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Eastern Europe
(372) documents
North America
East Asia
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1901- 1988
1879- 1953
1912- 1994
November 2, 1970
Kim Il Sung's speech to the Fifth Congress of the Korean Workers' Party.
1956
UK record of discussions with a Soviet delegation including Bulganin and Khrushchev.
February 22, 1972
September 25, 1986
This memorandum from Politburo members Chebrikov and Ligachev describes in general terms the jamming situation in 1986 and the rationale for ending jamming on VOA, BBC, Radio Beijing and Radio Korea, while continuing jamming of Radio Liberty, Radio Free Europe, Deutsche Welle and Kol Israel.
January 5, 1961
Report on the implementation of the CC CPSU decree to broadcast radio programs to counter VOA and BBC broadcasts.
October 31, 1960
Report from the Central Committees of Estonia on actions taken to improve broadcasting of Soviet programs in order to counter Western broadcasts.
October 1, 1960
Report from the Central Committees of Latvia on actions taken to improve broadcasting of Soviet programs in order to counter Western broadcasts.
July 19, 1960
A Central Committee decree on measures to counter "hostile radio propaganda" by increasing broadcasts of Soviet radio programs.
July 15, 1960
Report from the head of the Department of Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the CPSU detailing the shortcomings of Soviet broadcast media in countering Western broadcasts. The document is noteworthy for its criticism of the poor distribution of Soviet newscasts in the Eastern part of the USSR, and acknowledgment of how Western broadcasts have filled this void. An interesting point is made on the habit of adapting Soviet-made receivers to capture Western shortwave broadcasts.
May 19, 1959
The following KGB document reports on problems jamming Western radio stations in a range of Soviet cities. It indicates times and frequencies on which Western radio broadcasts were clearly audible and Soviet jamming was ineffective.
