14-00000 ER Bt NEON Fg a aes td Eee ove eae TS PS ve a! veadfren dg FOREIGN Sevier OF THE UNITED STA TES @anicwes . I% is recamendéed that the Department give corises _ . ‘ gonsideratios to. tho position whieh it showid tako with. respeet to Hikelacvaki's. propesal, If plans are presecdiag to arsate a unified front withia the Ba és jon a ‘@aigvation amick sould redeive Aeriede suppers in - acserésnee with tho yecommandationa set ferth in the. Raliey report, it would appear inadvisable at this: stage to. giw. aay offieial ons curagement. to e amgreass of Kuss iia’ GF aps whieh would not be fmlly repreztenta= . thre, and-weald - th erefore- tend to “emphasize. aivergent ninimisiag. ; trenda within the “emigraticn rather. thang differeress ead epieavering to enlist: bread support — within: the eaigretion tor a program. of anti-Communist. Sotleseye o- 2 ' Bo Bo Bhate- ag oe Director . . ° Offi¢e Ser rateliigese Enslosures a Menerani en Distribution: . Ame rieasn mibiiog: Parte a _ HICOG Eastera Elenant, “Ber lia® a THIS IS NENT & PERMANEN 2EODRD COPY, : groups: witain the: ‘Raceian qaigration ‘and oy. “aenoorutle figures ‘fees Veetern Europe and the Calted States. °*:. “Sr. coe mem, | SECRET. moni, AER POUCH PETAL OP GesT33s — 961500772650" ‘ ces 4 Defuartment of Sexe. Bq (yA, =HECOG Fronkfurt 260, Jdly 26, 1950 1 Encloeure 2 — ‘ c rs, Dept Cable Srl Ho. 1569, 13 Sep 49, to USPOLAD Frankfort { BUR o "water: PERIPHERAL = ACTIVITIES IN GERMANY OF BORLS T IVANOVICH wn a BIKOLAEYSID > » BGR 4 - o UNA ; Enclosed ig 4 memor Lavan desoribing the activities e/g ' @f Boris Ivanovich NLkoléevelkdt, | head of the aoclaLisat R -  eagto of Hew York, ‘who has ‘peen in Germany for the pest G six weeks.>It-will-. noted that Mr, Hikolasvski haa “UHA/R . : beet cadeavering to" ‘establish a Sloo of Vet and ‘wonter . 4 Qrnape. withia the “Ruas ian. emigration and that he is. ; Dose hopeful er jobea ining, he support: ‘OF the. ‘execative ; ‘oe... ‘emai ‘aot oeat 183. ‘poll in Paris an
14-00000 od, BECRET = Eqole dure gg, to HICOG Pronkfurt. SO 7 Despatch &.J, July 26, 1950 JANCVICH KTKOLASYSIQ ot AG TIVITIES [MN G2} . Boris Ivanovich Nikolaevski, the well-kaown Russian Historian and joursalist and head of the New York socialist . League, haa been in Germany for the past six weeks attempt ing . to line up support for a 0100 ‘of Qussian groups of the left ; * 7 and canter and to promote a gongress of "demcoratio" elements i - within the emisration which he hopes to convene in Paris in - the fall under the. sponsorship of the executive canmittes -‘greated at the" regent Berlin Congress for Cultural Freedom. _ RKikoleevski is a man of great energy:.and of very con- - siderable ‘atature among the Russian refugees in Germany. By virtue of his long-standing record aa a ecoofal democrat he . acts wath Geman scofal-denocratic and, trade. eo aralos. aot has been porsonally acquainted with many r of "the preseat leaders: of these ‘organize %ions. Since his residense: ois ‘a the early S0°a. He: at Q enjoys wide confidence oe a .  apong Ba. dian refugees by. virtue-or the fact that he was the. _ . re : poppe first ‘014 Russian emigre of any etatare to .caz 79, Germany wo 2 a after tis war in ai-effort to give sncoumgement ond assistaesso=°=60—™~S to members of the new Russian emigrations ' “G5 0 “Wakeleevekt has divided bis time betwoon Munton, BerLia eS ana Frankfurt and has. talked with a sonstant.stream of visitors. He hag alas seie numerous gide trips to seek out. refugees in ~: whem be is interested. His principal objeotive: has. teen to unite as many of. the progreaal vo or, as he celle them, o, . . Wooo, ‘democratio" Rusalan graps as possible in an organization . S| re A whieh will ecacentrate on the struggle. against Communism. — “lal has sagoeaded in éetablishing lease pérsohal. relations with 7 Boris Aleksandrovich Yakoviewg head of SHOER (Fighting Unie@ 3 8 for the Libération ‘of the Peoples of Russia), amd hes els@6 > ee interested SVYOD, the military twin of SBGNR, and the Soli dariate . ; (NTS) in bis plan. As far ag T have boen able ‘to discover, J... however, no agreauent has, bean reached between these groups 2s for the formation-of a united. organization, and NTS, following BN Ate oustomzy “practios, hea indicated a willingness to - Boe cooperate but hag not committed itsalf beyond: that. point. . nr Wty Mikolaevaki entloipates sané. opposition to his, projec’ from the ruil. ““yeft wing of ths New York League by virtue of tne Viesovite — , antecedents. of thease organizations; but feels: $b - eventually gain. the mipport of his own orga! presumed fhap, final. negotiations for the. es . Rew orgecization will take place only after Nik “returns to New York and gains League endorsemen ' i « ot t 1 ‘ 3 ‘ H i 1 : ' : &
suaasr oT alisister bebindsthe-scenés figur of : . Page 2 of Ene" ‘mare: to HICOG oe Frankfurt Des’ toh 260 After the Berlin Congress. for Cultoral Freedom, 4a which ‘Nikolaotski played a4 ‘prominent and enthuatastie ‘role, be conceived a new projeot; naiaty dio couvuontioa of @ vonferanca ia Paris under the sponsarship of the permanent executive , cammittee created at.the Berlin Conrresa, The Paris songress would.be attended by "dendcratie” Russian enigren, both old and. new, &@ well aa by “democratic” leaders and inte lhectua Is from Western’ kurcpe and the, United Statag, ineluding a nomber who atteided the Berlin. conference... The principal purposes of the Paris congress would be propagandistic; it weald, 4a  Nikoleevaki's words, constitute a demonstration of the solidarity of. ‘anti-Communist sentimant among the Ruésian emt gration eng the democratl , Forces | of ‘the Western world. _Nikolaovwekt tea denviness ead Aootrinaire - -sodlalist asa : oe firaly opposed | to. -oo0perati on. ‘with-er apparently evea thin ‘tha. ouigration which. are net. ally -¢ imi, His. particular. aitipathy is owird the Suprese: Monasonie’ Couacdl (VES) and ita » ward. Meyer, ‘WhO, hs clains, is mani pila ted. ‘by the - Eclonel. Paranovari; He ean peed we no evidense beyond rumor to support his allegatiens Fegerding the role of Colonel Barmnovaki who himself has pezsom ally denied to ne in the most euphatis terms that he plays any political solé-shatsosver, It is a striking ceincidence that CGolenel Neryanin, the head of SVOD, one of the. organizaticus whieh Nixelaovaki focludes im hia propesed uaien, i8 one of the _ prinetpal- assistants in the- intel Ligence network of Colonel Baranovaird , who exprusses ths highest regard for hin, X suggested to Nikolaevact, amt diseussed with him ag " .gonaiderablo-Jength, the Gosirability of broadening the: propesad.... . Pavia edtigress to: include represen ta tiv | ‘of all the prineival | groupe Bop resented Aa the emigration. I pointed out that the. propaganda value of a eongress in which the prinsipal elements ., i the éciigration were represented wuld be enbdstantially greater than that. “of a meeting with ecuiy fragmentary represen tas tions. that a meeting fran which certain inzluential groups ware excluded might. fesalt in a rival congress whieh would merely underline the diversive trends with in - the emigratioi sad tend ‘te crystallize then; that a congress. ‘meeting undexy the banzer ef ~ damoo racy. should. be prepared to permit a democratic expression — leg opinion; - ". with rival groups would in no sense ‘gonstitute endofsenant or id that’ ‘partiol pation. ‘in a meating of thin kind . approval of thelr programs. To. these argunents Hikolaevaki _ tumed a.deaf ear. He stands fi mly. on the position thet ‘the social denoorata, whoa he cons istentiy réfers %6. aa. “denoorata,? cannot affard to Ganipronise themselves or endanger their standing with the Russian people By the ‘slightest evidense of scoperation with’ the right winge . SBCRET wet
Page 3 of #8 losure te EICGG. Frankfurt Despateh 260 ‘ikeolsevaki ts extremely anxious to cain the blessing . of the United States Gowrnzent for hie Faris venturm. I. : - told him frankly that while I was in no postition to express oe en official epinica and could oct venture e cussa as to : \ Washingtoa’s' macticns, it seemed unlikely ‘td me that the Ameriaea Government could afford to take sices in the internal politichi struggle within the: Russian emigration, snd that until. the emigre groups succeeded in reconciiing their own difYereioes and wre prepared to concertrate. their efforts | . _ . Sglinst the Sovi ét reghee rathai than against each other, the | -. - * Amerforn Government would hardly be in a position to assoalate sy 9. Steshf dn any wy with them,  Nikolaevaki zeplied that the a anti-Cortisist strascie itself waa an inadsquate program and | - -| that something positive munt be offered to the Russian peoples ' ¥ agteed, fg this position but smgeatel that a united pregram — hfeaigration. could egree would probably have much. @ Wikelacvakt, however, stuok to his: ideological gins. — : Bo . (| | $ixelaevakd was cdbaiderably perterbed by news he received — j. . ft . - Jase before bis departure from Frankfurt tea the effect that ee, Yakovlev bad been approached by Coleone] Kroaladi, who ia : , Vie | , ‘¢ mominated in the Kelley memorandum as the leader of the united _ fpons organization, to led the support of SBOHR to an emigre eongress to be convened. in Kunich. Yakovlev ba@ gained the Empression thet this projest head Ameaciean suppers, although. Krosiadi bad apparently made no explicit statesen} to this affeets He hud based nis argurent3.on the bread sonseps of - anited emigre effort against ths Soviet regime and had indicated shat it would be a congress of Russias patriets rather thea = = - of represantatives of eul gre ‘erganizations. This appeal beé, obvisasly made a considerable {aprosaign om Yakovlev, who is maoh iess ideologically minted thas Nikolaevsaki and much more | finelised to ally himself with eny ectivity which be feels “i ©6 gan effectively bring pressurs againat..the Sovieta.. : , ye! Hikoleevaki, while expressing high pexsonal regard fer | -: Tf Gexotiel Kromiadd, immediately attributed this project to the i; pachinations of Meyer sad Baranovski and adopted a completely ‘Boo ee ". negative attitude toward it, I told him that I hal had ne ee ee previous knowledge of ‘the-project emi that I felt reasonakly — * . gure thet 1t did not enjoy American supporte Ts, ne  “Ntxolesveicl plans to présced to France and attemi ‘tho . Berlin Congress ir. an effort to interest then in his project for a@ congress of Russien emigrefo = a SECRET
a % SECREP oN... Page 4 af Enohk.aure to RICOG “Peaustest Peay. ch 260 .-. * oe COMA EET if (ikelaeract. fa hia ivtracal eet porclitisa 4s supported 7 by hia orearizustica, wale I.sesum will be the case, it will -preseat a ear ioue otatrels ta any tlasa for uniting the forces of tae Bussian omicration in tis, anti-Communist struggle, PRikolearskita tdsctgedns) priacds les are 60 , eo fizem@i.y enrcete’ that it cmearn unlitely that any thing: will - x, Shakes than o> thet he oan be perevaied to cocpdrate with wae groups whose political views diffar market iy from his om, - Nikoleevssi's nome end pon curry great. isfluereé among . Russian . exisres spd i$ fa mort. desirable ‘thet. they . ba atiliged: : i o4 to the utmost. It. wald be naltzdr realicthe HOF prastioal hoe bowever, te aecept Hikokesvaki?g. ‘petitdcs and thereby eliainate. i . other influential groata withia the emlsrstina, One solation : for this dileamas mipht bo to igsere the ‘extreaLlst groups, . ‘Fight ani left, whieh refage to pertici pate in “the Common. t effert and concentrate primarily en. the new enigrasion | ‘who | are more flexible in thalt politisal f4sa8 and whose andere ~~ , j standing ef ths Sorlst regime Ls mora regent and mora profound, the extsesista will Shem be fused with the alternative of , _oarrying oa dloas ey ‘oy 2 ans preva with their eensolessea and - Joining, the @ aE C8 BS PWD. catercs ee
Tee ee ee = eee. a ; , ne Uy Aucust 1950 _ Naf 2h fon tie Berlin Coriress | have been iors of che bungraas.e iad di France. ag a movement oo. 53, ¢f former Coacunista.and “> ot nein’) harsiate,. thoervers-regerd- swith = rithe . fach ‘that. the GCorgress Fas ‘extrenely mild ia ack 2 against, the So7ict regu: ae they, point, out ‘chet. BL fa) the Sev res, regime as- ach. is “ot, mentioned ial. a single resolution, nich Linited thecsolves - “Go the cotivemhine Neotel iterian regines.® 2 of an anva-Prance resolation ii - of an arbigitalin resolution is iae. the repress nbatives of & Congress . oortrens Left. . - wereeatin ity mee oe 8 ij bed tp. mo bad ee tia wane
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HONORANIKN OF CONVERSATIOE 18 August 1950 | SUBJEG?: Congress for Cultural Freedoa 1. On 15 Avgust, £ alecuseed the Berlin Cultural congress: 1 with vertioular éavhigis.on the problea: ~ of bringing the: ‘gontinuing ‘Congress organisation wider eéntrok oi . 7 - ‘and, at the sane tine, expanding. is into an effective anti-— communist weapon.” our concera over. the 1 manner in. howevor, that while had bean nore ‘airected. against Bt all. Eé said, activities had cnused an unfavorable reaction on the part°of a mumber of the delegates, that reaction | 9ete than against bin . as-a representative | of the goveranéeat. ce eras with-my ; festion that two bite of silvér- Lining co be found in the ~ wet namely that he had taken most of the opposition heat self, thas spariag sore of our other pooplo, and that — he ‘hed ‘conducted’ hinself like anything bat the "Polizeispitsel® the. communist oress.. of Germany nade bin out to de. “gee ‘general attitudé vas such as to” ‘eause 50ne - ’ ef the delegates. to disremexber that governuent in any fashion or presuia a. “ex seased tol a whic had condected bisself during: the Congress, : and| epiied that he had beea equally concerucd., In. fact, | as attached to the .. ' | 3. agid. that most of the delegetes with whon ‘he had talkéd Were perfectly willizg 30 aécent -tle, explanation. that.. the Congress was gniled upon by the United States - Government to the exteit that sone official fonés Vere supplied for the ‘physical ‘pteging of ‘the meeting (as indéed they were) but that the rest - of the money cane- from somewhat. varee unofficial sources in the United States. Those who suspected something. mor, with the . éxception éf the frevor-Roper €rocp, were generally happy that. ~ the United States: was doing something: of ‘this’ kind and were in no mood to ask: any eebarrassing questions or raise any delicate . points. 4 2 ee Se: . bHinigtt. ite future role ian the Congress eboutd be. He replied that he ‘wag. ery oeety 4 willing F activities we asked . pin. to. a aN Ject ‘to any discipline oracially_ rd ‘as smaiciy as possible.
