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Jan Nowak-Jeziorański broadcasting for Radio Free Europe, 3 May 1952

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American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia (AMCOMLIB)

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Eastern Europe

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Sargeant, Howland H.

1911- 1984

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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Dulles, Allen

1893- 1969

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Wisner, Frank G., Sr.

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Dupuy, Catharine de Bary

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Mitrokhin Archive

Berlin Wall between Mitte and Kreuzberg

Berlin Wall

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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

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Sino-American Cooperation, 1972-1989

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December 29, 1951	Forest McCluney, 'Memorandum for the President [of AMCOMLIB], No. 16, Subject: Procurement' AMCOMLIB director of broadcasting Forest McCluney informs the AMCOMLIB President that Free Europe Committee/Radio Free Europe declines to organize procurement for the future Radio Liberation.
February 27, 1951	[Memorandum] Russian-Language Broadcasts by Fund to Soviet Personnel in Eastern European Satellite Countries A Free Europe Committee memorandum discusses possible Russian-language broadcasts to Soviet military forces in Eastern Europe. Includes attachment titled "Specific Proposals for Fund Russian Language Broadcasts to Soviet Personnel in Eastern European Satellite Countries".
August 1, 1949	Letter, Frank Wisner to DeWitte Pool [Approved for Release May 6, 2019] Frank Wisner counsels FEC executive secretary DeWitte Poole that the FEC, private but largely government funded, should consult closely with OPC and the State Department on issues of policy, budget, and personnel vetting.
February 11, 1957	Memorandum for the Director of Central Intelligence, 'Additional Proposal concerning the Reappraisal of U.S. Propaganda Broadcasting' [Declassified May 6, 2019] CIA official Laughlin Campbell recommends to Allen Dulles that he support the establishment of an interagency working group to include USIA officials (later named the Committee on Radio Broadcasting Policy, CRBP) to reappraise U.S. international broadcasting.
January 27, 1959	Cord Meyer, Jr., 'Policy Guidance and Program Review for Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberation' [Approved for Release May 6, 2019] CIA official Cord Meyer reviews RFE and RL responses to program changes directed by the interagency Committee on Radio Broadcast Policy.
April 30, 1948	George F. Kennan, 'The Inauguration of Organized Political Warfare' State Department Policy Planning Director George Kennan outlines, in a document for the National Security Council, the idea of a public committee, working closely with the US government, to sponsor various émigré activities.
April 12, 1980	Address by Vice President Mondale to the United States Olympic Committee, 'US Call for an Olympic Boycott' Vice President Mondale addresses the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), advocating for President Carter's proposed boycott of the Moscow Olympic Games in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Later that day, the USOC voted to uphold the boycott.
February 22, 1972	Memorandum of Conversation between Richard Nixon and Zhou Enlai
October 29, 1971	Report by KGB Chairman Andropov on Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty A report from KGB Chairman Andropov to the Central Committee of the CPSU assessing the status of Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe in their “transition” period and measures that might be taken to weaken them. It alleges that RFE and RL are planning subversive actions against the USSR at the Munich Olympics. It credits the Soviet bloc intelligence services with increasing the problems of the Radios. The document indicates timely KGB knowledge of internal RL documents such as the March 15, 1971 revision of the Radio Liberty Policy Manual.
September 15, 1958	Report to Central Committee on Press Conference about 'Provocative and Subversive Activities of American Radio Stations' Description of a 1958 press conference in Moscow organized by the State Committee on Cultural Relations, with KGB assistance, to discredit Western broadcasts to the USSR and Eastern Europe. The press conference drew on the presence of alleged former employees of the radio stations.