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the CIA sent its manual titled Psychological Operations in Guerrilla War to Nicaraguan rebels by balloon in March of 1984 during the Nicaraguan Revolution.

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Fun Fact: the CIA sent its manual titled “Psychological Operations in Guerrilla War” to Nicaraguan rebels by balloon in March of 1984 during the Nicaraguan Revolution.

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