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March 5, 1946

Churchhill's "Iron Curtain" Speech, "Sinews of Peace"

Text of speech given by Churchill at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri in which he first used the phrase "iron curtain."

February 22, 1946

George Kennan's 'Long Telegram'

George F. Kennan writes to the Secretary of State with a lengthy analysis of Soviet policy in an attempt to explain their recent uncooperative behavior. This message would later become famous as the "long telegram."

1970

Briefing Book on Radio Liberty Committee

CIA reviews RL history in a briefing book (extract)

April 28, 1966

Report of the Panel on US Government Radio Broadcasting to the Communist Bloc

Panel commissioned by the White House and comprised of Zbigniew Brzezinski, William E. Griffith, John S. Hays, and Richard S. Salant recommends continuation of RFE and RL as covertly funded objective news services, along with VOA and RIAS, discontinuation of public solicitation of private financial donations to RFE, and (Hays dissenting) establishing a Radio Free China

December 6, 1963

Radio Liberty Broadcasting Policy

Revised guidelines (updating previous Gray Broadcasting policy) for RL broadcasting policy approved by the Committee for Radio Broadcasting Policy.

April 24, 1960

Allen Dulles Suggests Private 'Freedom Radios'

Dulles drafts a suggestion for establishing “Freedom Radios” that would merge RFE and RL, expand broadcasts to other parts of the world, and become truly private enterprises free of CIA involvement

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

January 5, 1959

Moscow Dispatch No. 375, Some Considerations Regarding US Policy Toward the USSR

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].

May 1, 1958

Voice of America Russian Broadcasting Guidelines

USIA guidelines for VOA Russian broadcasting policy, endorsed by the Committee on Radio Broadcasting Policy.

May 1, 1958

Radio Liberty Broadcasting Policy Guidelines

Policy guidelines for Radio Liberty broadcasting approved by the Committee on Radio Broadcasting Policy.

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