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The Jamestown Foundation is a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, whose stated mission is to "inform and educate" policy makers about events and trends which it regards as being of current "strategic" importance to the United States. Its website claims that: “Jamestown’s material is delivered without political bias, filter or agenda.”

William Geimer, a leading cold warrior close to the Reagan administration, founded the Jamestown Foundation in 1984 after Arkady Shevchenko, the highest-ranking Soviet Union official ever to defect when he left his position as undersecretary general of the United Nations, defected. Geimer had been working closely with Shevchenko, and established the foundation as a vehicle to promote the writings of the former Soviet diplomat and those of Ion Pacepa, a former top Romanian intelligence officer. With the help of Geimer and the foundation, both defectors published bestselling books.

CIA Director William J. Casey, a leading figure in national security organizations, helped back the formation of the Jamestown Foundation, agreeing with its complaints that the U.S. intelligence community did not provide sufficient funding of Soviet bloc defectors. (5) The new organization enabled the defectors to earn extra dollars—in addition to their stipends from the CIA—by lecturing and writing.

The foundation was initially dedicated to supporting Soviet dissidents and defectors. Currently, its primary focus is on China, Russia/Eurasia and Terrorism. Its publications include: Chechnya Weekly, China Brief, Eurasia Daily Monitor, North Korea Review, Spotlight on Terror, Terrorism in Focus, and Terrorism Monitor. Previous publications included: Eurasia Security Trends, Fortnight in Review, Monitor, Prism, Russia and Eurasia Review, and Russia’s Week. The Jamestown Foundation acquires its information through official or intelligence channels.

The foundation’s 17-member board includes Chairman Clinton I. Smullyan and Vice Chairman R. James Woolsey, Jr.. The other members are Zbigniew Brzezinski, Barbara Buchanan, Jams H. Burnley, Peter C. Cook, Diana Denman, Willem deVogel, Edward O. Gaylord, James G. Gildwitz, Patrick W. Gross, Ralph Hauenstein, James Hauslein, Artemis Joukowsky, Woody Peterson, and Arthur Waldron. Vice President Dick Cheney and Marcia Carlucci, wife of Frank Carlucci, are former board members.

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 William Geimer, a leading cold warrior close to the Reagan administration, founded the Jamestown Foundation in 1984 after [[Arkady Shevchenko]], the highest-ranking [[Soviet Union]] official ever to defect when he left his position as undersecretary general of the [[United Nations]], defected. Geimer had been working closely with Shevchenko, and established the foundation as a vehicle to promote the writings of the former Soviet diplomat and those of Ion Pacepa, a former top Romanian intelligence officer. With the help of Geimer and the foundation, both defectors published bestselling books.
-CIA Director William J. Casey, a leading figure in right-wing national security organizations, helped back the formation of the Jamestown Foundation, agreeing with its complaints that the U.S. intelligence community did not provide sufficient funding of Soviet bloc defectors. (5) The new organization enabled the defectors to earn extra dollars—in addition to their stipends from the CIA—by lecturing and writing.
+CIA Director William J. Casey, a leading figure in national security organizations, helped back the formation of the Jamestown Foundation, agreeing with its complaints that the U.S. intelligence community did not provide sufficient funding of Soviet bloc defectors. (5) The new organization enabled the defectors to earn extra dollars—in addition to their stipends from the CIA—by lecturing and writing.
 The foundation was initially dedicated to supporting [[Soviet dissidents]] and [[defection|defectors]]. Currently, its primary focus is on [[China]], [[Russia]]/[[Eurasia]] and [[Terrorism]]. Its publications include: Chechnya Weekly, China Brief, Eurasia Daily Monitor, North Korea Review, Spotlight on Terror, Terrorism in Focus, and Terrorism Monitor. Previous publications included: Eurasia Security Trends, Fortnight in Review, Monitor, Prism, Russia and Eurasia Review, and Russia’s Week. The Jamestown Foundation acquires its information through official or intelligence channels.