Maybe. There's a lot of conjecture in that claim.

So that's why it was banned in the ussr, and not because Khrushchev thought it was stupid shit that "working class man" wouldn't understand and therefore a waste of government funds?

c/funhole

Other way around.

The CIA saw that the Soviets hated it, and decided that this was a great way to differentiate the US from the repressive Communists.

This is sort of how most of these CIA programs went.

Some stupid idea that only got off the ground because it was all classified so no one could come along and say, what the fuck are you people doing?

It's always the same story, nothing of value was created or learned, and most of the people hurt were likely not the intended targets.

Well put. And often the people hurt were their own citizens.