PUBLIC FINANCING OF RADIO FREE
EUROPE AND RADIO LIBERTY

HEARING

BEFORE THE

4 - SEP 13

Copy 1971

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS.
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 18

TO AMEND THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND
EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE ACT OF 1948 TO

PROVIDE

ASSISTANCE TO RADIO FREE EUROPE AND RADIO FREE

LIBERTY

AND

S. 1936

TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AMERI-
- CAN COUNCIL FOR PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNI-
CATIONS, INCORPORATED, TO GRANT SUPPORT TO THE
ACTIVITIES OF PRIVATE AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS
ENGAGED IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATION WITH
FOREIGN PEOPLES

64-995

MAY 24, 1971

Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1971

Bartlett, Paul, former president of Radio New York World Wide,
Inc., New York..

Hillenbrand, Martin J., Assistant Secretary of State for European

Affairs

Reid, Hon. Ogden R., a Representative in Congress from the 26th

Congressional District of the State of New York

Insertions for the record:

Text of S. 18.

Text of S. 1936.

Statement of Senator Clifford P. Case at U.S. Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee hearing on Radio Free Europe and Radio Lib-
erty, May 24, 1971__

Letter to Senator J. W. Fulbright, enclosing daily guidance summaries,
from Congressman Ogden R. Reid, April 16, 1971.

Department of State views on the expenditure of $40 million sought

for American Council for International Communications, Inc___

"RFE Alters Sullied Image," article by John M. Goshko, the Wash-
ington Post, November 22, 1970---

"Radio Moscow Hit by VOA 'Jamming," article by Marilyn Berger,

the Washington Post, November 16, 1971_.

VOA 173 KC transmitter__

Letter to Hon. Martin J. Hillenbrand, Assistant Secretary of State for

European Affairs, from William P. Durkee, Free Europe, Inc., New

York, N.Y., May 28, 1971, enclosing documents concerning RFE

treatment of events in Poland prior to December 14, 1970, and the

period following through March 1971..

"Embattled Radio Free Europe Defends Role," article by David
Binder, the New York Times, March 15, 1971-

Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty: History.

Organizations qualified to receive grants from the American Council

for International Communications, Inc.--.

Letter to Senator J. W. Fulbright from You Chan Yang, Ambassador

at Large, Republic of Korea, chairman of the board, Radio Free

Asia, December 8, 1969, and enclosures_

76

Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Pat Holt from L. William Horning, chairman,
Radio of Free Asia, Washington, D.C., March 5, 1971, and en-
closures

Letter to Miss Morella R. Hansen from former U.S. Senator George
Murphy, and enclosures..

Information on Radio Free Asia_.

Memorandum, Subject: Proposed changes in U.S. Government funded

broadcasting, by Paul Bartlett, July 1970___

126

"American-Soviet 'Broadcasting War,' or How's Your East-West

Propaganda?" article by Paul Bartlett, Variety, New York, January

6, 1971

127

Appendix:

U.S. Government Radio Facilities in Europe...

131

Statement by Free Europe, Inc., submitted by William P. Durkee,

president..

140

Statement, appendix and annexes by the Radio Liberty Committee,

Inc., submitted by Howland H. Sargeant, president...

149

Letter to Senator J. W. Fulbright from Frederick C. Barghoorn, pro-

fessor of political s cience, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.,

June 3, 1971_.

171

Letter to Senator J. W. Fulbright from Foy D. Kohler, University of

Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.

172

Letter to Senator J. W. Fulbright and enclosed statement from

William E. Griffith, professor of political science, Massachusetts

Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., May 20, 1971_

174

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