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enlarged to include the survivors. Work is now underway to set up a data bank, accessible to
everybody, about all aspects of the ferryboat disaster.
Largely through private initiative the National Board also took part in foreign aid projects in
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which ranged from polls and courses to workshops on information
dissemination.
At the beginning of the new millennium the National Board had a staff of about 20 people
and a wide range of activities. In 2001 a government commission wanted to close down the
National Board and divide its duties among other agencies. The National Board of
Psychological Defence survived, but was reorganized and cut down in size. The information
preparedness section, which among other things dealt with municipal courses and foreign projects,
was transferred to the new Swedish Emergency Management Agency together with the
researchers of the National Board. Later, the Appeals Board for the Total Defence, a board with
mostly juridical tasks, was joined with the National Board of Psychological Defence.
Besides the history of the psychological defence of Sweden, DO NOT DESPAIR offers
insights into various activities, conducted by the National Board and its predecessors, and
interviews with chairmen, general directors and other key persons. It presents a history of psychological
warfare from Genghis Khan to the new concept of information warfare and a survey
of the most important research projects. Various activities are highlighted, among them information
on non-military resistance, which was added to the tasks of the National Board in
1994. A volunteer organization, the Total Defence Psychological Defence Association, is also
presented.
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