CIA Declassified Coldwar Russian Jokes [pdf]

If collecting jokes tells you what the "common man" is thinking, the Russian intelligence agencies must be having a field-day with the current situation in the US...

Re: CIA Declassified Coldwar Russian Jokes [pdf]

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Post by CamMacFarlane » Tue, Feb 07, 2017, 1:50 AM UTC

Best cold war "joke":

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/ReaganBe...

Found from searching for more like OPs

Re: CIA Declassified Coldwar Russian Jokes [pdf]

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Post by phs318u » Tue, Feb 07, 2017, 1:51 AM UTC

Say what you will about the current political situation in the US, Donald Trump has been an absolute gift to comedians.

http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/Donald-Trump/ss/Best-Dona...

And in the interests of "balance":

http://jokes4us.com/celebrityjokes/barackobamajokes.html

Re: CIA Declassified Coldwar Russian Jokes [pdf]

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Post by hprotagonist » Tue, Feb 07, 2017, 1:57 AM UTC

Regan was actually not bad at telling soviet jokes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3z3eSVG7A

Re: CIA Declassified Coldwar Russian Jokes [pdf]

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Post by leephillips » Tue, Feb 07, 2017, 1:58 AM UTC

These jokes aren't bad. What is the story? Are these genuine Russian jokes, or jokes inserted there by the CIA?

Re: CIA Declassified Coldwar Russian Jokes [pdf]

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Post by JonRB » Tue, Feb 07, 2017, 1:58 AM UTC

My understanding is that DDCI stands for 'Deputy Director of Central Intelligence' - What would this document have been for?

Re: CIA Declassified Coldwar Russian Jokes [pdf]

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Post by handedness » Tue, Feb 07, 2017, 2:04 AM UTC

hprotagonist wrote: post #7

Regan was actually not bad at telling soviet jokes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3z3eSVG7A

Perhaps he should have tried his hand at acting.