psychological operation proposed to demoralize Soviet soldiers.

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Mind games and psychological warfare
BETA

misslily Match bizarre spy tactics to discover how mind games shaped the Cold War.

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Fun Fact

Bone music records: The grooves of banned Western songs like Rock Around the Clock were carved directly over medical X-ray images of broken ribs and skulls.

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Glossary
brainwashing (noun)
The systematic effort to forcibly alter a person's beliefs, attitudes, or loyalties through psychological coercion. The CIA initiated Project MKUltra in 1953 to research such mind-control techniques during the Cold War.

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Gossip

Is remote viewing real?

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Quiz

What label did the CIA propose putting on oversized condoms dropped over the USSR?

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misslily The psychic spies of Project Stargate

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Quiz

What kind of music was primarily bootlegged on 'bone music' records?

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misslily Secret music pressed onto X-ray films

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Quiz

In which city did Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev hold their famous 1959 'Kitchen Debate'?

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Quiz

What nickname was given to the bootleg X-ray records in the Soviet Union?

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Quiz

Which US Vice President debated Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1959?

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Quiz

What was the name of the secret US project that investigated psychic 'remote viewing' starting in 1978?

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What did Soviet youth use to bootleg banned Western music in the 1950s?

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How long did the US government fund Project Stargate before canceling it?

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