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December 3, 1956	Rethinking the Role of Free Europe Committee and Radio Free Europe CIA/International Operations Division routing slips raise questions about an attached Free Europe Committee (FEC) draft dated November 12 on the FEC’s role in the wake of the Hungarian Revolution and note that the FEC [in New York] did not forward to Radio Free Europe Munich certain CIA guidances on broadcast policy.
November 20, 1956	CIA Assessment of Radio Free Europe Hungarian Broadcasts CIA provides the White House with an early appraisal of RFE broadcasting to Hungary during the Revolution.
November 9, 1956	Impressions of Radio Free Europe Hungarian Broadcasts Frank Wisner discusses impressions of RFE broadcasts with interlocutors in Vienna
November 5, 1956	Controversy Over Radio Free Europe Broadcasting Radio Free Europe (RFE) Director Conerey Egan reports RFE broadcasting policy problems to CIA.
November 3, 1956	Comprehensive Guidance for Radio Free Europe Broadcasts 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 2, 1956	Policy Considerations for Radio Liberty Broadcasts CIA redistributes a State Department message of November 1 endorsing RL’s [temporary] ban on commentary on Hungarian events.
November 2, 1956	Phone Conversation on Guidance for Radio Free Europe Broadcasts Radio Free Europe (RFE) Director Conerey Egan in New York telephones RFE Deputy Director Richard Condon in Munich to direct that RFE should report Hungarian developments and insurgent demands but not take a position for or against individual leaders or political parties.
October 30, 1956	Other Hungarian-Language Radios Radio Free Russia, the voice of the Russian émigré organization NTS, begins Hungarian-language broadcasts and reports the readiness of the “Association of Former Hungarian Servicemen” to assist the Hungarian insurgents. [Radio Madrid in Hungarian broadcasts similar messages.]
October 25, 1956	Policy Considerations for Radio Free Europe Broadcasts A CIA/International Operations Division official recommends policies to guide RFE broadcasting to Hungary during the revolution.
October 25, 1956	Guidance for Radio Free Europe Broadcasts CIA/International Operations Division guidance for Radio Free Europe at the outset of the Hungarian Revolution calls for extensive use of President Eisenhower’s September 23 statement on maintaining the spirit of freedom and for caution in pre-judging Imre Nagy.