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April 19, 1967

Letter, Howland H. Sargeant to Cord [Meyer]

AMCOMLIB President Sargeant provides CIA official  Cord Meyer with his views on alternative funding arrangements for RL and includes a draft (not attached).

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.

November 23, 1960

International Operations Division, Management Turmoil at Radio Free Europe

The IOD officer responsible for RFE informs Cord Meyer of the turmoil in the RFE Czechoslovak Service. He opines that resignation of the RFE Munich leadership [European Director Erik Hazelhoff and his deputies David Penn and Charles J. McNeill] “would be an extremely healthy thing.”

October 24, 1956

Memorandum from [redacted] for Chief, ICD, ‘Guidance to Radio Liberation from New York on Satellite Situation’

The International Operations Division officer responsible for Radio Liberty notes to Cord Meyer his disagreement with RL’s policy of avoiding all commentary on the Hungarian Revolution. He cites Meyer’s intention to discuss the issue with AMCOMLIB president Sargeant.

August 22, 1968

CIA-State Consultations on Czechoslovak Crisis

Consulted by Cord Meyer, Deputy Undersecretary of State Charles Bohlen approves RFE’s cautious approach to covering the Soviet invasion and also agrees to use of RL transmitters to reach Soviet troops in Czechoslovakia

April 5, 1962

Reprise of Radio Free Europe and the Hungarian Revolution

Cord Meyer reviews the history for DCI John A. McCone

November 27, 1961

Bureau of the Budget Review of CIA Funding Levels for Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty

An interagency group convened by the Bureau of the Budget concludes that RFE and RL funding should continue at current levels, that continuous evaluation of programs is needed, and that European co-funding should be explored

December 9, 1960

CIA View of Warsaw Embassy Critique of Radio Free Europe

Cord Meyer forwards Ambassador Beam’s criticism of RFE to Allen Dulles and calls for more American control over the RFE Polish Service

May 13, 1959

USIA Criticism of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty

USIA Director George Allen sympathizes with State Department questioning the value of RFE and RL in a meeting with Allen Dulles and others

April 28, 1959

CIA-State Department Differences on Radio Free Europe Polish Broadcasts

Cord Meyer records sharply different views of the utility of RFE Polish broadcasts aired by State and CIA officials in a meeting with Assistant Secretary of State Foy Kohler on April 23, 1959

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