Acting CIA Director Cushman advises President Sargeant to prepare for liquidation in the absence of Congressional funding action. [A similar letter was sent to the FEC. At the last minute, the Congress approved temporary funding for RFE and RL from the USIA budget]
September 19, 1972
CIA Ends All Involvement with Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty
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A CIA chronology records the end of all financial support to RFE and RL on June 30, 1971, and the end of all supervision and other involvement on March 30, 1972. [Thereafter, funding and oversight were temporarily the responsibility of the Department of State and thereafter until 1995 the responsibility of a new federal body, the Board for International Broadcasting, and subsequently the responsibility of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.]
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June 24, 1971 | Letter, R.E. Cushman, Jr., to Howland H. Sargeant |
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Obtained and contributed to CWIHP by A. Ross Johnson. Cited Ch8 n56 in his book Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, CIA mandatory declassification review document number C01441052.
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