~ : — Te fhe ” ~s 7 Tae ae : ae : 4 we eee : 7 J told his that fooling cofncidad extirely with our own views and rr that. wewould expect -him-to comaict hinself in that fashion. ‘Tt wae egreed that he should cOntisue as a:momber of the Intex ; nations) Comittee Of Twonty-five tut should take no active overt .- : part is orgarizational or policy matters and would cpsrate behind 7 the seenes only when so directed. . mn ‘ 5. I disccuased with him the protlen rnised by the presexca ‘ of David Rousset and Ignazio Silone on the Executive Committee. . , ‘ agreed that neither of these individuals could be con-,_ Yh whee aidered fully reliable but explataed. it had teen tnvossitle toe! Tt exclude them from the Comaittee because of their prominence aad -- ; ‘the (nterecte which they repreeestel. Ee said he Mieed Roueset. { ag a person who considered himself basically on the: American side ‘even tho-gh fron tind to tine ‘te bad to make nofeos.of a sort to satisfy his leftist constituoats.. Ee also described Rousset: as | . a dit of a dluffer who could be baailed ty a conbinitios of firmness — and tact, particilarly so long as be contimed.to desire to be. , an Anoricén ally. dascrived Silone as a more complex case-= aa , egocentric person of stroag tatelzect but weak Will-and.-  — it. pol. fan who- insisted oa engasing in politics solaly p Ris egos eaid-Siline probably would have - a. “tothe: gauge entirely. bal he not been given & prominent “pole inclading a°position oa the Executive Committee bot that, ~~" as it was, he appeared on the gurface now to be a convert, aldett a Aubloue one, Jorressce belief, however, that Silone ~ could be controlled if haudicd expertly and that, if worst cate to worst, he ‘could bo separated fron the Comilttes without dis- astrous effect. Janta that in his opinion Artimr Koestler “and Cario Schauid ware altogether :reliable politically and could pe dapended tpon to céunterbalancé Stlona and Rousgot even though 4t would be umeise to ‘take then Sully into confidence as to the - -.-patura of the Gongresa! backing. Irving Brown, of course, is . : me conaldered completely reliable. — ‘ -. 6. Inasmich as the Executive Comittee is o creature of -. | the Comaittee of Twenty-five and cmavs its nenbership from that .- Comitteo, the latter constitutes the real point of control in. the Congress organization. The Comittee of ®ranty-five, as it stands, ia reliable on palance. If necessary, it could be weighted more heavily in our favor by exercise of the privilege of co-opting additional members oa. whoa v6 could depend) | paid. . He suggested that it might be well to establish a Princ-ple either of rotating menbers of the Sxecutive Comittee or of con- - poe. @uéting regular elections of thé. parent Conaittee of twenty-five, — ve ; vo. . Ye" “prepadly -preferably,-the latter. . this mechanism. would provide ‘ oe weet ieee ae ares jneang whereby obstré eroud Executive Committee naibers might. ---- - - te, ne ' ‘be sidetracked. lagroad that this might prove a workable : . . ’ . a . Bode oh Ce rs F gt a rhe BCAA exept
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14-00000 — 2 = . ; aa | oe ~ —_ OT ee ne ailind lied a week r . 3 Aurust 195 - 4 ‘ , . e so . MEMORALDUN FOR | ee ; " ; SUESECT: Berlin Concress, for mentors Preedon; activities of . . : REP ERIE: | Nena fr EE=3/Claccr to CEE dtd L Aur 5¢ n/atts (4Sh2928)_ 1 i le I continue tr ‘ke very disturbed abdit th se canner in which this ‘e . i entire matter has been conducted, Aneludinis: the nonwot servance of my. t orijinal mehorandun. of 7 april 19k In witeh I ‘ac ‘Ereved this rs project, - . : subject to the condition that Would. not; be vemaitted to. figure. ae ‘publicly in this -overaté one: --The- memorandum off land” the cone Os — “+ versations wich i have had with | have. done very Little to relicus mv avprebension on the seore that mo effective ‘action to exclude from contiauins te pley a blatantly conscicuous ; Fole either has or will be taken by uc. 2. ‘y 'subr mit that paracrach six of the reference ‘nemorandum, an LO : . : both tone and content, is catirely unsat:sfactory for the following ae a me, reasons3" ; : a. It fails to reveal any anpropriate acknowledgment or _ é. “+ gomp prehension of the damige which has resulted fron .. conduct. This was a major Qlunder, bas been branded as such by. ‘ our best. friends-in the State Departs cent, has teen revealed as 0 ia such by the eublicity whieh is analyzed in the reference. nemoraa- duni itself and must te acknowledced by the responsible. members: ; of our staff both Here and in Germany. . ; b. It betrays ‘an unfértunate tendency, - apparently more densrooted. than I had suspected; te succuab ‘to the temptation - ' of ccnvenience (doing things the. easy way) and irrespective of Dy ca — " security and.other technical considerat i ions of the utriost. : 2 4 .: * importance. ° y ; . . i : . : . 3. _Y have stated to ‘oFally ‘a ad t want, to inake syselh : - mpletely clear’ on this coint that inless means can. thee. this operation ty the Fegevat “of ar 3 of sa Sr anine oeauis : Sf iesnce Tron over eS in the” ' ‘proposed ontinuing organis te have CPO” _ a ant continue - ; res ye eee me ne a er
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IMOCasN IR: FOR: SURES? . 2 BDIVICK; Confsreace : ‘1, In the first of a series of talks. with [de otiow ing his ret: ara ” pros Burope, a ‘orosd coveragé of the Cultural Consress | oo wes s7plored as well as post-Comun 7S plans and’ ‘proceedings. ST, vi . . 2e I went inte very Little detail: a to. the . - a Do . : wie 7. Lee eventusl set up of the Congress as a: permanent ins on extent” pec on seeeenes ene od st." gussesé that its had very broad ‘and fa ar-reaching ‘implications and would - . ; _be ceretiliy studied and pursued within thé next few weeks, however, exressed his point of- view ‘(which is to be further ex- plored in other Teetings this week) as follows: i « Tse continuation of the Congress, ‘as a going concem of” 2 inteaded permanence is now 2 fact (Ne know that there is an . . executive cacmittea, an operatins “committee and that the instit- : * a ution cf a Perlis Office has been authorized.) overtly, A perm- - . vo ; ‘ anent Congress f for Cultural Treedom can vastly improve the clinate Tt i o? cpinion throuchout Burore,. at least, to the extent thet it may” Se. re iz anda ana. Bay..very-well-affacteor er eee rn me ae rablyz counter Soviet propeg “large groars of veople fer beyond ‘the point of neutrality, per-. | e eps to resistence. Also. overtly, the Congress can utilize its Te ae participants in various forms of writing, speaking, and political... . 7 acticz. Covertly, the Conzress cen yerform a number of useful : functions, isciudi i arious tenance of | of contact wit “to Various resis- - tance Srours,. forwarding 5 money ~3 ire} Suca : SrwUps, sprecding of clan= Sronasandy and other -purboses,. No great pretentions are ty ta connection ot ata: eho establishnent of the Congréss small office in ‘Paris 2 and. The Sponsorship. of a #rened, - a ; “ ' one 5 of ‘the "best ide ‘5 and Ardaé is enthusiastic ‘about it’ ana is . ‘ * willics te) sors for such a maga re es eaitor. _Other menbers of . ; ; nS . - ' the Congress, Yakeview, for. : of: on Con : , ; i . . oe cress ‘publications “and beth are Very : ; anxious. to tam part in the “Crrerary-ano ReTrricar aetivities, is. a. very useful - naa, apparently entirely reliable and a ‘Foo writer and organizer; he knows languages. and knows 2: aropear polities. ; a ee Se SECRET
14-00000 be Tae . Reuter's part o wt receptive acd. 3 of tae Congress on Beriis was terrific ond ificeat. The whole city was very eager-and 20 UU re aa extraordinary amount o2. attention to eil : The book digypiay at the Congress fsisly effective, but was extrenely telling in ; ; > nPoughout Vestern sectors, which made special gisnleys “ot th obec S and. photographs of th2 euthors. 3roed=" esstins by red ate PISS seems: tc have been rose OF less nominal, Valthoagh 32A5 eiv taces.of all of the Congress szeeches, but, ‘ghe- “Voice of ar@rica team did ‘eg first-class an ubsolutely outstanding , Sa jode The. Congres ss was ¢iven “big coveruge by VOA in several Tan-- - Co ee ES acess In additions ‘to the records -of Surevesn publicity ‘that ° . are on hand, a considerable: additional amcent: was produceds  For-- - instance, there WES “Geils” broadcasting - of = Trench radio station ve ara srosedic trosisastin: coverate by othe> stitions. “There was - alesse amount ef _ublicity in France end Enzland und 2 substen- Sweden and other ceuntries. Srecial art- Aare sy ; my qQ 8 fee tS Ga te Ls i q ae my fh et po eo) uw e . tial amount in iv: en -- de@les aré s$iil eprearing in the Zuropeen press and periodicals. pe - Tse influence of the Conyress on a numbet cf ingortant literary le i and-politi#al leadsss adceata to be very siznificant. This was wets 8 pecially true in the case of Fremay eni Silone; both of whoa em Pog under-went an apcarent conversion due to the operations of the , Congress On the other hand, the composition or the Congress oS ba 7 was> tbalarced nationally, end also because. i$ wes too Leftist, Sorte are ° tat s. The sation caused by the Trevor-R0ner article in the cee Manchester an was a reflection of the attitude of t: ree _ ‘ Erisish Gelogation, Trevor-a27er, ayer Res setually, Uendelssotn (en ald buddy Vo? tke trouble. He is 2 second-rate writer, a a nearotic, te istréced intellectual, who had a chip on his shoulder and’ unquestionably inspired Trevor-noper eni iyerswith iis spirit of antegonisa,.’. anesher car: plication, was the fact that ayer and a Koestler nave “bee intellectual rivals. end. bitterly dislike each *- - “oo VO ttn owt there ayerras nfuriated by Kt Jastlex'S srevirence and -commue..00 00 7 0 Ll wi ; "7. . pieeted this antagonism to Trevor-Roper. | Th. letter is an exces- ae *, af FL rhe al 6 oe . - . ‘ a - gively conceited imn [ __adaea at-this roint that almost el CU, y : ns St . intellectuzts. ome axce ssively coneéited) ani was ‘6penly annoyed -. ; . 7 '  beezusé he jie nos fizure in the proceedinss with sufficient. prom- : . . ae Te, -inences, ("Inei dectally, " Drevor-Joper! s description po re a of Soestler ss aq *mo0tless Europeaa' follows Fravda, which uses a - that term as a general description ‘for Jexs."). The annoyance: felt a ‘py Trevor-Rorer ani ayer at, their relesaticn to’ sinor roles in’ ‘ . ot on ‘comparison to; ‘oestler found its outlet in articles which both ef SF i i
. . . 73 these men have written, (Note: we have only seen the one by Trevor-Hoper.) and the cituation wes complicated by tha desire of Trevor-Roper to muintain a nn und acscenie objectivity in relation to world affairs, n?fal ahereus the dele “insisted cn maxine it 2 gutes to the Congrass res listie. cehunciution of the-Cérriunist strancie-bold an culture and intellectual freedom. Hoestler . epitonizes tie lefty philosopiiesl viewpoint by saying, "Do you . want partis ai libert ty or total sjuvery?™ Lasky hus written a — 2 . ' perl , over Aig nara, , 2 to Trevor-oper. a. | 4s crantéed thé ualities of ability, courage;. hard work and ncolitical dntuition but. he ts, et the sare tine, “the most vain ana'erocentric individual imainable. In addition: | ; ; to which, he is ‘ar. Intellectual snov, and a. publicity. hound. .Also,.. cae ee eelyeneeertnee : Be definitely ig not velisble, cannot be ®@Uhtea up S do thinss . . : , that he should 29 cnleso they work in with hig own idezs. ie has. the Russion i. s point of view which is singly that of useless intrisue for the s: of inotrisue., nts intelluctual snobbery wes _indiceted in his orecass of mesting delegatese if they were. very inoertant, he vent to meet then with ois personal car and driver~-- glone with. ne. wSp2per phovograr piers. If they were reasonably inport- | ant, & orivate ear ves sent for then. If they-were ordinary déele- gates, they. was given transportation on 2 bus. AS least oné dele- gate was contscted ty Burnham and arrancements were made with Lasky « to invite hin tut x ne invitation was'sent. In the exse of : sax _Yerg ny of 4 succeeded ic Buadligt ing hin'and in the ease of Yazevlew, . ’ ut first refused to print _his sone 6 prosramut alle |. has done « wonderful job a there is no qu3g- - tion‘as to his natural ability and canacity for bord work bus it 0. 0 is eifficuls to see new he can ba used in any outstanding cosition in connection with’a continuation of she oe aress unless it is in an advisory c2seeity, possibly in cherge the: Seriin office and with.a strong hand <2 subdue his colé-advertiaing e: pFOCLIivi ties. - : Se The pLove rerrezent3 ceneral views, in some cases . expressed snontinecusly, in -ot: sere drawn out by qliestiors, end it is * mew proposed-to have 4 further. speting end asc hint “"" deve loorent. potentialities and to talk about the techniques. .* . . . a . : . : “ ‘ : ao : III Sub ject fils - 7 ; ; : : . ‘ : i ee
ay - 9 Angust 1950 MEMOXANDUN FCE: €R. WISHEA _ SUBJECT: ; FOUUTCE - Existing Organivation : ‘ _ 1. Parsannt to your ‘oral reonest of this morning, “there are. set forth velow ‘the eléments of subject | organisation. .As Fou are : aware aub! eet te in a fluid stage but, as of 7 waly 1950,- the : ” followin. steps. had deen taken fexcept that the action deecrided under . fae wg ‘taken at the end of the month of July): “ae A gaail! “Parte” office wag opened with | Je: - “ me as secretary, on trial for a two=north perio ~— = Ce ‘ bd. Letters had been sent out to the honorary Chaircen ; requesting then. te continue to serve din that capacity. These chairmen are: Groce, Dowey, Maritain, Jaspers, and Bussell. Tals action wes take a by the Congress in-sesgsion. c. An Executive Conrittee of five had been noni nated. This comittes consists of Imazio Stlone, David Rousset, -Arthur Koestler, Irving Brown and Carlo Schmid. This action . . _ was lixevise taxen by the Gongrens ini session. : d. ALS at -the ‘Borlia sossion of the Congress an Inter- Co “national Comittee of twenty-five was nominated. ALL bat the rend last five of thease were alse confirmed. Tie last five Kad oe not been comzirmed as of 7 July 1956. ‘The names of these ee" ; twenty-five individuals follow: . * a Ignacio Silone -, Herbert ReaAt - ; ¥ Davie Bousset . a Denis de Rougenont a Atthar Zoestler ~ Lionello Venturi | - “et e Carle Schaid |. - . °° Boris Kicolaevsky. . a Irvirg Brown” .. °° Karel Kapka , - , rearete “Suber-Néannina oe ; yf. a * Julisa Avery. - ’ deakca. Via of Jazes ‘Bersham Andre Philip . . ad Siéaey Hook ” Richard Crogsrfn”) ar) . Son, . 4 Wicolas Nabokow Francois Mauriac a Do OM, Co , Loa ‘ Sages Eogon Pablo Cnisals ne ° . “Pheedor_ PHevier a '. Thornton Maison Be : mS rr “Osiir, Pollak °
