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New York, Oct. 28—A, few years ago a team of young producers in Canada released a series on the use by the CIA of foreign installations for the purpose of doing the CIA’s business. The response was sensational, making the front pages of the Daily Worker. Norfolk Communications, later joined by Kitson Vincent, another enterprising Canadian, then decided to do a documentary on the machinations of the KGB, about which they knew little, and were surprised at the almost nonchalant attention given that agency in one or another government document.

What emerged is the most powerful two-hour documentary on the subject of underground Soviet activity ever put together. It was shown in Canada and received sensational notices. The Detroit News, bringing in the Canadian signal, called it “powerful,” depicting the “real world of Soviet espionage in this continent.” Variety called it a “riveting documentary,” “carefully researched and intriguing.” It has been shown (twice) in Sweden, and will be shown throughout Europe. The problem is that the producers can’t get it shown in the United States. One hears endlessly about the suppressions brought on by the Moral Majority. Well, the Moral Majority has no objection to The KGB Connections: An Investigation into Soviet Operations in North America. What goes on?

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William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. founded National Review magazine in 1955.

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New York, Oct. 28—A, few years ago a team of young producers in Canada released a series on the use by the CIA of foreign installations for the purpose of doing the CIA’s business. The response was sensational, making the front pages of the Daily Worker. Norfolk Communications, later joined by Kitson Vincent, another enterprising Canadian, then decided to do a documentary on the machinations of the KGB, about which they knew little, and were surprised at the almost nonchalant attention given that agency in one or another government document.

What emerged is the most powerful two-hour documentary on the subject of underground Soviet activity ever put together. It was shown in Canada and received sensational notices. The Detroit News, bringing in the Canadian signal, called it “powerful,” depicting the “real world of Soviet espionage in this continent.” Variety called it a “riveting documentary,” “carefully researched and intriguing.” It has been shown (twice) in Sweden, and will be shown throughout Europe. The problem is that the producers can’t get it shown in the United States. One hears endlessly about the suppressions brought on by the Moral Majority. Well, the Moral Majority has no objection to The KGB Connections: An Investigation into Soviet Operations in North America. What goes on?