| | Guide to the American Business Consultants, Inc. Counterattack : Research Files1930-1968 (Bulk 1948-1956)Tamiment ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | In May 1947, A.B.C. began publishing Counterattack, a weekly "newsletter of facts to combat Communism." A.B.C. was one of a number of research enterprises which amassed information regarding Communist-related organizations, but it was also an entrepreneurial enterprise which sought to turn a profit. |
 | | Although Counterattack eventually defended itself against these libel suits, settling some out of court while winning others on appeal in 1956, the financial cost of litigation proved hazardous to Counterattack. |
 | | The research files contain clippings by and/or about the subjects (individual or corporate) researched; ephemera, internal documents, correspondence; and investigative reports and correspondence, some of which was of an undercover nature. |
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