West German Ambassador Heinz Krekeler shares his government’s concerns about Free Europe Committee (FEC) balloon operations with Deputy Undersecretary of State Robert Murphy and FEC President Whitney Shepardson.

Creators

Krekeler, Heinz

Murphy, Robert

Subjects Discussed

• Radio broadcasting
• Anti-communist movements
• Radio Free Europe
• Propaganda, Anti-communist
• Free Europe Committee
• Emigres--Soviet Union

Locations discussed

• Berlin
• Czechoslovakia
• Germany
• Poland
• Soviet Union
• United States

Appears in Collections

• Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty

Source

• Obtained and contributed to CWIHP by A. Ross Johnson. Referenced Ch2 p73 in his book Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, CIA mandatory declassification review document number C05459048.

Type

• Memorandum of Conversation

Language

• English

Publishers

• Cold War International History Project (CWIHP)

Rights

• CWIHP - Content in the Digital Archive is made available for non-commercial research and educational use. Copyright is retained by the rights holders in accordance with US and international copyright laws. For permission to reproduce this document, please contact the Cold War International History Project at coldwar@wilsoncenter.org. Please include the six-digit record ID number for all referenced documents.

Record ID

• 114638

Classification

• Secret

Donors

• Blavatnik Family Foundation