A photo of Ronald Reagan laughing at the punchline of his own joke aboard Air Force One. Reagan may have tasked his CIA with digging up the era's best Soviet jokes.Pete Souza, National Archives, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
National Post: The CIA has declassified a bunch of jokes. Here are the best ones
A man was jailed 15 years for calling Joseph Stalin a fathead. One year for sedition, 14 years for revealing a state secret
As historian Gene Zubovich helpfully pointed out this week, the CIA is apparently sitting on an impressive collection of jokes.
In recent years, the U.S. intelligence agency has declassified more than a million Cold War-era documents. The National Post sifted through the pile in a search for the funny parts, and found these highlights.
This is from a document entitled “Soviet Jokes” that was prepared for the CIA’s deputy director in the 1980s. The jokes were all told amongst Soviets themselves, and were apparently gathered by CIA operatives . This one involves Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev who, despite his aggressive campaign of government reforms, wasn’t able to fully assuage the his people’s desire to assassinate him.
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WNU Editor: There are some good ones here.
