SUMARIO: Preface - Introduction: propaganda and the world communist movement - Organization and direction of communist propaganda activities: the party pyramid - 1955 communist propaganda activities in retrospect: tactics revised to reach an old objective - Communist propaganda themes in 1955: spokes in the moving whell - Communicarions media in the communist effort: many means to an end - Activities of international front groups: disarmament and unity . Communist propaganda activities in the far east: a new approach to Asia - Communist propaganda activities in the near east; south Asia, and Africa: trade, aid, and guns - Communist propaganda activities in western Europe security through neutrality - Communist propaganda activities in Latin America: the red tide rises - A brief bibliography - Index