The CIA liaison officer confirms to RLC President Sargeant approval of the revised Policy Manual for Radio Liberty broadcasts while forwarding alternative views of two current Soviet developments

A CIA liaison officer provides RLC President Sargeant with the verbatim  views of “higher authority” [here, the State Department] on the referenced RL document.

A CIA IOD official recommends that an attached draft guidance [page 3 is missing] on RL’s transmitters in Spain be substituted for an RL Policy Position Statement of June 14, 1962. 

A CIA IOD officer advises AMCOMLIB President Sargeant against broadcasting now the Russian-language text of Pasternak’s Dr. Zhivago, as published by the University of Michigan Press

AMCOMLIB President Sargeant informs a CIA IOD officer of discussions with AMCOMLIB Trustee Don Levine, who has criticized RL broadcasts.

RLC official Critchlow forwards to President Sargeant letters from prominent Latvian-Americans Ilgvars Spilners and Uldis Grava advocating the inauguration of Baltic language broadcasts by RL or RFE. 

RLC President Sargeant outlines the operations of Radio Liberty, the Institute for the Study of the USSR, and the Soviet book program.  He discusses alternative organizational and funding possibilities for RL and attaches a draft paper on “The National Council for Freedom of Information”

RL policy advisor Tuck informs President Sargeant of changes made in the text of a new Policy Manual in response to concerns of RL nationality service editors. 

AMCOMLIB President Sargeant circulates draft comments on references to RL in the forthcoming book The Invisible Government.

AMCOMLIB official Jean Pennar circulates a discussion paper suggesting opportunities for RL Baltic broadcasts.