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November 20, 1951

CIA-STATE DEPARTMENT “SUMMIT” LIMITS SCOPE OF RADIO FREE EUROPE

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    Assistant Secretary of State Edward Barrett reviews Free Europe Committee plans with Allen Dulles and other officials. The State Department vetoes startup of Radio Free Europe Baltic broadcasting on grounds that it would duplicate Voice of America broadcasts and insists that the Crusade for Freedom be toned down. Dulles subsequently rejects the latter point in a handwritten annotation.
    "CIA-State Department “Summit” Limits Scope of Radio Free Europe" November 20, 1951, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, Obtained and contributed to CWIHP by A. Ross Johnson. Referenced Ch1 p22 in his book Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, CIA mandatory declassification review document number C01441008. Published in full (with one minor redaction) as document 94, FRUS, The Intelligence Community. http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/114370

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Assistant Secretary of State Edward Barrett reviews Free Europe Committee plans with Allen Dulles and other officials. The State Department vetoes startup of Radio Free Europe Baltic broadcasting on grounds that it would duplicate Voice of America broadcasts and insists that the Crusade for Freedom be toned down. Dulles subsequently rejects the latter point in a handwritten annotation.

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Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969

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  • Obtained and contributed to CWIHP by A. Ross Johnson. Referenced Ch1 p22 in his book Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, CIA mandatory declassification review document number C01441008. Published in full (with one minor redaction) as document 94, FRUS, The Intelligence Community.

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  • 114370

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