International Institute for Peace
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The International Institute for Peace says that it was founded in Vienna in 1956 and re-organised in 1989. According to Dr Julian Lewis
, a campaigner against the peace movement, it was "set up by the Kremlin after the WPC
[World Peace Council] was thrown out of Austria for subversion." According to another source it was set up on the initiative of the WPC, and according to J.G.Barlow of the Heritage Foundation
, the WPC operated under cover of the IIP after the WPC was expelled from Vienna. Its one-time vice-president, Gehrhard Kade, was active in the WPC. It is said to have received $260,000 from Soviet sources.
Julian Lewis
Dr. Julian Murray Lewis is a British Conservative Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for New Forest East in Hampshire since the 1997 general election.-Education:Born on 26 September 1951 in Swansea, Dr...
, a campaigner against the peace movement, it was "set up by the Kremlin after the WPC
World Peace Council
The World Peace Council is an international organization that advocates universal disarmament, sovereignty and independence and peaceful co-existence, and campaigns against imperialism, weapons of mass destruction and all forms of discrimination...
[World Peace Council] was thrown out of Austria for subversion." According to another source it was set up on the initiative of the WPC, and according to J.G.Barlow of the Heritage Foundation
Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation is a conservative American think tank based in Washington, D.C. Heritage's stated mission is to "formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong...
, the WPC operated under cover of the IIP after the WPC was expelled from Vienna. Its one-time vice-president, Gehrhard Kade, was active in the WPC. It is said to have received $260,000 from Soviet sources.