Foreign Service Officer David Mark, reporting in Moscow Dispatch No. 375, suggests changes in US policy to embrace reduction of “pressure-generating activities” on Eastern Europe, including Radio Free Europe (RFE). Ambassador Llwellyn E. Thompson dissents but suggests that RFE broadcasts might be halted in exchange for an end to Soviet jamming [of Voice of America and other Western broadcasts].

Creators

Mark, David E.

Thompson, Llewellyn

Subjects Discussed

• Communist leadership--Soviet Union
• Voice of America (Organization)
• Radio broadcasting
• Radio Free Europe
• Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States
• Propaganda, Anti-communist
• Communism--Soviet Union

Locations discussed

• Soviet Union
• United States

Source

• Obtained and contributed to CWIHP by A. Ross Johnson. Reference Ch6, p172 in his book Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, CIA mandatory declassification review document number C05373967.

Type

• Foreign Service Despatch

Language

• English

Publishers

• Cold War International History Project (CWIHP)

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Record ID

• 115025

Classification

• Secret