At least American Communist Party, now largely under the control of Moscow, was active force in US politics, with some appeal to intellectuals and others, and bookstores and schools - all amply supplied with English-language Soviet propaganda and disinformation  - in many major cities.. ..…

Kennedy captured the Democratic nomination in 1960 and went on to win one of the closest elections in US history. . The 1960 election campaign was dominated by rising Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. ..…