Thread by @paulkleinfancam, 2003 Belarus playbook from a CIA regime-change NGO "It is much easier [...]

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2003 Belarus playbook from a CIA regime-change NGO

"It is much easier to shut off one valve than ten or a hundred"

https://web.archive.org/web/20200811141232/http://www.ceche.org/communications/Axis.html

1. Global propaganda campaign for the Otpor regime-changers

2. Imperialist coordination, ideally through preexisting institutions. US leadership is required to hold a more "aggressive" line.

3. Public support for the color revolution, including meeting with activists from the highest-ranking members of the imperialist bloc

4. Sanctions

5. Unified NATO approach to more effectively put pressure on Russia. Use Russian TV stations for psyops directed at the Belarusian viewership.

6. High-ranking visitors should visit sites like the memorial for victims of Stalin. "Build a rapport" with the population. Reiterates the value of meeting with the Otpor groups.

7. The embassies of NATO member states need to take a proactive, on the ground role in aiding and coordinating the color revolution.

8. The CIA "democracy-promotion" sector must take part. The author himself was a co-founder/board member of NED and vice-chair of Freedom House.

"There is no substitute for finding a way in, difficult though it may be."

9. Extensive training programs for opposition cadres and activists through front NGOs (like the author's CECHE) and civil society groups.

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9. Extensive training programs for opposition cadres and activists through front NGOs (like the author's CECHE) and civil society groups. More GeneSharp

Palmer concludes:

"Helping bring Belarus back from the brink would send a signal to the citizens and governments of other post-
Soviet tyrannies: the democracies do not recognize democracy-free zones, and we are beginning to act."