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Sargeant, Howland H.

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May 1, 1958	Memorandum [from Howland H. Sargaent]: Some Highlights of Recent Events AMCOMLIB President Sargeant reviews the history of the criticism of RL programs by AMCOM founders Lyons and Levine and his responses.
April 17, 1958	Letter, Eugene Lyons to Howland Sargeant AMCOMLIB founder Eugene Lyons expresses reservations to AMCOMLIB President Sargeant about the measures outlined in his Memorandum on strengthening RL programming.
April 9, 1958	Memorandum for the Record from the President [Howland H. Sargeant]. 'Evaluations of Programming by Radio Liberation ' AMCOMLIB President Sargeant summarizes criticism of RL broadcasts by AMCOMLIB founders Lyons and Levine and by CIA officers and outlines measures to monitor and review programs.
April 9, 1958	Memorandum from the President [Howland H. Sargaent], 'Actions Taken to Strengthen the Programming of Radio Liberation' AMCOMLIB President Sargeant records actions he has taken to strengthen the programming of Radio Liberation.
March 15, 1958	Letter, Isaac Don Levine to Howland H. Sargeant AMCOMLIB co-founder Isaac Don Levine informs AMCOMLIB President Sargeant of the results of his critical review of RL broadcasts in late 1957 and early 1958.
December 5, 1957	Conference with Dr. Oncken of the Foreign Office in Bonn on November 28, 1957 AMCOMLIB European Counsel Paul Mueller informs the Deputy to the President, Europe of his discussions with German Foreign Office official Onken about a staff termination with political ramifications and assures him of efforts to avoid publicity about the case.
December 2, 1957	Letter, Howland H. Sargeant to Eugene Lyons AMCOMLIB President Sargeant informs founding AMCOMLIB president Eugene Lyons of steps he has taken to monitor and insure the quality of RL broadcasts.
July 26, 1957	Radio Liberation Weekly Reports on Program Content, October 1956-July 1957 Radio Liberation broadcast guidelines and content summaries for October 22-November 11, 1956 and January 28-February 3 and July 22-26, 1957.
January 10, 1957	Memorandum from the CIA Librarian to the Chief of the International Organizations Division, 'Personal Comments on RFE Broadcasting to Hungary, 24 October-4 November 1956' [Approved for Release, March 2007] A CIA official reviews Hungarian RFE broadcasts.
January 10, 1957	Memorandum for [withheld], 'Reappraisal of U.S. Propaganda Broadcasting' [Declassified May 6, 2019] The State Department forwards to CIA a memorandum calling for fundamental reorientation and curtailment of RFE and RL broadcasts.