Psy-Ops Research.

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• "Psychological warfare employs age-old ideas in twentieth century dress"

D. Lincoln Harter, Propaganda Handbook, 1953

Looks like the term 'psy-ops' is establishing itself more and more in the public consciousness (just like 'false flag' did a few years ago) and when it comes to 'perception management' and influence operations performed by 'behaviour change specialists' then there are some relevant links below exploring just what the dickens is going on.





• Definition and document archive:

Psychological Operations

Psychological Operations (PSYOP, PSYOPS) are techniques used by military and police forces to influence a target audience’s value systems, belief systems, emotions, motives, reasoning, and behavior.

Target audiences can be governments, organizations, groups, and individuals, and are used in order to induce confessions, or reinforce attitudes and behaviors favorable to the originator’s objectives.

These are sometimes combined with black operations or false flag tactics

Government Document Archive

• Perception Management:


A good, clinical definition below including the nine strategies of 'perception management' (AKA how to brainwash the public).

Perception management includes all actions used to influence the attitudes and objective reasoning of foreign audiences and consists of Public Diplomacy, Psychological Operations (PSYOPS), Public Information, Deception and Covert Action.



There are nine strategies for perception management. These include:


1. Preparation — Having clear goals and knowing the ideal position you want people to hold.


2. Credibility — Make sure all of your information is consistent, often using prejudices or expectations to increase credibility.


3. Multichannel support — Have multiple arguments and fabricated facts to reinforce your information.


4. Centralized control — Employing entities such as propaganda ministries or bureaus.


5. Security — The nature of the deception campaign is known by few.


6. Flexibility — The deception campaign adapts and changes over time as needs change.


7. Coordination — The organization or propaganda ministry is organized in a hierarchical pattern in order to maintain consistent and synchronized distribution of information.


8. Concealment — Contradicting information is destroyed.


9. Untruthful statements — Fabricate the truth.

Online Psyops and Perception Management

Also quite a relevant example below taken from March, 1962 where the Joint Chiefs of Staff discuss how to manipulate the 'public mind' by the use of false flag terrorism.

The Joint Chiefs expressly proposed arranging, planning, and executing terrorist attacks in Miami and Washington D.C.

These proposed terrorist events would be blamed on Cuba, and were hoped to, if carried out, cause a wave of indignation across the American public mind and provide the popular support for invading Cuba militarily.

Northwoods Document 1962