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A separate entity, the Liaison Department of the [[People's Liberation Army]] (PLA) General Political Department (GPD), facilitated the activities of a number of [[front organization]]s—including “friendship” and “cultural” associations—as part of its broader mission to conduct propaganda operations, perform perception management,<ref>According to the [[Department of Defense]], perception management comprises “actions to convey and/or deny selected information and indicators to foreign audiences to influence their emotions, motives, and objective reasoning as well as to intelligence systems and leaders at all levels to influence official estimates, ultimately resulting in foreign behaviors and official actions favorable to the originator’s objectives.... Perception management combines truth projection, operations security, cover and deception, and psychological operations.”  U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Publication 1-02: Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, April 12, 2001 (as amended through October 31, 2009), 411. http://jitc.fhu.disa.mil/jitc_dri/pdfs/jp1_02.pdf</ref> and gather intelligence.

A separate entity, the Liaison Department of the [[People's Liberation Army]] (PLA) General Political Department (GPD), facilitated the activities of a number of [[front organization]]s—including “friendship” and “cultural” associations—as part of its broader mission to conduct propaganda operations, perform perception management,<ref>According to the [[Department of Defense]], perception management comprises “actions to convey and/or deny selected information and indicators to foreign audiences to influence their emotions, motives, and objective reasoning as well as to intelligence systems and leaders at all levels to influence official estimates, ultimately resulting in foreign behaviors and official actions favorable to the originator’s objectives.... Perception management combines truth projection, operations security, cover and deception, and psychological operations.”  U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Publication 1-02: Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, April 12, 2001 (as amended through October 31, 2009), 411. http://jitc.fhu.disa.mil/jitc_dri/pdfs/jp1_02.pdf</ref> and gather intelligence.

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