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14-00000 MEMORATITUM FORt | SUBTILT ing his return fron Buropd, we orp lord a8 wall ao post-Congress plane and proceodings. _. partioipaanta ia various forms of writing,» 9) |, Betinds Covertly, the Congress é + PD SICK Conforence | | folloe I Congress series of talks with de In tho first of a a brené covernyp of tho Cul to the to would . very Little éstail 2_ T.want into wath [ ‘dhs Congress ap a permanent inatitution oxscys honever, expressed hie point of viow (which is to bo further a, ‘Tho contimietion of tho Cangress 84 & going cocoon of © futended permanence is now a foote (76 know that thore 46 an - exscutive cemnittco, an cporating sasilttod an@ th:t the instit~ ation of a aria Office has beon authorized.) ‘Overtly, a pem> | anont Congress for Cultweal Freedam can vastly inprove the olinate of opinion throughout Europs, st east, to the extont thad it may ‘eonaiderably counter sovie& propaganda and Bay Vory. weil affect jargo groups of people for boyerd tho point of noutrality, pet= hepa to resistancGe- : ‘ ean porforn a musber of woful finoticnn, inolnuding rsintesancs ‘of sontaot wits | opin soups, forwarding money to such group, epreading of lai - nn propaganda and other GuPpoced'’s He great pretentjions are enother in. Forlin. are indicatads tial Pariodical seces_to be ond
bya id be . Tha inpact of the Concress on Derlin was terrific and Reiter's pert mecnifleant. The whole aity was vory eager ond recoptiva and pall on extreordinary taount of attention to all of tho Congress ‘activities. Tro book display 2% the Congress dteolf ras only fairly sffoctive, but was extrenely teliiag in — "he. book stores. throughout wortern sector; which made social aisplays of the books and photosrephs of the euthora. Broade _easting by radio Kiss sosns to have Yeed more or loca roainal, | ‘alehough RLS.cut tarss of allot ‘the Congress cpeeches, but-the- Volos: of neriex teas did a firnt<cless and absolutely ‘outstanding jab, “The Coocress. tna. given big coverage by Vox in several las- qaagess (Ia addition ty the redoris of Burvpean publicity that’ are on hand, o eonsideruble additional: exount was produced. Por inntence, there wis daily broudeasting of: Preach radio ‘etaSica ~ _ api sporadic brevdsastin; evverxca by other stations. Thera waa na large amount of ubbicity ‘dn Prange and Eawchaad ant a aubstane ‘ $1al amount in Icy, eden and other countrics. Special arte felos are still appearing in the Europeat precs and poriodicalde Tha influsacs of the Congress on 6 punber of important literary and political Leaders appesra to be-vory sigiifican’s. This. was enpeciully true in tha case of Trenay and Sfionea, beth of whoa undor-want ef apsaren’ eonversion due to the operations of $he Congress, On the other hand, she. cas;eaktion of ths Congress "7! ‘wag unbalanced nationally and also because it ta to0 Loftiat, ge Tho irritation consod by the TrovoreRoper article in tho’. Manchester Guardian was @ reflection of tie attitude of three = renbers of wa Pritish delegation, Grevorekoper, Ayer, : de Mendelesolme sotually, Mondolasohn (au old teddy 0! ; mis the cauca of tho tréuble., He is a second-rate writer; ‘nonrotic, frustrated intellectual, who had ehin.on his shoulder. and unquestionably. inspired Trover-Roper ani Aver With hs. spirit of antegonicn. Asother eonplisation was ths fact that Ayor and Kesutler havo bee: intellectual rivals ond bitterly dislike eaoh other. Ayer was infuriated by Koustler's.prominense etd comiu- — nicated this ‘afitugonian to. Trevorerogers. The: astter fa an emes- . sively soncoited-man added at $his point that almost all - {ntallectuals axe oxcesaivaly emneaited) ani‘ was openly annoyed - beeatse he did not figure in the proseedings with cufficient procry {nente, ( “Incidentally,” “TrovareRoper!.s dedoripsien - of Kosstler as a ‘rootless European” Ff wa Pravda, which usos thot tern a8 a gensral asseription for Jous.") ‘The annoyance felt. by TrevorRoper and ayor at theiz relegation to mince roles 1p eonparisen to Koestler found ite outled in articles which both cf - segnei
oe __ . _ _ _ _ ae é ae . ee ne 7 - SEGDET D ow BS: §, ; J these men have rrittea, (Note: ce Reve anly saon Bho one oy yoverSonere} and the sifustion was sorpliacted by tha deaire . of Drevor-Poner to meuintein a high and “soudents objectivity Ln gelation to vorlé cffried, nicroas the dalacites to the: Concrega . {asisted on raking it.a realistia donmetstion of the Canmmnaiss otringloewhoid on cultro and intelicetual rreadon. Foostler enltorizes the lotty xillesohisl vlewe:at by saying, “Do you thé Bost vain and egpevitrie fadtvidial ini-cinckivs in aduition | to iwilch, ho fe an fitallectual scob‘cad'a publicity boumle 130, :, he definitely is not rolixzhla, oumiot be edunted upon te de Stiles: hit be should 49 ualasa toy work in with his.om idesse Be has tho Pusedan Menshevix coint: of view which te simply that af useless intricue for the ace of intrigi, his intallectunl andbdbery w.8 | _ gaddeated in hfe ovecesa of rooting doloyntas. I they wore vary _ dswortant, he went $0 sret thon with his pyorconal our and drivers aloce with newopaper shotosranherse Lt ‘ney word reasom:bly imjorte _ pnt, @ private cap wea sent for thon. If they oro oriimary dale-~ gates, thoy wus civen: erunscortstién-on a bibs AG isant ano éclo= 2, gate wae contactad [peat arrangeaheatyu Here made $0 invite hin but no invitetion wis sonte In tho Guso of Haz > mecaeGed in buailicting hin and in the éacs. of Yareviswy, i%. firet. sofesed to print his nemo on tho pregrai at elle . in 4une a wonderful job and there -is ma quede oe OH as to nis natarel atility and capucliy for hard work bat i¢- . - is Gifficult to seo bow hé ean bo used in eny outstanding poaitian in connection with a sontinmmation of the Congress unless it ia in an advisory oaposity, possinly tm charge of tho lerlin offics and e« 8th a strong hand to'subdtns his solf=ctverbisiag proolivitios, (Se ‘fhe shove xepresental —=—ennoral viows, in same cases exproansd spontaneously, in ot era dram out by questions, ani it 1a - ae now proposed to have a further mecting ond ack hin to talk about tho _ _v» Gavolomient potentialities sna techniquess et .. wat partial Libera or total slavery?” his erittan a -———-ta|___ ts granted the qualitica of ability, courega, = lg hurd WOR end polssieal tatuition but he is, st the saw top, BOTAD/ok | "BULL Oudject. File /
OY. A oocract - bat le } : Wee ‘ — ” 7 ee 1950 - F 7 MENCRANDCN FOR: ae a, H . ek BO eee nt Ye ) TERCUGH: ; - a F Le5 aed _ : a SUBJECT: . Activities in “aébasertes- “with Congress fcF a reedos (Froject PDQUICK) “oy a. This. ts ta’ ‘response: to your request that we examine our files and subzit. a Staterent — _ concerning the undue prozinetce eiven. to a. connecticn with the: ‘Caltarel Congresa. 2. [eae publicry ideatif: ed, early ‘in the preparations: for the ce, Congreéa, as the spark plug and leadizg light. - - Phis tnsatisfactory position | oS wae anticipated by Mr. Wiener, who,.in his avproval of Project PDQUICK, -.. gavtioned aeninet exphadis onl jparticization. (Attachment A). 3. Fron the beginning, the hoze office was cognizant of the danger of a. spotlight being tEtown on any evert U. S. etoloyee, and, in addition to. previcus warnings, on 7 April cabled apecific inetructions for the retire- Kent o the background. Thies and other admonitions, from the home (office an the | ‘OPC German ‘Mission chtef, will te found at attachnent B. 4. However, a review of the sublicity which the Congress received” . Shows. an unfortunate amount, of concentratien[ ——|n Berlin, for in-. atance, where. the. Coneréas received ite greatest publicity ontput, out of 180 news riclippings which are avaliatle, appr oxizately is’ specifically - ee er featured some of them photographically. Of the U. S. and British °- | ee, press cl waich were available, several featured prominently. , a “Cultural Congress, was réferred to. aa the initiator of the Congress and’ he was featured Ii at least two of the forml press. releases which were - Yn a feature article " free ra Rew Leader, tha subject of WEICH was the given “ont in Berlin. Cf the 73 photographa which covered “hs ‘Congrese and . which were reléased for presa and. historical purposee, is prominently featured tn 6. ia Large amount ‘of this publicity Bate cluding | "+L photogra reas cuttings and tress releades, da avaflable ‘dn. our files. ) . ‘: While fart as waa over-emphasized in & nugber of. - newaparera and period Cale, the most denaging’ article appéared aga feview of the Congresa’ in. the Manchester Guardian, written by the | prominent. his- | torian, Mr. Howk. Trevor-doper in wich a descrited as connected with Azerican Inforsation Services and the. ‘organi ger of tha Congress. The Statement was uzfortunaté because this wae the only éritical article of thé Congrede known to have. appeared in the. Western. preés, It Hight be mentiofed that the Londen Econozist ale picked up | Jee ‘tugs: suggests ng" T S. sponsorshiz. Ite review, cn Li enenpre. Corie cx & cots seen par : .9g a 4 4 F E
14-00000 ge OP my oe om ae toes we ce a cy Rope bs : iis however, was ‘laudatory and pointed up the sincerity and usefulness of the gatcering. The holding of the Congress ia Zerlin was descrited as ‘a gesture of defiacce®; the Eeeting was called an event of ‘considerable sig- * nificance™ (strong words for the London Zesecriat) and it was referred to . ‘a8 Zarking, or at least reflecting "a turning point of the weatera counter- Atteck in the cold war.! "Yorea,? Baig the Eccnozist, *made the fortune of the Congress and crystaliized the Teal isece before the delegates. 4 Trevor-Ecper, in a letter te the Econozist, commenting on ite article, wae much more temperate than in his article in the Guardian. For example, in the Zcchozist he declared, "We were alxost all united against Comunisa . ee from the start.*:*, ae 5. . At thie point, it should be specified that from. the time the Con~ gress was first diecuased, it-vad recognized that the Commtnist press. would indict it as a fasciet, war mongering, ‘propagatida group epsrating ander are “the intelligence auspices of the T. S. and that this. accusation would be. Nc. breadeast by the Commusiet machine (ae it was) whether or ‘net, in fact the ‘Conzi had ban ‘sind an: extefual controls. ‘Tt waa also recognised that poe the Congress: would inevitably receive a certain ve / amount of attenticn from the cress: It seers to de clear, however, that this : - amount of attention was unnecessarily large. it is elenificant that: 6. Notwithstanding the undue personal publicity achieved _ a. He played a most iroortant role in the conception, develop- | Bent, organization and control of the Congresa. Without his active . . interest and support the launching of the Congress would have been i - “most difficult... 78 Te me oe ee ade gta ee eR gt eet be The Congress was.a highly succesdfil operation. In ites stand © against intellectual neutrality in the struzgle against Commaisn, its Letter to the East,* its final "Kanifesto,® and its déliberations and intellectual discussions, the ‘Congress hes. proven its prépaganda. "value waich will be extended and expanied to a greater degree in the '. future. . Poe — . ; . t ce: OPC registry - 3 and 4 cf & ER : ‘: . ~ 2 of & os a EE 3 . ~ 5 and'6 of 6. . ee | Attachaents avand bo : See description above 2) vy oe Oo E COPE a Oe Oe Pate Senter
Te Le baat . ; ne by on ¢ 3 P Y 7 . 7 , 7 April 1950 ------ | MEMORANTOM FOR MESSRS. ) ge oFriz Se SUBJECT: _Froject FUER ; to ak With reference to ny conversation concern~ . ing” the: “project outline covering the subject project, approved this project subject té the following condition. It makes no sense _te se that we should state In paragraph 6 under the heading of security that all practicable -‘Reasures will be taken to disguise the official. os S$. interest, finanélal and othérvias: -and at ‘the same tine to pra- rise: ‘that one of the two‘active -snonsors will be |: ; tha ie needed as one of the prificipa] organizers and opera- tived nk it quite unnecessary for Hie name to be flourished _ Bbcit as a spongor, After all, he is officially employed by HICOG-- he ie, therefore, an acknowledged memer of the U. S. apraratus ia ” Germany. Why then ‘should his ‘name be used? Reuter is an excellent ; Sponsor and surely it will ‘be: possible to find one or more others~- ‘Ron-Anerican o> at least, non noffictal American--to ‘serve ag Sponsora. a . * Generally in the | sane ; connection IT asaime that our con- ~ sultant Will operate in the wings and that his nese will not be too prozinently displayed. As the result of his recent . book and. the furer of communist commentary, he ie a "sitting duck# - for hostile propaganda in my opinion. If am entirely in favor of his’ ; participating extensively in the arrangements, but thé more hia par-. | -°- ticipation can te in the form of “off-stage shispera" the better. . fof | FCW: lew/fdr. oo,  géieckment: ‘Sud, Prof: (38294) ‘ foo. ; (Not attached to this copy) | (7 . Distrivution: OF oboe 2 of 2 ~ CER-3 po Bee —— . - et “4 | ete npemmmennn” : | ; be AE ae gut 7 on boo tet LS eae SH a - ; cory oF oer 2. Ces
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Te See , - oo , : ‘ \ The desision on this 4s not up to mo. -. I will ap;reciate opportunist y to disouss it yith you. . a "My point of view ta that ALL of this current’ PPCUICK stuff is premature and a case of a lot -of- hungry actora smelling — easy money and wanting to: get 4nto the act and ad tho show én the roads : - : We have no buddet for PDGUICE for. thie period ~ and fteraliy are living on borrowed funds. ‘e can't make up a bidget because. a) have no Bocounting from ‘the- ‘field, do- not know where we. stand.” - i “Here are ‘some “other questions in “Wy “minds ce an What wore the. publicity acooupl{shnents of the relatively 1, Sxpansive EY offioe?. aoaan -What happencd to the: Berlin news coverage by. US eorrespondents? ne “What happened to the vright and sanguinary ‘forecasts. of °° tremengous amounts of publicity, speolal magazine articles. radio. broadcasts, sto, whioh wore to emanate from the attenaance at the _ — Congress of ja little matter Coe “which coat tha US about two thousand piecos of Bitucs % (It seems “Oke er’ that their attendance was’ absolutely worthless obhern2so.; - Whet happened to their efforts to obtain delegates fron the Middle East? “> iy. axa lez with a dozen last mimite invitations ~ $o Lnnoono ong (these were supposed to be ta few! and to: oe extranely. importarit people) inolnding’ several wives. ne A _sabdlepram was sent urging that a press Sonferense be arranged _— . Lor: | Did it. ‘take’ place? - Se _ Ghere were’ no photographs. of the book: displays’: . “oni! ‘book a nn display was an expensive Ltem. — pid 46 take. place? Oe - Now with ‘all. these questions ain my. ‘mind,: adding. up to a- realisation bhat 4f the Congress was @ success, it was only a. guccess as far ag it went )- and it haa a long way to so to completely ~. festtty itself - the next ateps NOT being spending a lot’ of dough for be support of. dsaorving inte leotuala who have no other source of thoone, distribiition of a million pisces of. literature, and ‘pat in getting a ' ether publicity, in: Satellite aréas « I would hesitate (which ia - - @ euphemiam for blankly object) to blandly appropriating an extra ten thousand bucks to support sn Innocuous group of Russian eziles who want to air theix grievances, HOT under our control. a, e.
