I just came across this document outlining proposed measures for population control, which seems to be called "The Jaffe Memo" in the sources I searched. Here it is:
It is alleged to be a memo from Frederick Jaffe of Planned Parenthood to the president of the Population Council, Bernard Berelson.
From: http://plam.org/education/jaffe-memo/The Jaffe Memo was written in 1969 by Planned Parenthood’s then vice president Frederick Jaffe to the president of the Population Council, Bernard Berelson. The memo is featured in the 1970 October issue of Family Planning Perspectives, which is published by the Guttmacher Institute (the research arm of Planned Parenthood). This memo highlights the social constraints and economic deterrents/incentives to “reduce U.S. fertility”. Many of these social and economic factors have come to fruition.
It is cited by many pro-life, anti-abortion, conservative, Christian, "fundamentalist", etc. sites... examples are many if you put "Jaffe Memo" into a search engine.
Questions:
(a) has anyone come across this before? do we know if it is authentic?
(b) it seems to be a tailor-made "summary" for activists and alternative researchers... perhaps I am unnecessarily sceptical but is this disinfo?
If it is real, or at least real disinfo, or perhaps a deliberate leak, what is interesting is the mix of ideas included plus the extremism of many of them. It would seem to paint a picture of "we will do anything and everything to achieve our goals".
This might tend to make people feel under attack and increase the fear factor:
(c) is this a psyop purpose of the document?
Along with the ideas of population control, it mixes in other ideas which are now "tarred with the same brush"; for example: women working.
(d) is this a tactic of creating cognitive dissonance and internal conflict? example, if I am a woman working, who happens to be anti-abortion, do I now question whether my working is contributing to this "evil" agenda?
This would seem to provide an additional indication that this document is a psyop.
What do others think?