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October 4, 1982	Excerpts of Talks between Leading Comrades and Foreign Guests (No. 8) A Chinese Communist Party digest summarizing recent meetings held between Deng Xiaoping and UN Secretary-General Pérez de Cuéllar and French National Assembly Speaker Louis Mermaz.
December 30, 1970	Memorandum, John Ward to the President, RadLibCom [Howland H. Sargeant], 'New Radio Liberty Policy Manuea' The CIA liaison officer confirms to RLC President Sargeant approval of the revised Policy Manual for Radio Liberty broadcasts while forwarding alternative views of two current Soviet developments
July 7, 1970	Memorandum, John Ward to the President, RadLibCom [Howland H. Sargeant], 'Target Area Listener Report #177-70, dated 10 June 1970' The CIA liaison official asks RLC President Sargeant to forward the identity of two Ministry of Agricultural officials quoted in the Listener Report.
May 26, 1970	Memorandum, John Ward to the President, RadLibCom [Howland H. Sargeant], 'RL Broadcast Position Statement on the "Nationality Question" in the USSR' A CIA liaison officer provides RLC President Sargeant with the verbatim views of “higher authority” [here, the State Department] on the referenced RL document.
July 13, 1962	Memorandum by Stan Ward, 'Radio Liberty Programming' A CIA official reviews for AMCOMLIB President Sargeant criticisms of RL programing made by RL policy advisor Tuck and suggests the need for additional management editorial control of problematic RL scripts.
December 1, 1958	Memorandum by Stan Ward, 'Dr. Zhivago Copyright' A CIA IOD officer advises AMCOMLIB President Sargeant against broadcasting now the Russian-language text of Pasternak’s Dr. Zhivago, as published by the University of Michigan Press
May 16, 1958	Memorandum by Stan Ward, 'Mailing Books to the USSR' A CIA IOD officer asks AMCOMLIB President Sargeant for his views on mailing Western books to the USSR.
April 17, 1970	Radio Liberty Broadcast Position Statement: The Nationality Question Radio Liberty discusses the issue of self-determination, and states their objective as convincing all peoples in the Soviet Union of their right to self-determination.
July 2, 1969	Radio Liberty Policy Manual: Annex: Uzbek Broadcasts Radio Liberty outlines their policy regarding Uzbeks in the USSR with programming, with the goal of leading to "democratization, social justice, and national self-determination".
July 16, 1969	Radio Liberty Broadcast Position Statement: Developments in Eastern Europe Radio Liberty outlines the current communist situation in Eastern Europe, and describes their goal as convincing listeners in East Europe that the Warsaw Pact and COMECON are self-defeating.