W4eA0000_ ADIT. WEMORANDU FOR: CRX 3 - SUBJECT: : 32 “cPhey, Special Repert oa PIQUICE | Have Giseusesd the attached paper “snd are” .. . arreod ee fells a . ; a a, Sos a. Ye think ahat: tn the preparation of the paper, [| , re “{ was’ acting as a ‘reporter ‘yather than fundarontally oxPresor" vee ; ing’ his own ideas. -.. be tn Gar op tntoa, the whole echese, at doseribel in the special report, Ais mach too grandiose, asbitions ard casber- — sone. | ee . . . e. Va agtes that ¢he- “Congres3 should continue fa existence : . ; a, Be , . - But we do not thick that it has to have any legal estab) isizont.~ . So meme ets _. ad. @e see the functioning of g continuisg arganieation ae” a providing ‘the basia for fature Congress ceatings, providing mea- | dere with a focus of interest, providing @ logical searea of ‘Anforcation, pronscanda, yatiications, and. rablicttys andaga | |. Lo! 7 cover for certain Fy operations. Co ; en ee 6. #e think tha organteation of the Gongtess could follow’ the cutlins in paragraph 4 of tha Keference dom te, aad tn- ‘eluding, the Geasral Jee Petary, wkth the ‘additica of an Exseue: cite ¢ive Agsistant, a atenographer, ‘and a typist, and- ‘@liataation 7 ; of wha ‘rest ‘of the suggested pergoane).’ aot at f. - we think it advisable that. the Congress: nave one office, “possibly, though- Bet noceosarily, . in farté, and that its other. Soffices* (whieh in actuality need be Little gore than letter. | drops) would reqaire no. personnal. end. nO. adeinistrative mehinery except Arrangezent 6 for the forwarding of. mail. Any ether | : eporadic ase to be made. of each. offices,” such’ as local ized i H . *
14-30000 ect contact sone other way.) fei _ ffed above, there should be an allotawnt of $50,000 for the = to be justified at all.-_ Spectal Resort 2 as prOuS releases, for instance, could be accormlished thraugs “® Footdant coxber of either the Brecutive Conzittes or the Taternational Cemalites, : 7 & “eo think thet 1f need not cast more thas $23,560 fer the next year te maintain the Congrees organization, pay for edaintetratfon, treveling erpenses, including the salaries: of personnal, which would assune a Goneral Secrotary who would | de an O°* egeat. “(this intter concept my net be abeolutaly ~ |: Recessary; Wat if uot, then provision should be made for OFC In-addition ts the $25,000, specte =. | holding of the next Congress, Another $26,000 should bo — ‘ added for epecial pUrpuses largely connseted with publdeity,' The major part. of the expenditures fer the next yenr fot 7 . Collection, printing, and disseaination of Congress material ‘ and which could conceivably amount to as feh. 89 $250,000 ag fn eee Jd. \ .@ top figute, vould be provided, dt. ia hoped, by PCA funds. | ° h, The activities mentioned in Part {1 of aubtect report could very well be handled andor the setun ontiined avteva | with certain excestions which seam to be teo broad in scope | Chrony. pire — ere
abbachuent to 2804C! S°ECT.L I@VORT: Situation asd Persyectivan. . \ ‘I ORGANICATION he at the eone lusion of the Serlia soanions of the CONGRESS POR COLTIUL FREEKIS, tho basis for continuing work was eroated by tne iB agpointewnt of ceve: “aL exgit¢ess, Sens confuston and unsertelaty reigned ag ‘sais period; thess ‘Reos to pe Glorified. De folloring, is suggested? fe Honorary. “Chatmaat Letters will ‘G0 out this ree to the Five Paflosopharsa == Croce, Dese7, yeov, Maritain, Jaspers, end ruseellL o= requesting then to honor the CONGRESS - oy cont inuing to serve with the permanent ; . camisoion. rs . . Be eeneer néorei A great. nany atetingatched nea ia the field of art anal “gofence had given ' ware unable to come. “Their name would be most. udetul - in ‘the Coneresst eontiouing aotivitien. Committee of 28 should censist only of “active manbars”, than 3omo of the ‘ peminations originally included should be transferred by. the vorking Sxecutive ‘Committes to this spesial list of Sponsors. Tso (before the Congress) iceluded -~ and séreiission here will also be requested == Andre, aise _ Balok Sunsho {impertent, for no Nepro was nonineted ia Berkin), “.2i» Meknayor, Sslvader do Hadarlaghes e+ «sumone many others. % -Theae werg all present and. are conafimed. Ge Internatione! Comittes of cS: at the Berlin sessions the  podtowing wero nocinate’d — (1) denazio Stlons; (2) David Rouget}t 43) arthur Koestlor; (4) Carlo cuhnid; (5) Yeving Drow; (6) Julian Amery; (?}. Haakon Lies (PF) Janes Pornhar} (9) Sidney Look;. (16) Nicolas Nabokow; ‘ (A2) Bugen. Kogonj (12) Theodor *ltovier; (13) Herbert Ready (14) Denis _ é9 Rougemont; (15) Lionello ‘Yenturt; (16) Boris’ t (18) Joact. C2apacs j (19) Margarete Bubor-leunana; (20). «ndre : Shilinecces _tholr support te the Berlin Congress,” although they: ~~ If, a8 seema only appropriate, the fisal International GoLaovaky; (17} Karel Kupeay The following wore nominated and ~~ etitl have to be informed, and confimed; (21) Rishard Crossean; (22) Francoia _ : Kauried; (25) Pablo ‘Casals (for tho "Sponsors *? ) 3 (24) Thornton vildars ita) Oskar Pollak; ‘and. (26) salvador ee hederdagn (uconsor’?). de Fo ent iva, Comittee ‘of 5: ‘This consists of the first five named. . above. «= Silane, Houssst, cooatier, » and bohmid (iho has definitely aceepted, and thus taken the ples: of Koran)» . 8, Tt was decided to hald the f irs t.. meting 0 of the CORGRESS Rrecutive Comittes ‘daring | tho first woek in Séptecber. ins “eriee It will probably be . aosiratile to hora’ several infomaal meetings before thon in orter to work. out the outlino and details of a functiening CONCRESS plaue A
3. Urgent problem facing the CONGRESS by Saptember ia the working qut of a lespl or onnstitutional basia ef the permanent CChACRISS organization. tho awe “menbera"?7 Low is the International Committes to be naintalaed; how are additions, cubstractiona, shanges in this and the Frocutive Committees to be made? Who invites to the next Cengress, and who *“votes"? .. number of proposals ehould be considered before a finel Munorandun 1a presented, This ahould be done in son junction with the man who will probably be Generale Secretary ami/or xecutive Director, of tha CONJURES. 4. It is. suggested that: the original title be kept and made permanent -- anmely, CONGRESS FOR CULTURAL FRSYDOM/KONGRESS FURR KULTURELLSE | FRISEIT/ CQlMONESS POUR-LaA “LIBERTE DR LA-CULTURE. ‘The use of the word "CONGRESS" ta - ‘gich eonneotion has its parallel both with the CIO (Consress of Indvatrial ve Organizations) in the Usa, and with ‘the Cossress Party dn indice Se A -revisieadl plan for the organisation “of tha CoMDRES should ‘ba - -. worked out, less in the excectution that it will be immdiutaly set up than — ' in the hove that within the next eix months 1% can be more. end more realized. The folloving exetch ig subaitted: sxecutive Coarittes or, 5 “Gee. Edit. . Rosoareh re feat. 36608, A83SD%. in the Light of thie tale of organtzetion, saveral provisional ‘appointnents could be made din omer *o gat COMORES: activities working immodiatoly, Gee appoiatwent of Frau Quber-Nousiann: 43; executive of the borlin wuresu} apzoint- ment of Francois ‘Bondy as -Zditorial Direotor; appolatmant of vomebody Lika >xAichard Loewenthial ec. Regoareh Directors The urgencies will became olearer Stenograrbsr Transintor. “ ‘Secretary . Eresutive Editorial . | Revoareh | Faris Gureau Berlin Bureau Director Director. ‘| Director Director Direstor
of Congress work to be followed snd point to the. futures. This is essential = _ for CONRSSS eyripathizers, for the press, for tha public in general. The -s3@ Tl ACTIVITIES 4, Terifcationas project: the immediate editing of a volun on the founding Gerlin CEGHE Te Voce af the material is already avn iinale in three lancuaces! Yreneh, moclish, and Gommcne This will be campheted fn the nurt sonth by the transitional CONGINSS Taurean in Borline herbert Mahlon de arsteties in puttinc out $n3 enecial double mumber of “Dot onst™ on tha Coarress, sich my be 4 Eind of “experimental nodol". francois .Sondy is cetumins to vork out a t2ble of sontants and an etitorial anproach to the Cancrresa volisse Be tamlet Srsjects. the immediate -ro>cration and publication in nany laneuages of a Sitle, ceraight form broczare (12-24) pagea on "ehat is the Concrega for Culturel Freedan?” It should be 4lluctrated; should tell the story of tha Berlin sereioas; mould print the Hanifesto of Intellectual Liberty | {and possibly @ Foviced inproved vessage to tha East}; should outlines a plan- Sditerial Director (Dondy) ecn te ancicned to prepare a draft for revision and —- approval in Certorbare _ $e Invostignticn irofoct: the vires’ of s serios of Uhite Book reports on the situation of cu:trral freeion. Silerie has recomended, and the CONGRESS - has annpamesd, a documented account of the veiter, srtist, and. cefentist in the countries. baidnd tho Iron Curtain (an secount which the CHECCS, becauge of its covermental connections. cannot dole i demediate beginning should be made vita the appointment of « Neseares Chief for this project, responsible for working cat an editoric) plan, contacting sources fer infor tong this “ou. ppojoct chef ahould have tho ssefolosteal end jouraslistie qualificaticas of +. men-Like Loemsenthal and Muhnlon (and “eter de Htendelssohn}. . -_ PR, 4 protest -rofject: the CONGRESS sheild, with the specific algeatured of.. ite loading surpostsra, kee; ia the forefront of public attention by taking wo via tho orega, open meotings, dabites, atce, dasea of flingmunt violationsa of tha princizies of the C@ORSS as stated in tho vanifesto and other | Asounents. Tho CONGRESS cannot, tobe sure, bedote dn intornatloial civil- Mbarties union, but it esn speak out-on special issues (purge of a Univaralty, * ., Uquidstion af a oclentist, arrest of a writer, dts) « » Vpoject: tha CONGRESS shoala by meaas both of infornation "Bs Breaks “and acitasinn wee elivo t20 difference betwean thase who are choosing froédan and these who are willingly or wikno-Lagly gapzorting totelitearianion and - {ts ceeeptions. The dracatioc dafettion of Prof, ilfved teber during the . Coagress Berlin session from the Soviov-controlled .oaderiy of Selence ie an exazplo of shat ean be done; this specific Geraci, movenont is gathering strongth; thero have ‘boon another holf~doven resignations, ani tho news is spreading La bastern Corminye Tide has aleo involved the world-famous a
oe ge Charite hospital tn Esstemn Norlin, almo-t 3/4 of the distinzulshed nedfenl aceulelists are ready to break away, ani we ara nov hopin, to reach sone . Sorstructive arrangement by whics they can mintain thomsolves in seste . Borline This type of aetivity <= ruuing fran releanin: oreninsns individuals fron the East, to sbelite>ins erouvs ani institutions, and becinning with initial orivate contact -- esr transform ie CONOR Sra a group of szokos-. wen for the libertarian ideal into “activists for freacen’. ‘60 RadfoeBrondessting sroject: inuuguruting a srecial sories of radto Prograns > de prepared by the CONGRESS, Liaison should be éctablished with RIS, the Free Dirose netrors, the Franch, wustrian, German and fritish atations, including the Voice of | wericse Dluns have veua started for the - fivst series =~ nemely, "Lisiomes serosa the Curtain®; a dozaq "opeh-Let tara! a= Keastler to Seghera.and freent, other to recher, Eisler, Lukas, Lysanko, _ Tarle, tkhrenbury, ete ale <= personalized missages of flyesminutes (lege ia ‘hatefcl opposition, more in cpen-herrted oity}. This vould de a practical — ae follow-up to the CONGRS! “leseoce to the Inst". Theee esuli bé‘publiszad — eres hh. Yartous newepapers;- Later-ia: anal]: book-forite pe a ae] ordze yore oso sect: . the CeGRESS shale aweml each per a’ ramber of CCIGRESS priz * wrious porsonslities for Cistinctive services __ and contributions to tho esuss of Cultural Mreedone dhla could be given on. the bseis of s mew book, a carver, or fom special cetivitios. Tra tres ean... ba distincuished: tha Nobel-irice model, and ¢he University oBirendse Tha datter sould enxble the recicient [an Jnertean; a Preachaan) to spend four weeks in Berlin, civins » series of 5 ConGHESS lectures at the Free University, ister to ba printed an 2 speelal CONGRESS volungs (Tile ie equally true of en Inglish recipient at ieidelberg; a Gornmsh at the Now School in N.Yele, a . Froncbman ot the London School of Seonemice, otes) Qe annuel Pris, arenes: 7 ‘Vublishine-Nouss srefect: this eons tc a modestly-conceived annax fo the COlGH WS reriin-iiresu, Wileh vould actually bring ont the C@MRESS) ” Volunca (indicated above). It would also publish ‘tho. panshlets and brochures _., fentioned. 1$ would cansider tie popular. culturalecolitieal litenry ‘the '. Bivkanfeld proposal). It cculd be the housa to whieh "Der lent” would go, if and when this monthly becomes complotoly independent. It would ernéuelly build up ita orm 1ikt of suthoro from criony proninont CQIChESS writers .~ {Kkocstler, ete ale) The “ublishing-jiouse. could be started frou tha existing - , , transitions. CONGHESS baroan no: functioning in Berlin; the imresu=Director,. "OF the kxecutive assistant, could bo’ Ghurged "ity tha responsiuilities of a "  " ‘hormal iateraztional Publisher in Germany (incorporst ion aaa’ Genwbale, and the Mike) oo ae 99 KevewLettor rroject: invisdiate plans cor a fortnishtly communication to ahh CGKGUGS syapavhizers, the presa, tee. Bhoulé be .Atarted, conplnteds A 2% page mineograshed informiticn-Wwietie wiki kee) alive CONGRESS —
u : = 5m * IX SOME LARGEANC Ie Longe wan PRAOCALS le Ln Dropecsl: a aries of Ca! srocueed fn cannootion with other moendsstione » vit “film: a fubl-loncth fe iture on. orl éCommn Lory a eerips for which - . (The Hamer & The Sickle") hea boon ouslinod by Mele “Taeky and - ; Stuart. Semil bass fons of the 1s: Sding Cots ‘docunsntaryeinkers;, who would most probity bo availsble- in Eucope for ity. ‘These could eve normal corseriocl distribution, special seliools, and naiversitios clotriputione - 2 Lactize Tour. ronnaalt patidins Uupia ‘eirevdt thiouphout westerme. 0... cocoon |: Le Be Puree, he waited S$ateg, and: plsomhere, for political and cultural CONGRESS oS ‘graakerde “Be Besoarch-Inetitute oe this oculd be a nemmal ant lo-iceal out- “growth of the first CONGRESO research activities. It voul¢.Qean the reatabiishe went of 3 "Chatham couse” on an intewaitional besia fer serious studies of the oulturnlepolitieal problams cf our day Se@Khalera, and jJourn:lists, on the -basis of upseifia assicunaents vac awards, could be asnsei:ted vith CONZRESS activitiese This would be Linked vith tho Yaurts on? Berlin bureiun of the ce tepals | CONGEESS, with such internation. reviews a3 cre affiidated «ith the CONGRESS (Dor Meast", “‘stce), and with sho CONGREES vubhishins HOURG e | os “be Uniseraity - Erppondt: a oantre for Eastern exile profeasor ond students, either in i tna fort of sn indenendens. scacemie dnstitution (the Czaveki rasolution) -=.or porhars in the > One pric tdes? form of gebol: ursbips for tha exiled students, and onive: sity chrivs. Zor the eeholars — beth is. x43. ting Yurcrean and .forican .ocdenic Saitiwmiions (Zeriia Vree University, Soroonne, 7urich, oxtord, canbe! Aga, Perverd, ciel” oo Be! cohoal-for-Neseée3. Spesedal; «the onganizet ion, at firct on a very - modest sumior-ccliool-typo basis, af A ‘*ocovpe Omroll Sensol for Freeton" oo (lisehiachile fue: Prodheit), ii i fri which special earuns. and: ceninirs ia the °" pels¢feal end cultural p yobless of Gur day sould de ‘givens “tients could ba irivited foné thus cive the yeuts eace moufure “of. intel). etna trei{ning)i- Jénding publisiste and officials ‘cauld, participates at “de could be ssseciated ‘ith ¢he Hyseateh Institute {:hone- yuses wchers caéa te: hers’ ‘and oarticipants ~ in ths School Sessions), cmd vith tho University Jeo jects "Congress cadres” coulé ba dovelooed LAre o° a ; Oo a Ge Svonssal for Other Natfonsl Bureaus | standing tnt a) Senor’ Europoen eanital cities --* socihoia for: Leand May igy | Vienna fo? the duisans, Now for Do the Nediterranean, Mew York ; and lsyana for North und South Lmeviewe at will, oe ta, dn any Sade, prodably bacane- 43; perative $6 eutnbiieas 2 sub=imroxt: ia Hew Yous : . ‘City for tho next jariod, so thit Aner ican public opdaton is noe nelectode . e
