An authoritative, cautionary US government guidance, approved by Allen Dulles and Deputy Undersecretary of State Robert Murphy, conveyed to the Free Europe Committee that afternoon.
November 14, 1956
US Government Appraisal of Radio Free Europe Broadcasts
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Cord Meyer forwards to Allen Dulles a State Department assessment dated November 13, 1956, of Radio Free Europe Hungarian and Polish broadcasts. The assessment was requested by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and was prepared by State Department official L. Randolph Higgs, responsible for coordinating RFE issues with CIA, and Meyer, who objected to an initial State Department draft.
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Obtained and contributed to CWIHP by A. Ross Johnson. Cited Ch3 n59 in his book Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, CIA mandatory declassification review document number MORI 1276085, 1426242.
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