AFSCA

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Disambiguation: In the Department of War UFO archive, AFSCA refers to the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker-affiliated humanitarian organization. The acronym AFSCA appears in Cold War-era declassified documents where government officials expressed suspicion of the organization's communist sympathies, a charge later determined to be unfounded. Not to be confused with AFSOC (Air Force Special Operations Command) or AFSA (Air Force Sergeants Association).

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC, sometimes abbreviated AFSCA in historical documents) is a Quaker-affiliated nonprofit organization founded in 1917 to provide alternatives to military service during World War I. Headquartered in Philadelphia, AFSC focuses on peace, equality, and human dignity globally, and co-received the 1947 Nobel Peace Prize. During the Cold War, the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover surveilled AFSC extensively due to its pacifist stance and opposition to U.S. containment policy, with officials suspecting communist infiltration; declassified records reveal no evidence of actual communist affiliation. AFSC's appearance in Department of War declassified documents reflects this era of government scrutiny of pacifist organizations.

Enriquecimento (PT-BR)

Desambiguação: In the Department of War UFO archive, AFSCA refers to the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker-affiliated humanitarian organization. The acronym AFSCA appears in Cold War-era declassified documents where government officials expressed suspicion of the organization's communist sympathies, a charge later determined to be unfounded. Not to be confused with AFSOC (Air Force Special Operations Command) or AFSA (Air Force Sergeants Association).

O Comitê de Serviço dos Amigos Americanos (AFSC, às vezes abreviado como AFSCA em documentos históricos) é uma organização sem fins lucrativos afiliada aos Quakers, fundada em 1917 para oferecer alternativas ao serviço militar durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial. Com sede em Filadélfia, o AFSC concentra-se na paz, igualdade e dignidade humana globalmente, e foi co-receptor do Prêmio Nobel da Paz de 1947. Durante a Guerra Fria, o FBI sob J. Edgar Hoover supervisionou extensivamente o AFSC devido à sua posição pacifista e oposição à política de contenção dos EUA, com autoridades suspeitando de infiltração comunista; registros desclassificados revelam nenhuma evidência de filiação comunista real. O aparecimento do AFSC em documentos desclassificados do Departamento de Guerra reflete essa era de escrutínio governamental sobre organizações pacifistas.

External Sources

• American Friends Service Committee - Official Home · AFSC · reliability: high — Founded 1917; Quaker-affiliated nonprofit; Co-recipient Nobel Peace Prize 1947; Headquartered in Philadelphia; Focus areas: economic justice, global peace, migration rights, prisons and policing
• American Friends Service Committee - The First Amendment Encyclopedia · Middle Tennessee State University · reliability: high — FBI surveillance began 1956 under COINTELPRO; Surveillance motivated by pacifist stance, not evidence; No declassified evidence of communist infiltration; FBI scrutiny linked to opposition to containment policy
• American Friends Service Committee - Wikipedia · Wikipedia · reliability: high — Pacifist Quaker organization; Created alternatives to military service; Post-WWII reconstruction efforts; Cold War-era government surveillance

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