baa f 78 “KEMORANDU FOR MESSRS. 7 #3 & 4 - = “rs ASS, 17 duly 1959 SUBJECT: .- | Berlin Congress of intellectuals (Coneress for - Cultural Freedoa). le Thank you for obtaining: the attached copy of General Margrader's estimate of the above mentioned operation ¢hich T note was given in-a menorandun- of transmittal to Secretary Johnson.” I- have furnished a cony of this estimate to Nir. Joyce who I under- stand will show it to certain sisnificant people in the State Devartment. 2. -T think that ‘ail persons concerned with this operation -are entitled to the neartiest consratuhtions and If you ‘have not already:done’ so, I should aperectate your-passing on ‘tho “substance -of General Magruder's appraisal to the field. T am sending a copy.of this memorandwa to who I acsunme ‘will pass on the word to the members OI NIS€tair’ who played a role in this. operation. : Ts 2664 __ Digtitbutone go - SE
‘ aoe * rR IS JORIORAN FOR TEE SHCRETART gUajacts Congreas for Cultural Froedon = an oP Jl ; organised accompllabment. . a Shia is on Qoamntional Reort of an actual i i accorplisimaat. It is 4 subtle covert operation | : foo carried out on the highest intellectual. level. It a 7 {a unconventional warfare at ite yest in which the es eee ; objectives are men's ninds. ‘1% do the opening ‘ . . b ; é cperation of a continuing eamalgn. 90 ct cect: fhe orlein and purposes aro stated in Section I. ®he detaile in orgartelng 2 delicate operation of " . oo this naturo are ealy hinted in this revert, wt. ae oo cnough is expressed to arouse edniretion for the . principal eporatives.. en The report is already too condensed for brieze : i: ; ; L ing, I wreentiy vecorieng that you scan tha whole ; . ’ ta 3 ’ . Wall wei mule Shem eestab on.
14-00000 8 ; a a he Jaly 1950 . MENON PRG ia yROW - 8 SUBJECT o 8 Confidential Rerert Received | Jen ; , ; - ‘ * Berlin Congrese for Culsural Froedoa \ eo mo 3. -YhonL___———_—sdshop requested ae, at the dehost. of é - | @ eadle request | fo attempt te appeasa | Jin ae. - .eonnection with his indignation fer the manner in which kaz Tergin, an the Arerican Negro, had-been handled in Berlin, Schiller reacted la the manner deseribed in my earlier nenorandum on this subject, which was on the whole satisfactory. Re has aince recetved a complete re- port, frea & reliable and competent observer at the Berlin Congrese which [aa quoting below: fon the sholé, the Congress has achieved some useful results. . In sy opinion, the test thing about the Congress was that it vao fo held in Berlin. A Congres in aric, ia Switserland or in any , oe “ ee . ; otaer place would have had neither the same political aigoificance se a . ner would it hava received the Gasie vublicity. For the Serlinora, a eR *  ¢he fact shat Berlin wae choosen as the meeting place waa renewad : ; a proof of Western soliaartty with their resistance ngainet the Rusolans, They nosd such proof. again and agdin, especially in view of the fact. that they have a definite and Justified impression that the Bonn Geverninent is not duclined to manifest any particular _ fervor as far as help for the Berlin pepulation is concerned. || ephe Congress, nordover, Nad teen" asiceése Inasauch’as as showed the determination of an important group of intellectuass, < : . scholars, and artiotste leave no jonager unchallenged Corcunist 4 ath attesote to dominata the eceno through thelr various ‘cultural? ee : . SL: ' "front organisations, The perzaneat machinery established by the : ts a “-.  - €engress for the purpose of continulag ite work asy be of great - mw ‘iwportanéé provided that certain conditions are observed in 1%3 ee “ . ‘activities, bo So ‘the following critical recarts. regarding certain phases and : te : features of the work of the Cergress. should not be construed as an wet attempt to deny the fact that the Congress had achieved a-usafal © 9) we ae Smee ° purpode. Sor fa thie eriticiss nade frou a perfectionist point of. Sg ; wiaw., Yowvever, while it is sénitted that lm a gathering cf artists, “gcholara, and vritere, many of whom tend to display prima-donna attitudes and a spirit of coterie, 4 certain asount of friction a fe inevitable, it cannot te said that everything was dona to reduce obs ‘guch frictions to a @inisus, 4¢.a reeult, many delegates when | SEY had an opportunity ta.asx for their impresaiona of the Congress, EG Yeft Berlin with wixed- feelings, soze of them not without a certain amount of disappointment. 0 a: m ict ot eee ane a . oe i emer cic ted ar : { fo ‘ 2 ° cri % es
Tnetead,- the question of whe was to ofidak ard héw long wae decided - by” Skeggs and Ais, associates who did. it ina rather arbitrary and -to0k place under conditions which shoved a congidercble leck of .. read. in the public maetings of the Congreso (they vere mimeorraphed “topics and. opeakera. Sw ~ worked - -rather bard. on hie. paper ‘(one nicht we had ro sore than twe -- “ hours oleep). Tho final product received rather favorable comments “Max was scheduled. to sceak . than ten minutes. ~“¥e wont, to work again, and deleted sone passages aL “Lenger than five minutes, . & completely inndequate verelou of what he originally wanted tO SAF. 0 ok oe “While the organisation of the Congrese waa oxceliant ae far. "ag tha technical side was concerned, (hotele, rublic meetings, Teceptions, press intervlaws, atc.), the debates of the Congress imaginantion and ignorance of parlianentary proceduré on the part of those responsible for the way in which tha business of the ‘Congrass wae transacted. Skegza,.Mublen, ant hondy are certainly nice follows with the bea§ intentions. However, they Been to have had no previous experience at oll @mhow to ran a conference. "All delegates had beon asked to prepare parsers on various It wasobvicusly lspoa:ible to have all those papers ‘and will be distributed). [It was necessary to make a selection of The best method would have been to appoint 4 steering ‘éommittee which vould have made this rieceseary selection with the maximum of objectivity. Unfortunately, thie was not done. fo ‘explain what I moan let me cite a few oxagples: haphagard manner. Together with Mag we -Pirest, the case of our friend, Vax Yergin. from Hapbley and Arthur Jchlesinger.CI tried to eake Skeges urder- ‘stand the importance of having Coumuniat propaganda regarding the ‘Fegroe problem ansvered and refuted by a competent person who io a Hegre himself.. Skeggs first promised me that Yergin would have fifteen minutes speaking tise, -Hhen wo arrived at the meeting wharo » he waa told that he vould not get more @o0 as to have a ten-minute text. However, when Max was about to - take the floor, he wa’ informed by Bendy that he should not speak As a result, Max got confused and delivered Similarly, Saecha Schwars was prevented from miking a report on the ; o. eituation of the yorking clae# in Rusala. Nor did the delegate fron Bn Spain and the one end only representative of Latin-America to the oT Sao Congreso have a chance to speak. "On the other - hand, Koentler spoke four or five tisea and there was generally a marked teitehey to build him up as a kind of pragceptor DO ; E fendi. He seems to have enjoyed himself in the rolo of a taek-master | oe consoring. and lecturing the delegates. Ae far ao I gathered from aes i | eonveréation with Skeggs, Koestler was given this prezinent place . ;  ‘dacause, due to the fact that acd a well-known writer, hie pronounce< mente were supposed to attract pablic-atténtion | in a greater measure -thaa speeches ‘by other delegates, The same consideration wan evidently applied in the case of: Lloné. - However, Silona seened to be anxious to be aa non- committal ae peesible, quite in line with Hie ambigtous political attitude. While Skeges' preoccupation with probléms of —~ » pabliéity de understandable, I do mot think that the sathod of treating : ‘authore according: to the sales of tlielr booke is apt to promote a “ lasting. cooperation anong writers, scholars, ete. Yor once, scholars, will never be able te soll a8 many copies of ‘thet | books: ae Koestler.
14-00000 ’ 2 . ~ som ae - . we 3 fe oe i _ S88 @ cortaia zonent, the débatas tock = very unfortunate ve : -: turn. On:one of the f-equent occasions, when Foestler vae given the floor, he read a paper vherein he attacked Socialien in general and the Frittoh Labor Governanent in particular. Considering 1) that indent 706 of the delegates vero Poople who professed \ socialist opinions; 2) that the purpese of the Congress required that a unity of all denocratic intellectcals, both soctalists and non-secialiets in the struggle against totalitartanisa be ewphaalsed and 3) that tha chiiraan of the Congrexs sas “rat Seuter, head of the soctal-denocratic city government of Berlin -- Koestler'e attack was absolutely out ef place and shoild not have been made regardless of. whether he was right or mot. As a matter of fact, the paper in question. ‘proved: that Xoestlor io mistaken {n assuming that a brilliant journalist ead a successful novelist is ao jpeg qualified to play the role of a philosopher, historian ant sociologist. In addition, mistaken statements by British Labor regarding the problem of Yuropean unity de not jrotify in my opinion the kind of vitrielie all-out attack against the. Sritieh Labor Government which vas made , by Koestler who. Sees to have forgotten, that, regardless, what én "vo may ‘think of soma of its policies, British Labor is today one of the er ca are ; princt pal pillara of*the world democtati¢ front. oe -  envidently Keeatlar's attack crovoked imcediste reaction on the : wots part | of the Socialist Congress delegstaad, beginning with Reutor who Te . ‘ was in the chair. ‘In my opinion, this entire discussion was complately Me, unnecessary. The British conservative M. P., Arery, showed mach , , Ds better judgrent than Xosstler by stadfedly avoiding ia his pronounce- ye ; a iments, any eriticiea of the Libor Government. If an attitudo ointlar | ; to that of Xoestier would have bean adopted in the trade union field, the I.C.F.7.0. could not have been ecrented. As in the labor movement, . _ the organteation of intellectuals for the defense of democracy cannet be aueccessfnl unlese it is understood that democratic socialiem ia a power fn} fufluenca agong the best intellectuals of Europe and sala “and that, therefore, everything should be done. te secure cocperation of all democratic forces in ersite of sll ideological differences. I wae rather astonished ¢a find that Irving seemed to Like Koestler's discourse on socialias. I speke “with. quite a number of delegates and found that they didn't Like ‘dt at all. - ‘ atnstead of appointing on the. firet and second days of the Congress @ Fesolution Committee whlch would have been able to work seriously ‘on any draft Pesclutions, propoeale and suggestions made hy the - delogate¢, a dfaft mumnifesto and draft résolution were subaitted to a plenary meeting which had to decide on thea within.a few hours. That meeting appeinted sone coenittees who had exactly one heur's time te amend the resolutions. Of écurse, fio ‘Serious work of ro-writing and . completing the resolutions could be done under such circumstances. You will notice that the sanifesto treats the quection of cultural freedom principally from the poing of view of the Journalist and leas: from that ef the scholar and the artisté, At least this is my opinions A draft ‘appeal to the. intellectuals behind the Iron Curtain, which waa submitted by Skegses evoked an imediate sharp eriticies. on the part of rey {
« & a" the Folish and Busaian| delegates. The consittes on which they ' wefe represented, amended it. Eowever, later om aot the azended text which wag adopted by the Congrasa but the original draft wae Telseased to the press, thus cresting additional Fosantnent. "Yergin wag net in a happy aced when ho loft. <A pablie meeting hac been arranged for hin and Schyler where they read thoir Farero in full. Kowever, they cid act like ‘the way they were ‘treated inoofar as speaking tis ne at ‘the Congress weetings wae concerned and Mex gade recarke to the effect that now the Cormuniste with say ‘they End been Jim-crowed sires they had to praesent their *‘ cage in a special moeting. Tray aleo retented the fact that the perranent courittee elacted by ths Conzrens does not contain any representative of the colored race. It would, of course, have been adifficul’e to- arseint one of thes to the cornittee since the recresenta<- tion of the United States was Lirited on supose 80 as fotto create the imoression of Aserican dosination.. Hocever, the right. of: cooptetsgon Grented by the Congress to the. permanent comittes should be used to introduce. aS Boon as reasible in the committee. intellectuals fron Tadia, Japan and cther non-white Areas.- ; . oo 48ene, ra the. panera’ Stead at the ‘Congress were , excellent, for instance those of Prof. Muller (Schillarta men) and Arthas Schinetnger to nase only a few. As far as the future work of the novezn-ht initiated by the Congress is concerned, certain things should be taken into saecount to mike poselbie the full use of axiating posstbili-- ‘t1es which are culte. favorable. 1) Representatives of Asia and possibly Africa should -be drawn into the wor’ of tha. committee, - 2) All due rearect for literary fane, the organs of the new movemont ahould not beceeie a platform for the peculiar ambitions of certain Andividuals whatever thair gifts ani talents. 3) thile among the . intellectuals it-will probably te incoosible to avoid discussion ef so-called ideological problens, the purpos@ of ouch diacaas ions <> should. mot be the strugsle of rival ideologie#, bt. the finding out -, Of the points and areas where avocates of different ideslogies my — meet for cooreration in the ‘defensa of denocracy against totalitar- . .danian. 4) Ketablishzent 0? contacks with ether movezents engaged tn the struggle agains’ totnlitarianias, especially in the labos movenent. 5)' Eetter organizaticn of the work of future ‘congresses _ and conferentes, : . ‘Phe Congress undoubtedly. reflected the progres mde during the ‘Last year as fer as the attitada of. Suropsan intellectuals is concerned. there. da no. trace. of nentraliatic attitudes -in- the fosolutions of the Conereas... The @ase eannot be ‘eaid of all the speeches, Eovever, no “onenly neutraliatic sfeech wan. made at the Congresa.: The only paper advocating a neutral ie? attitude was withdrawn by ite author, the Austrian physicist, Thoreing, | when he heard of the Raesian attack on Southern ‘Korea. -
/ tom the whole, 1% can te said of the Congress that all i¢ well erat exis yell. Tke criticies onde abeve is not intended to a contradic? thie general favoratle ioepression. ° 2. I fing on reading ani roreading thie eri¢iciem, that it is, is general, sour: acd sensible. I should ilke te recneat that parsicular eae” attention be raid to the latter part of the resorandum in which five recomendatioss are mide with regard,to the futere work of the movenent dnitiated by tre Beriin Congress. I should also lize to dray particular : B tg the reaction to the behavior of [Pris is one further indication for justification that must te constantly and thoroughly watcked with a critical eye.
