Yuri Bezmanov - Former KGB Agent - Lecture - 1983

In this 1983 lecture to students, Yuri Bezmenov, a former KGB agent who defected to Canada in 1970s, describes how the Soviet Union used "active measures" to subvert foreign nations and undermine democracies. These measures included psychological warfare and disinformation campaigns that were designed to weaken the target nation's economy, political system, and culture. Bezmenov emphasized the importance of understanding human nature and the psychology of manipulation in order to effectively counteract these efforts.