All of this has been done, needless to say, with less and less money. Precisely because resources are scarce, and because we are stewards of a powerful news and foreign affairs instrument, we must be very clear about the potential of broadcasting as well as its limitations. For spreading news and information to a global audience, broadcasting has no equal. No other medium can disseminate so rapidly information about America and Americans to millions of people around the world. Radio and television can leap borders, often evade jammers and bring accurate reporting about the world to men and women whose own governments often deny them such knowledge.
Broadcasting can and does inform and assist in humanitarian crises.
Broadcasting, however, is not a panacea. Nor is more broadcasting necessarily the answer to any trouble that arises. There are no hard and fast, universal rules to tell us what to broadcast, when and where. Men and women of good will, protective of the credibility of our broadcast services and always mindful of the good of our country, work out these issues each day. I would like to conclude with a brief comment about the state of the relationship between senior officials of USIA, the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the management of the International Broadcasting Bureau.