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14-00000 10 July 1950 ee .MEMCSANTION FOR: Kessrse FRCH: | | SUBJECT: Berlin Intellectual Congress a i re 1. I wish to refer to. [inforcal memorundum with ; : regard to tne mishandling of the jae en So “ "; the Berlin. Intellectual Congress. ~ “r moremenene gages oe were emenaeceats acinan oo 9 aati | - ee Ween'T taferses| | tnat T wighed to discuss this matter with him he preceeded to read to o¢ @ letter wnich ne hed . See just received fron Berlin giving a rather fall report on the . . : en Berlin Congress and. witen contained @ greet deal of- inform ticn. | we en te reported. on tnerein was tne incideny regarding ne I explained buat §% wee a most difticul’ - ae ‘age le) ask to control tana ereup » of aasorted Buropeans wao attended the Berlin Congress" and suciicient ti given, tnerefore, to . ; ; : United States delegates, but thet excellent speech, which oO so 4 ‘had been cut off the radio at the microphone, wea being widely: used in press, radio, bock anc pazphlet fortte~ . cence ane en sa Leet TE 3. Jecceptea this explanation, but- in closing our discussion of tais susject, wise-cracked that our boys ta Berlin did not include Dany gocicl doings and closed bis reuarks witn the statement that Feven jatellectuals likel______—ion't Like to sit down and ‘eat| I eatded him briefly and tnere the matter was closed.
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Bs ms Congress for Cultural Freedom we ‘Konaresé fiir Kulturelle Freiheit Congres pour la liberté de la culture: ee if Berlin, Germany—June 26-30, 1950, A> SNERAL SECRETARY: § Melvin J. Lasky Hotel am Steinpiatz, Rerlin-Charlottenberg. — Germany ‘ 4 hne 29,1950 International Committee: Benepetrro Cnoce Joun Dewey ~ Kare Jaspers Jacques Manirain Renrranp Russe.. PUBLIC RELATIONS: Amold Beichman. t 20.Weat 40th St, New York City oy a oo ae _-Clickering 4-3060; i . . , ; . LOngacre 5-344 . _ Colonel Lovis Glaser ok ; : 1 i o 3051 Idaho Avenue NY 9 trent memes 9 speeernimennans classe oe sane Jashincton, Dele — , mt 7 ° a bee Dear Colonel Glaser: ; Thanks for thé testimonial. I an enclosing a copy of our finance Lal statement to date. You will note that our expenses, exclusive of the | yooks, were $927.05. However, this does not include our June telephone. | ‘dll for phone calls and cables, I an skipping town tomorrow before the! levurei wreath turns into a brickhat. ; . ! The files ‘snd left-cver stationery are being stored at Freedom louse pending our division ¢ and will pay the telephone bill and refund the balance when Jim returnse 2 11S East Chestar Street, Long Beach, Lt. I hope somehody will send me copies of the Will you please remind Jim for ma? i Ky sumer address will b jist may want to contact mee resolutions passed at the Congres4. a Sincerely, ’ Pearl Fluger - _ nan Miture activities. Hr. Pelehman has the check book-. 0). =
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9 bette af The Rg aRtEvealimanie TS Congres pour la liberté dela culture | , laternational Committee: Benepetrro Croce Joun Dewey Kar. Jaspers Jaceues Manrrain Rertranb RussELL Congress { for Cultural Freedom . * Kongress fiir Kulturelle F recheit , Berlin, Germany—June 26-30, 1950 8 CENERAL SECRETARY: . . Melvin J. Lasky .- . Hotel am Steinplatz, ; -Berlin-Charlottenherg, Germany June 27, 1930 PU BLIC RELATIONS: Amold Beichman CHickering 4-3060 : : -° LOngacre 5-3344 Colonel Louis Glaser oe, Oo, So 3051 Idaho Avemme We ne Se " Washington, D.C. 5 ".. the scheduled flight did not get off last nicht. “s Art and. --Seem to te getting ' Saturda: oF I received a letter from George. Grose which i “Z. regret not to be able to attend the Congress for: ‘Cultural | Freedom. Dear Colonel Glaser: Walter Henrins finally got off last nicht. There was no- room on sts plane for which he stood by, but he wes scheduled to t ake a Sund ay morning plane. Due.to sane mechanical difficulty, that clane did not leave until last night. The American Express Co, was unofficially informed that as a result of President Truman's intervention all other “planes were chartered for the stranded students, I even ssoke to Lr, ‘ Buttles- about getting kr. Mehring on one of tne chartered planes if ‘not turt; up our cournter-Gresz campaign would have iooked bad, I therefore - felt that he mstleave’ even if-it meant being present at only part of the . Congress. , . , ‘ uP oe reqnested when I spoke to iS. Grosz: : Lo. Tiere is. Ly reasons aré ertireir rersonal. I am delighted with your efforts to mobilize scienti sts of An ‘ I cabled the text ‘of the statement, signed with his name, and aircailed the letter aml envelope to “thers a to ‘Unfortunately siddleton. ‘of the Times is on ‘vacation frow Berlin. We. tetter coverarce Ans the Receld-Tribune, which ‘pas a by= CED a0 “Lines correspondent: on thé. “Je5e- een my statement: , i : > "the world for Freeda and Peace ef wood tHe — 20 West 40th St, New York City _ a -if Méehrirg, too, did oe ! % eee? “Aoloh Berle, : as ‘Chai mma of ‘the liberal. Part Az, | cabled. greetings a) the Conczess os +, Cle et ae pot . af atvthing 50es wrong with the frwit ercp in Ferlin or anyplace in Europe for that matter, th ey" DD probably blace “it on hullerts fruit fiies “Rlickedlig 4
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Tuavet. Diraw taaxt RoE. Werte Ybor Presotse rt aie Canam Memos W. FL Fox Asseoreer Vico Murmpert 2 an Pract nore Taary a Mines 65 Baoanway, New Yora O. NS. ¥. CARLA ADDRESS: Tounanne ae e Graann J.GiLMors Aamaomrt Tresemorn Tartar Sasa . . _ June 16, 1950 ee sPEe LAL DELIVE to _ So Ce Mridartin gs WiMiags eee ie a | aa 2908 Florida a Avenue, H- We- - Tg me a te “Cit CRESS ‘FOR CULTURAL ‘FREEDOM. “Rite: Elliot Cohes, Editor : 2 hy en noire eA Are Rag en ee a EI ot ~ oo pk Bt ye Expreds. to provide. round: trip transportation ‘between Naw Yor City and “Berlin to.Mr. Cobda, aslegate. advised ua that air transportation an would be. unacoedtsblé and thet, because of comaitments in Hew York, the ‘ only ateamshin sailing to which Ke could agree was the S. 5.. QUEEN: ELIZA-. . . oe fl BETH due to lesve New York after lsst midnight. ce oe ae ‘Space on eastbound ‘sailings ‘at this séason is ata preniun, ‘and on this ; vee Se particular one has” Geen sold out for a considerable time, being actually So under ticket. We exerted our best efforts in behalf of Mr. Cohen, but a re were unable: to come up with the desired space. Mr. Cohen, on the recou- : erstand, at tended _the departure .of tha. ship. } vcald be ‘mable to ‘sall- and space be ma Spa yinen : tay & or Cohet- for funds ‘he expended for his. eastbound passage? It ‘would be of of great aastetunce if we could hove ‘Four . reply, on: Monday. . “ Sincerel yours, a eg ce Ee “KSB. Passenger Traffic, Manager ; _ _. 1850 comes 100" on Junisetsa ty, _ 1980 ‘ ‘ please turn over fap
‘ f Mr. Martin K. Willies P. S. ‘Stnee dictat ing the foregoing letter, I have: been advised: by Miss Kluger of the logal New-York office of the. Concrees for. Cultural. Freedom. thst 16 is Mr. Cohen's wish. thet. reis madé to’ Mrs. Cohen. I presume. thi to you" should you find the reimbur: 8 “rrengerent will be agreeable . ‘sonent in order. te pein aan ome ates
14-00000 : Congress for Cultural Freedom “ €ongrés potir la liberté de la culture * Kongress fiir-Kulturelle Fretheis Berlin, Germany—June 26-30, 1950, 5° . tee: | ‘NE RY: fiuternational Committee: - _. dune 234, 1950. : ened Late Ma, Hotel am. Steinplaiz, ; ae ’, Berlin-Charlottenberg,, Se Le Renenetro Croce .g0un. Dewey. : i Kani Jaspers. ON ee po ey an rn er : Facgces Manrrain oe PUBLIC RELATIONS: — fo Bekraanb Russet a a Sy Armotd Beichman | b . _ «20 West.40th St, New. York City | CHlickering 4.3060 . LOngacre 53344... 325, St “even menticned-th Con over the: Concress;: the Repors from New York? Harold. Lavine of Rensweek, ‘at our instigatién, a j spoke to Grosz whos aid that he is an artist, that fe received mmerous Jeo commnications frem the ‘Easterr, Section of Geinany about the Congress; that - : : “he isan artist and that he can't Ke bother: d getting invelvéd in so mich | ee cre J next Week, Will Lissner of... ee -- JeOsrespondence, Kensweek will carry ‘the stor _ the Times is also In erested, an : ‘Kempton did not carry the stery; he was sidetracked by the distressing : oe! vale of the young girl Progressive Yartyita who discovered the PP ig not a 7 exactly dénocrati “(heb branch tefised. 65 ear Reg y Tito). Bu Walter Mehring has his rilitary remit for Eerlins I hope that by this arent oh county a4 ne tdme he has.cle ared. tis. incene tax stytenents, for the Last three years Ni th, Loo . the. Treasury Dept. (he: is an. alien), but as I haven't heard fram him for | i the Tsst threé“hours, -presimably things are going well, The American Express 7 — | Company is working on hie ticket, ~  - _f a ae : - Ronerrow the last of the delegates are off, I will he. around to ; po t _ answer any press inquiries during the week of the Congress and-then will © > de | . close the offices, 1 think the delegates éan do thelr umn worrying about : ’ ' the Fubbess- they ‘Jert in Berlin, | So, —_ | te bee T feel just like Cindnredila — tho never got to the ball, ly, , sat kl 46 Pasri Klurer Hemp ee ‘Sine Hf ior
14-00000 an \ ® SUBJEC?: © Ore Operations fa Connection with vaiteun Corsunict . : Touth Lesonctration in Jerlis te At the request ef the . Derartneats of State and Defense, we: - - Soe had ae¥ed tng inief ef the orc GCefesa otaticon to edtain a ‘otatexgnt: . free General ‘kaxvel 1. “fh Taylor, B. 3, Somesmdent fa Bertiay ae: ‘to we effoctivecsre of ‘the sadjoct eperaticas. oe @ | the eblegran froa -Chief-of: ore Corean ~“avesten tated” a2" ‘vanes ‘atsted that” ayer “hed atked~ wre De" ere oe 7 ville te convey his apprectation ia the “fellovieg sermas ; mk : proregania” have been dleseninatod. _bbroughont the feviot zane by a aroma ae youre?” Tha suctesd ef<ehae-cre-atastas tardietritutias’ E -eiliiea pleeoe sf provaganéa material tefere and during the - voutechlandtreften ie an achievemest upoa waten the ergantestion ; : - should be congratniated. =. ‘ a seen we “Be tYour mission le a deticate w one ta that. you’ are. epectficalty ” chareed with avoiding attritution of your setivities te anv U. $.000° Governsent dotrece er agoney. Pris you have evidontly sueceated in ‘Going and 1¢ hag Beoa a matter of satiofsetios te ze to mow. that’ yarions cathers that at wag fa OUP interes? te accersl iss eenld be troffen. wie are > relying ea Giadler or increased help ‘fres Oc is St the foture.t - ; ‘ ne teenth 6 Sp Pees 2 acne x = a ee: wt ets by PA peas RE toe Mate ee eae NE DO Fite ie TRAE BN nang On Denae Rays J penne nce ER eG BAe OC on Ae” cance oe ¢ : 3. fhe Corean alesion haa advised that. the erigiaal comyanicstios | Oe OE Lo fron General Saylor was ponched oa 27 Juno 1950. ot me a nr 5a. ¢ CEB 2Bzecrt We Tor veraary, Bat ee: ores @ TArit Chrens WITT SubjecaY Fo Qk Bn [Fite si¢ ET 3 one
f yo Comeress for Cultural Ereedor - , AP Sertis June 23 4 1 dg es . “Whse che Communists planned es thes vencth peace . tally, - the}: ; - ph ee eoere Hed tailed at - i ki: SeOLET caiman a TShortationat cece wee ee q i leng igi ©. “ . : 3 = 886T é es § bebin’ tte 2 ieee ‘pe z A vicrurd*e? iore thin 100 - : i - aoatiCer ms ‘intellectuals ar- : . rived itary fer the fiveday com : : iyesy wich is to open Monday. . 3 a - aise ah sccentizts and political and f sities ctainshd sup | - Seer aren were. to[f-:- "WHICH &wept an ' . mE rsnist _ Subhousej 1 . “ Ouber “arcnenes eoming srels ~ . ee ne wt - . David LITxtal former chairmanty — . - a ad af the Uraeg Stites Atomie Ener. t- uO Cee 8 tea lev Coamnissiéac, Teonessee ‘Wil- : coe - jDams ant Careg “MéCullers, play- : Pte Ns : * perigtte: Sebert Mog ombry, actor, : * . and irvizg Brown, "tade-unioa| . ‘ es a jinecer. 4 : : nite Neamutte, Ube sae Bh © v ot .
