Senator George Smathers Reports - J. Edgar Hoover Communism Interview (c. 1960)

Senator George Smathers interviews FBI director J. Edgar Hoover regarding the threat of communism. Hoover states that communism is still as much a threat as ever and that the American Communist Party, part of an international criminal conspiracy, is committed to the overthrow of the government by force and violence. Produced by the Senate Recording Studios.

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[GalaticTG]

The cameraman is a communist!!!!!!

[taylor4canucks]

leo is gonna win an oscar for his portrayal of this man

[larrywheels]

he shills for the commie's are coming conspiracy- but when jfk get's whacked down in texas where hoover's friends got the place wired top to bottom he sells the lone assassin bullshit.  just who is the conspiracy nut?

[RazzleDazzle420]

He's so hot!

[DiverseLA]

The Dick Cheney of his time... fear-mongering, hawkish, subverting the Constitution to achieve his goals, etc.

[prepper1987]

Thanks for posting this. Looks like ideological subversion has worked better than the former soviets thought it would.