Cord Meyer notes weaknesses in some RFE Polish broadcasts but rejects Ambassador Beam’s negative assessment provided in Warsaw Embassy Dispatch no. 301
February 19, 1959
Ambassador Beam’s Critique of Radio Free Europe
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Ambassador Jacob Beam forwards to Washington in Warsaw Embassy Dispatch no. 301 his critique of RFE Polish broadcasts as incompatible with US policy goals in Poland. In an attached undated and incomplete memorandum, International Organization Division dissents from the State Department criticism
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Obtained and contributed to CWIHP by A. Ross Johnson. Referenced Ch4 n30 in his book Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, CIA mandatory declassification review document number C05373968.
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