- ? Meg - - - ~ ~ : a f 2 ~ .t a - i f sal a ve “ \ / f. lo- “3 art PR EEDOM Lt ja nib . Con CRESS: FOK cUL? ORAL, HEE 7 ; . Pana _ : = _ “ “ ; wt : a H . : . m4 = _ U.S. Group Set a mot, : F or Culture Role: Bg Reuters . . . Bight Abeicang dsungsbed | _ : letters. will represent the United’ - : "States “dt the “Congress for Cul “ L tural Freedom” ‘to be held in . 0 : Berlin from June Btw W. - ee . They are: David Lilienttial,. 7 {former head -c! - che ‘ Texnessee Valley Authority, and the.United:. States" Atomic Exergy Commis« M. Schiesinger. Jr. } author and Harvard University - professor of history, | Ratert Montgomery mone a CG te (Se RE Mae ait tpand James Burnham and “Sidney Hook,--authors of patitica’,- ands - ane Philosopiiiedl works. : . : Delegations froin Great Britain,’ . e . e. tT H i France, Maly,- Germany, Austria, . .. ‘ % : . ' Switzerland, Belgium, ihe Neth~- wt —— we ys . F . ; . ‘erlands, “and the Scandinavian: = > * ~ ; . i ; ., . countries also wil auletd the .. . i . | Congress, es 3 : t * . oa e . . 7 . . g ™ . ' : > . ot § ‘ . i
ITI RE RARY June 10 to 18 Kent, Connecticut , Fent 78, ring 1, 2. . ee . ° ae - 18 June leave New York . le mira ‘19 June Arrive Berlin {Kongress Fur Kaltareils Frethett) Da po me oo : wo, Hotel an Steinplats . be Ls en re _ Berlin Charlottenburg 2. 2 ae me ete lee De | Chase National Bank = . = Frankun an Vain Leave Brussels 13 uly, Arrive Paris (Hotel de la Trenoflle) —.<, kw Chase National Sank . : : re Pee ’ 3 . \-. me see, te re . e x - ~ ‘ a
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, ‘ , . ° ge om ~abae National preks yore . : 7 Waohiugton \ JEB a | . _ 16 gune Preeent at conference in office of Asst, Secretary oe a ; eareaes . Of State :Xcknignt at conference todays — oo, a . oe _ “Mesers: KeEnigat = eT se — an Poe . | Grundahh se , ye > Kalorex en . a a ' Buttles-- memes ae . a te eee ae 2 le - ous wet BEALE ORS. DOE opr eee Glaser somplete, practioglly ve a A : “Mo¥niahtcstated that, the: meeting inad ‘beén-callied © ecuse"=Ways and means Of taking advantage of the Cultural” Songress in Berlid by widespread dissemination of the . J produst of the Jongress, apeeches, Ceolaretions, etc. _Why would 1% not..b¢.a.good.idea.to.nav.e. Buttlea comcunicate..- with Lasky and have latter send the material to paris. 0° — for publication in France, a8 Well a3 sere. . Se a vr, Nedison (ECA) gaid that speaking for ZCa, they have -" g liberal view as tc epending ZCA funds end are anxious: to. -aubjegt.t fione which-ares e)“within certainitotal Jot ' 4 no larse gobe of Za money to send U3 sraphony . , orchestras touring through Europe.) Said Mr, hellson, see. | _Gultural-Goneress- would fall within the Zone or re probable acceptability and should be a cooperative \ ' enterpriee with State, to De cleared with 0A financial | a and legal sdvisers, but do not anticipate dirficulty - . a | besause the Gulturel Congrees is clearly related to the. } approved E3a polloy of countering the Soviet. peace offensive. et ite ate - po Mr, Buttles sugcested that the best thing to do.with | : product of Sonxress Was to gét local people to publien 4t; Lt "we. furnish tranelations, paper, ink, ete. rs oe wemne end, The above suggestion. led to one by Neilsen that G , Diesetination gonmaittee might be formed, backed with our . ; money Butcles addei that in addition to a more rofound . type’ Job, there might be one for the unwasned public with eo o 2 . a ane Se a7 tw.
\ ji wg i N ° AY fds e j National Dress Club Hl : ¥ ; Waohinglon Ot eee o 7 \ Alluetrations - and extracts of speeches. Er. McKnight concurred, thought we needed to work out. the distribution problen cy vae of a coazitteewhich ; would take charge. of publicaticn ani cistribution - ip So, a Bany languaxes. Buttlee addel that we should use Germans _ ae ang German facilities to see that aanuscripte and pkotos | Lk are made available. a an a ge {at thie point I ‘buRgested to Buttles that t there would ; ee _.« %@ a question of . sponeorship of material.) - ; . > eb) Meknight and Butties: acreed. that Lasky ‘should be , ; contacted and putin a | portion, of discussing the matter with ; " Bhs a. : eee ee wl ee fo | : diate oe re we BE te ce a a zi} vse Bote Eiteae ss _Netleon” Raa EC Fe woul 4 fy ize to set tone ther wi th Gody and : 0 oe i oe packPS Hn eS r othe er State people in Paris, Neileon: “ey don't knew a great deal about this - 2 -Gultural Goncress, ia it apt to precuce a sajor offensive ’ againat the ussR and axainst t he peace offensive?® : MeKnight: "yes, I think eo. They area very important bunch of people! ETA was Reine, to be inthe Nelleon then vointed out th . tusineas cl using very Lonporvan ; in Europe (gave~ some [tal ian Be Seay but thought ‘that bop nemesis ™ Because of the temporary ckaracter of Ca such a thing as: dep ; ‘ ‘ _ e@laopment of ‘the Gil-tural Sonzress should be turned over to: ~ uo . State or CIA to handle ané continue.. (Sonesher6é previouely’ . I bad esked Buttles,.in craer to make a point, whether the ‘ Cohgreas Was going to be self continuing - Bruce saié he i . thought so.) Neilson satd we should develop a full head. | of steam on the propegition and then should not ‘drop’ ‘outs : sould be continued by State through Lasky, or by CIAe p37 i. ; (actually was a plea for CIA to take notice of the Conxreas: | ' and taxe lt over.) PY Yn. i r « * : ; 1 : ‘
-; state departaent People, both familiar ‘with she Congress. ageing said that cIa shouli certainly be cut in on the ' proceédings from now on Because | of their ‘future interest poprose in the. Gongress. National Presa Club ole = Wauhizgton . : “aye . McKnight then asked ce if SIA Was interested in the propo- sition as a whole... 7 replied 1% seemed very interesting, He then said if a conference Was arranged in Paria would we dike to have « GIa repregentative there, I answered I - thought we fight like £8 to uave sumeone, I tics asked £ e Buttles if he Was’ eure woule go to Faris ~ Buttles . 6aid.he would try to a to have either (wnich was the reply I oped for.) ‘He said ereDOtwnh In effect, that wad the emi of the conference. McKnight.- ay tenure E Bag eget a eth FEE ev EILSON REQESTS THAT IT TAKE PLACE AFT WEDNESDAY CF NEXT WEEK. ; bE ¥ That ECA. 46 willing to provide funds for production of a zillion copies of the speeches of the Gongress and other, cotecdee tutelage ante tg publicity... Neileon:eaid that-labor doantttees” ‘ane wer cooperative groups aight be used for disaeaination, However, the Kreatest caution muet be eXeroiged to see that — ‘a Committee on publications, or words to that effact, is appointed durins the sessions of the Conzress, and in my opinion it should be an unwLtting group,. except for one 5 mesber; it should NCT Save more than one US representative It KIGHT be entirely Getoan, again it locks. as though| - wight have to be the secretary of euch es. group. I thine” — ali they nave to do is etart a quick ‘fund raising canpaignt ° for publications = and won't they be surprisei at the
+ mm ene mee te - ret f a e . , . National Pirega Cisb "oO ; . Mashington 7 j sreed with which French, Italian, Britisk anc US organiza me u : tions -responé with lots of money for the purposel ‘ i \Buttles and I nad a quict talk after the conference this ‘ afternoon and he is entirely in sympathy with my point of .iew, anxious to cooperate ani not entirely sure that . os . Se po Lasky is the right man to g° single handed to Feris. This : : ‘ ae Fo guy Neilson ie a peaches Sharp, Keen, reaponsive and te St is - ‘a Worker = sticke out all over hime . ee ° : yo Pea gd feeb Yike a sheep killing dog not to stay on’ the job and: see thie through, but Live only got one son and ---~ J hope he'll only be aarriy __Plesse let se Know. if yu... ot -+ need meg I will be at Hotel ote aa mene pen - 2d Sy
& Pm yes a . oe + the eb edo ~ ~ . ae - o ~ ae 7 = * . wee la een st ep - - _ —. - — ~ ~ ~ ° . » 7 . = - File PDCUICK , ae Fo eee - -~ oo ~~ - - < fe a ns me ee ee mn ee ee ee ao Kerio of televhone convergation Sr ners re ce , . \ . ~~ "+ Jo Qetie Thursday morning 1& June, 1950; ~ rn ° me Ae Contact. with| __|an reply to ry sugses$ion that I stop ~° ~~ ~. re “-'.. dn lew York.sat, morning to see hin, discuss Concress af fairs and Pe, a deliver a pistol,[_— poptieg that he was leaving this. 020077 —-- --; a®?ternosn for his Carp ih Connectiout, would fot return until. __ co Saturday night, was flying on Sunday morning, Fe sugcested that: ~~. there was: little necessity for edditional discussion of. the | - Congress, that if ‘any vapers or articles (the pistol ) were to [eHOSRaPSSsS Is a Sate ono, te- _~ says, with a trusted Ccorman on duty and a maid in the residence, .--— (Not safe i ut presumably.nothing mente. -enrtlagsi ft Disorssed" this wit ‘ ; : istol “to F ww, Ge” Mabtor of extra eaxrense to be alloyed gather signatures for cablecran to consress; rz -.. other Incldentals cennected with travel of delegates, | estimate this would not emount to more than 7100, | him to spend up to 2150 for thi pur only “in: ferm--6f one: waelkYa part tite ouple of hours a day and use of telenho Baca eet as Aa OEE ee Pes“ BAEC, “Of Dernanent continuation of Congress offive (presumably... _. : ‘ in Feriin}; I said-this sheuld be discussed in Pevlin, that we vould ; Bok “~""" expect a cablesran of recormendation before first of ouly, would.—2-.-—, woe bd icwdiately respond with a decision, possibly as to project ws, ee amondment cslling for funts for support of continuing office,-- —-—--—.---— i . (Dmpossible, i think, to anticipaté decisions now as they would ‘ * .o7 Gopend on success of Consress in attracting world publicity, | sro _fvenishing base for mumkitre contiming proparenda and : ‘ardusing communist opposition,) = ~~ ~ ee cA |
~ COPY > ~ "Cre ° __ cowl: woe Berlin-Charlettenburg, 12 Jane 1950 Dear Jin, , Thanks for letter ef the 6th. Good to know that you are ‘due kere so nice and early, Four more shoulders on whic unload the awful burden of this hard world, - That's this. about not accepting the: brilliari i H £ ' fa “ k. ' ritad aosprinted.~-The- program of tke Co emo? That 1s new our werking gospel, The 10) mittee lives on? No, ro. It's been killed, it's . dead. The five philosophers reign. The alphabetical orderhas © 20.) S's. come into new glory, Under separate cover you will reteive the ein te oc eatin me, atest néws from‘A to 2.. New Correspondencé paper-is. being. .-.0 SH 0% a ngress will be the revised prfnted booklet which you already have. atives, Sep we —="via tel=phone yesterday — ‘says, oh, e well, wr n the world was he put.on the list when he's so wishy-washy? You can't have him without letting him speak. aces a And he's. tentatively scheduled for about 16 tes on the open a -ing Monday vrogram, Also, by the aay, [nrormed he won't een ' be able to turh up even for a day before tie ongress. I am . . : ue writing today to ask him to plan a short cpening address to round off the som=what too ceremonial opening program with a political- keyncting speech. You might write hin too, if it won't be over- doing it. ; eee y ne See you soon. tena pete OTE gir bat NR EASA : eee re
WUSTRUCTIONS: Officer designations snoutdoe used in the “fo cotumn, Under eech coament a iina should be drape BELOEE BAGOT ENG GoC® Comment nuadered to corrpipong eith the numter in the “Yo"cotumn., tach officer should inbtted tChech @arh Inmetficiont! vefore further “routing. Tria Recore and Bouting Sheet should be returned to Roglateg. OFFICER'S Imi THALS Fam 20. sy.49 SECRET
<4 rer" oD mm ‘nme wt . 12 June 1950 -. SuBuEeT: «= Letter of Inotractton og acEorpaiiying ‘the approval “of subject Letter of instruction, | covering arrangenents for the travel of . ravel BAY tion of the Congress, in her own right, drawing money from t fund for the purpose of such travel without consideration of re _— atatua vis-a-vis CIA. .This of the theory that whether er not . Re is a delegate to the Congress, her travel may be consider moe ““Haeeseaty because of services she will te extected to render, and, "0 1, alao Decause her presence will protect her husband's cover. The . - Qultural Congress ia ostensibly financially independent. [t would, any such arrangencnts withoc’ consideration of CLA 'el..of employees and-ssenta SECRET 7 oes
- - ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET under gach csament & bine enroute be éveen *Yo%cotumn. tach efficer should Ialtiel -- giatr ge cOkWan. URSTRNCTIONS:  Offleer designations shouldbe used In the *to° Ato correipand sith the rusher In the Tale Becarg and Routing Sheet should o¢ returned to Re sacrous weet and eedh comment nuatere tCnece wach Inquillciont! befare further routlnge Cicce LIOA COMMENTS “| OFFICER'S IME TIALS secret ») iF
