An International Operations Division officer regrets to AMCOMLIB president Howland Sargeant, that the Sprague Committee equated RL’s record with that of RFE
December 1960
Sprague Committee Critical of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty
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The President’s Committee on Information Activities Abroad, chaired by Mansfield Sprague, concludes that RFE and RL are slow to adapt to changes in the Soviet orbit and resulting shifts in U.S. policy. [Also available in the Richard Helms Collection released by CIA in 2008.]
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February 13, 1961 | CIA-Radio Liberty Exchange on Sprague Report |
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Obtained and contributed to CWIHP by A. Ross Johnson. Cited Ch3 n149 in his book Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, CIA mandatory declassification review document number C01441055.
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