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September 6, 1961

National Security Council Guidance on Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty Broadcasting

Approval of “low key” Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty broadcasts on issues of nuclear warfare [a rare case of NSC-level involvement in broadcast policy]

July 14, 1961

Kennedy Administration Coordinates International Broadcasting

NSAM 63 directs the State Department to provide foreign policy guidance to all broadcasters, including Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, and authorizes the USIA Director to preempt time on RFE and RL in a national emergency

June 20, 1961

Free Europe Committee Proposal to Exploit Berlin Crisis

FEC Directors C. D. Jackson and Whitney Debevoise discuss with State Department officials their ideas on using RFE to pressure the Soviets during the Berlin Crisis

February 13, 1961

CIA-Radio Liberty Exchange on Sprague Report

An International Operations Division officer regrets to AMCOMLIB president Howland Sargeant, that the Sprague Committee equated RL’s record with that of RFE

December 9, 1960

CIA View of Warsaw Embassy Critique of Radio Free Europe

Cord Meyer forwards Ambassador Beam’s criticism of RFE to Allen Dulles and calls for more American control over the RFE Polish Service

December 5, 1960

Dispute Over Personnel Policy and Practices Culminates in Resignation of Radio Free Europe Top Management

The Munich Consulate-General provides its appraisal of turmoil in the RFE Czechoslovak Service and the ensuing replacement of the American management at RFE Munich

December 1960

Sprague Committee Critical of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty

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.]

November 30, 1960

Ambassador Beam Criticizes Two Radio Free Europe Polish Scripts

Ambassador Beam complains about two RFE Polish broadcasts to the U.S. Consul General in Munich

November 30, 1960

Ambassador Beam Remains Critical of Radio Free Europe Polish Broadcasts

Ambassador Beam responds to Allen Dulles’ letter of November 13, 1960 [document not released] about RFE Polish broadcasts

April 24, 1960

Allen Dulles Suggests Private 'Freedom Radios'

Dulles drafts a suggestion for establishing “Freedom Radios” that would merge RFE and RL, expand broadcasts to other parts of the world, and become truly private enterprises free of CIA involvement

Pagination