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November 26, 1956

Review of Radio Free Europe Hungarian Broadcasts

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Cord Meyer informs Allen Dulles that Radio Free Europe (RFE) Hungarian broadcasts did not incite revolution or promise outside military intervention. He encloses his memorandum of November 16, 1956, on monitoring and program control of RFE and RL.

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Obtained and contributed to CWIHP by A. Ross Johnson. Cited in his book Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, CIA mandatory declassification review document number MORI 1376098, 1376099.

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2012-08-03

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Memorandum

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114780

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Secret

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Blavatnik Family Foundation and Leon Levy Foundation