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14-00000 TAL as: a co rrr cD es we] mre | ; TE ee 7 Jane 1950 aad SOR UES, MEMORANDUM FC3: OY SUBJECT : ; Letter of Instructions e 1. Departure and Arrival Doe + You wili proceed: om or about 19° Jane 1950 to Berlin, Germany ,. og uo : - fo oo- or" peperting upon your-arrival there to the Chief of VLKiva Miseten = eo F ~~" " th¥engh arrangezents of which you have been advised orally. En route L. s : Be to Berlin you are authorized to stop over in Paris if you deem éuéh « - , Dee 2 a Foe / | & Step advisable 12. the. furtherance-of your misston:---You will leave : : . 2 se Berlin, Germany, on. or. “about . 29° Jane 1950 and return ts the hore sta- : tion. En route to the: - howe. @tation-you-are- suthorized“to” atop over “SF atsckhola, Brussels and Parie for ‘such anounte of time as my eubd- Bequently be approved by, the: -hoae office upon your Fecommendation.. in your visite to these Raropean ekts Vesccarefu : . offictale. ‘You will ~be. ‘farntebed. trevel factlities: to Berbin: vand>fros. Berlia: bo Ue Sa SBdvanece.: nut”; you: ae éapoaeidle ‘for procuring all of your own travel facilities : and hotel accomtodationa in cities whien you visit en route. Auth- eorization for this travel also extends to your wife, who bas been ge. tae briefed ao t> her operations in Berlin and also will accompany you _ is ., a8 a matter of cover. ; wo an Cover | os | ae Your cover ig that of a free-lance writer and lecturer ‘ - wisiting.. Berlin 0828 delegate. to mide in advance or unless you can do 80 in full keep- ing weit your cover. You wisi not attract attantion to yourself either by acte ancharacteristic of JAY cover or oY the. abeence:-of-.actipne~ wn MO --7Coneletent’ with“your cover. ek +3." Doties and aeponsso inition © . _ : 7 . . 7 - - : oO - ee as Operational So , . | You have been thoreugtly briefet on Project PBQUICE, and yoda will undertake euch operational activities ia connection with. thie project aa fall within the instructions you receive SECRET ee | 3 ; ;
14-00000 oe wy SORT ~3- ; from the Chief, Vixiva Mission or hie apthorised representative. ¥ hese operational activities will be -in addition to your cover responsibility’ as a delegate to the Cultural Congress. of You are specifically charged with both physical and “+ eperational security in connection with matters which you handle : and for which you are given responsibility. 7" Agate A iMate petted + bret fede ogy aR BS AY _ae segReT | -
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[Sibliotheh t : ‘ : peed. : ; (99 000 Binde, der grifice Teil ia deutucher Sprache) Offaungszeiten: ciglich von 12.00 bis 20.00: Uhr (aufer mitrwochs), sonntags von 16.00 bis 20.00 Uhr. | . ' Die Bucher kdnnen im Levesal eingeseben brw.-fir die Daw 0 . 10 Tagen enuizi eo werden. j » = , ; + Dem Leser stehen zur Verfiigurg; ' ee : Werke des Marxismus-Leninismas, Werke Sher die politische, wirt- | B HAUS’ DER KULTUR : en te oo ‘DER SOWSETUNEON Uw ee NTER DEN-LINDEN, AM FESTUNGSGRABEN; = * L teNaftliche und kulturelle Entwicklung der’Sowjetunion (Standard- werh: Grobe Sowjerische Enzyklopidie in '64 Binden) und Werke eee fortschrittlichen Schriftsteller der ganzen Wele an E. liegen aus: 198 sowjetische und 99 deutsche Zeitschriften. Ent- tprechende Zeitschriften zu den wichtigzen und - und Buchhataloge ermdglichen dea Zugang aktuellsten Fragen auf jedem Gebieze. i Alusslellungen ao 4 4 O'faungezeiten: viglish von 12.20 bis 19.00: Uhe' (uber mttivods), vonntzes von 16.00 bis 19.00 Uhr. : Die Sowjetzimee = dis Bollwerk des Friedens und der Sicherheit in der ganten Welt ‘Lenin-Ausstellung Stalin-Ausstellung 0°” Finfjaheplan i . (Diagramme und Bildberichre) Die Geschichte der KPdSU (B) Das Kinderbuch . : 3 18.00 Uhg, Theater NSTALTUNG# ,.Die Wahlen in der SU — cin volkee’’, ‘Blirwirkende: die Solisteneeveinigu Seo wore: Leiteng von Nationalprewsteager Helmer Kod, ‘aad das Ballercs Daa seriewene Tash”. 18.00 Uhr, Marmorisal jonale Fron dee demo- VORTBTA Gi Wilhelm Koenen: Die Nad r : . Druschleods ing Tageshampi, Aoschlirfend Drehustica - bratische nad! ; 12.co Uhr, Eichensaal ; st Oderetiedtnant Simonenhoes Was bein an die ohuagen derma: Sowjeteolh? Anschliefead Divbusion. x "48.90 Uhr. Marmortaal e 1 . , T, tyeleiay Abrahams rhe idcofogindica Grundlegea H i 4 ” bolls chen vrei (WL FL Canine ara Wan tant’), . , Reproduktionen der Tretjahow-Galerie id Anschiietend iDikunion und Dokemantartiime, Sereda Behlea , a te ‘. 5 in dee SU, iti 8 Simeepe BUUSSISCHE SPRACHMURSE werden vindig durchgelthrt, New- Macon Z 18 Uhr. Eichensssl anmeldungen fir Anfangethuny, der im Marz beginny, Zimmer. 329 VORT BA LDer Spore in dee $U". Ane i Zam bewdh waserer Veranstaltungen wollen Sig folgendes beachten: seblicBend [5 " ° , oe Fe Yorssaes, Muu. ond Liserataraberide werden in Oe Cpa ninationsabréilang pa, on ties flaw {Zimmer 15, Tel. 424041, App. 157 ge 2, Biawithertee Se . hove alm eucgrgrtaa, ‘Wegen der sirhen Nechtoge émplichlt ev sich, die Karen Sonnabend?': os : ; 18.00 Uhr, Theater . bevsMungem sceberaitig vornunehmen, Betsiche werden bei Semmalbeste!langer Felichey bead. anlaftich des ‘Tages der Jugend: athe Jugend det be Urdags. . tiches , Demiohrstischen 'Repoblik = tine Jugend. mst siner : : Dis Rinvrerapsisliueges wm 19.93 Ube sind far die berulatStige BerStherong Foden dubunlt!. Es veaher Paul Versier, Mitwirkende: Rober TT pitt, Rieder amser 14 Jabrea habea to diewn Vorseilangen teinen Zoriie rhech und Tatts ued Chorgcuppes. der Jugend. \ ' he: Rander Ranarn 1a Vereindarung mit dea Scholten dieastagy und: doanerstags a y . ' ts Sze Zant von 12.09 bis $4.00 Ube Soorderveranitaliveges eingelegs werden, : 2 Ea wird geberen, die Platge techieritig eintunchmen, da noch ing der Vero i ‘ 18.00 Uhr, Marmorsaal aaceltung dee Keres thre Galtigheit werlierea aad die freien Plaze woo Bes Obervtlin, Naliwsiko: 7. ML Moloe “= sia ; vo.jern whee Rates beuotor wenden, , . ler’ “_ ' Fotawerdoadang:*U). go, & Babs Fricdrichotrage, Strafeobuhorn fa, 44, Omaibur 9 ; . &
2). 26. 29, 30. a 3l.- Dienstag ; 18.00 Uhr, Theater VORLESUNG + Mejor Pimnihaw: phe Portal dae Paslic it bee Pectots des Uberganga tae Triedinhen Actait on deg. heencelung dar Volkseutnhatt, Aanblichend Diekusion gad ew btarmediire Lebenaband’, Lo ; 19.09 Uhr, Marmorvaal YOR TRAG 1 Sten Mepmane: Dis aiaineen Perspahtiven der Bvievelten tabens im derruhsetischen Dewtsddend’’, AashlieBer.J ULobusson.uod film, vos Freitag oo 18.00 Uhr, Marmorsaal “URTRAG: Henne Wolf: «Mee Black der Rommanistea:« Parteilusen — Avedsush der Suwjetdemulratie’’, Aawdilichend: burton und Film, . BUCHDISKUSSIONIN, D. Sthraherbew a. Sher des Werk: Dey Weg ins Leben” vor A. S, Makarenko. Sonnabend : 19.90.Uhy, Marmorszal . Mamtgshiy- Klavier Abroad. Es, epiclt and speidht: Goneer Hugold, Sonntag ; 19.00 Uhr, Theater LITERATUR-ABER D1 ..Gorkhi m Kimpler SSe den How :- famus = Rampler geece dig Weltreabuoa’’. Es speiche: ji Achiny Toler, Ee remteren aacohatie Kbastler der Berliner Bibnra, be epacit: Wills Diggeling. . ‘ . oy el 4 a 12.09 Uhr, Marmoreral VYORURAG + Hermann Marceras ,Usisery Kamp om dig Fevigue.g der Teverben Wemobrotuchea Republik. AnschlnBead Disbunion ped Film, . . . ies Moatag : Dieneag . 18.00 Une, Th-ster Vee Ee SES Paths “Ways Plataiberes' tHe Basie} dor . wibi len Kem the die suplelatacte indweteielwleswag des § AawdleRend Pebuoion wad Salus ,Leatibochen" vod Ural’! : 18.00 Uhre, Marmoriasl VORTRAG 4 Biegbere Robas Wee fobnerleieche Foqlnd, ~ Toad dea -omacibaninia Lmpestatinmus’’, Anwbliehend:idsn- : ae basuagund File, A Mittwoet, : . , VOR TR AG 4s Arneld Zecig: Die Autpebe des Sc heifeicetie Kinnd dee Natinnsten Front um die Einhrie oad Unabhangighait der devunbea Nation, Anschledend Diskussion vad Fim. 5 be Donnerstag . 18.00 Uhe, Marmoraal MORTAAG) Hermann acon: ,, Wes ber: die atnerihiniache Lebemecina?” Anwhheend Dihussion aad Film, . 18.00 UbrecTheater VORTRAG: Ruste Heil: Die Weblen in der SU = Androd alee Sew peidemubratie’™, “4 Freitag . . 18.00 Uhe, Theat-r VORTRAG: Prof. Gerhart Bidder: ,.Dev Rampi der Sowjer- | 4 plometie um dee triedan’*, Anwiteefend Dishanion vad Film’ . » 18.09 Uhr, Marmorsaal VOR TRAG 5 Doren Glachhins Die cowjatioche Sassteoednung”. Asihlelesd Dokwesion wind fileo, . aan as u cae Ghealeroeranslallungen “vom en, Ane HEN OS, MAGE so58 coon Lustsplel - : »INSEL DES FRIEDENS“ “von I. Petrow, deurich von Georgid Tanewa : “Regie! Eduard Maszick Premiere an Montag, 20. Mirz,.um 19.00 Uhr im Theater. Weitere Vorstelluaven findes am 22., 23, 24, und 27, Mirz jeweils im:19.00 Uhr sowie am 25, um 20.00. Uhr im Theater state. Eins tittspre Pvon DM tj~- bis DM 3,~. Karten:an der Th-ateekasse in der Zeit von fi bis 19 Uhr erhildich oder Zimtner 5, Telefon 425051, Apparat 175, ‘ b ; we Filmocranstallungen SS. vom iMARZ BES 81M ABZ 1980 Die Ceardasf lracin® Kuce in dee Sowjerunion — 28, Mare Antes fremden Menschen” 31. Mirz Meine Universitiren™ ; Taglich 17.60 und-15.39'Uhe, freitags und sennahends nur 17.60 Uhr. Somnitags’ 14:30, 17.90 und 19.30 Uhe. Karten erhiltlich im Zimmer 5, Telefon 425931, Apparat 175, 3. Mirx, ; 6. Ware. erveranstaltungen im Theater: : Der Zauberfisch™ und J Der erste Unterricht’ 1.00 ut 0 Ube Die Kinder des Kapitin Grant* _ wGeserz der grofen Licbe* eranstaltunzen um 11.00 Uhre sind nur {Ur die Kinder aus den ktoren Berlins, Die Karten werden durch die Gesellschafe - uttch-Sow jeushe Freundschaft ausgegeben. Ka ten fir die 14.% -Whe-Vorstellung kostenlos: Hane der Kultur der\Sowjetunion, Ziranier $, Telefon 425051, Apparat 175, 13.00 u. 14.00 Uhr
woocog oe wor e " . “"Guno" “ 14652506 - 2 Bericht Nrei2e- SE a ae OE Sw aD ca cam eens a a ey Die Veranstaltungen is Haus der. Kultur der S.U. zeigen eine aufsteigends Linie. den Gisten wird ein immer vielseitigerea Pro= grann dargevoten. Imuer mehr Besucher, davon viel Stamegiste, stel=- len eich @in. Dawit steigt auch die dirkung, der sinflua ia Sdinne \aor sow jetiechen Gastgeber bei deutachen breiten Volkamaasen. 4 AnlHBlich dea drei jibrigen Bestehens des baudes gad die Ga= \ echéfteafibrung auf groJen dekorativen @andtafeln bekannt, daa 1947 |. 105 Vortrige. gtattfanden; 1948-waren e3 197 ‘und 1949 schon 328 geo * word ene Gegenwirtig ‘gibt es in siner Woche, mitunter etwa gehn Vore trige; meiet- mit ansch11e@endem Film, daneben zahlreiche musika= “Leche: “und kiinstlerische ‘Voratellungen und die eizentlichen Filme, i __, io Monat annihernd gehn verschiadane. Beriicksichtigt man dazu noch fp dis stindigen Ausstellungen, die stets lebhaft besucht werden, und Ne od hMufige festliche Versanmiungen, so kann men schitzen, da@ mindes= a oe eng zweitausend Menschen tdglich. (mit Ausnahae eines. Buhetages in. jeder : Goches) das Haus der Kultur. betreten.” 319” werden auch, : . durch. ie raprasentative dugere Aufaachung und die kostenlose Hatreuung beeindruokt. solche Héuge kennen wanche (wohl die meiss= ten) Besucher nur aus Film oder Daikdern, und auf, seidendamast® ; icht aetzon. wot a " Die Vortrbge kann man ihrem Inhalt nach in einige Kategorien veces oy mem ae nae we ‘auftetien. Da gibt es solche, die das Grundsitgliche und Dogma= _. . _ tLache der Parteilebre erlkutern. Hierzu gehtrt etwa "Die marxis¢. ‘ tisch=leninistische Lehre vom Staat” oder “Klassen und Klassens * kampf* oder *"Materialismus oder Idsalismus" ; ferner Vortragsreihen ler Farten: der Pols: os Andere Vortriige® haben aii enpolitiache Péagen Zum . ‘Gagenatand; Bo ~ zB. ein Yortragazyklus liber die Augenpolitik der Ud&SH, ferner uber den “Sieg der Volkskrafte in China" ’ Uber den "Freiheitas Pe ete ge ete EE emp f° ‘der kelonialen ‘Vélker" oder” “die. *utntergrinde 4 der aserika>” oo nischen AuBenpolitik® ° - ; o Weitaus die meisten Vortrige ‘befassen sich mit inneren 28 oe stinden der UdSSR. BS ist selbstverstandlich, daS alle Sinrich= . - tungen der sowjetunion in ginetigsten Lichte dargestellt werden. Der Hbrer ‘erféhrt von Macht “und: Keichtum, ‘Fortschritt. und Rekor= ' dex der Sowjetunion ‘und von den’ Vvorbildlichen Leistungen ihrer &inwohner. déinige charakteristischs Themen lautetens “Bodens achutze ‘der S.U.* . *Der Nachkriegs@Finfjahrplan® » ale “Stachanows cad fer @ cee me ee, a
& ¢ * . . in noe , . . " wee et ee ee Bewegung” und "Der Flan sur Uswandlung der Natur* auch iber den *Lebensstandard der Jerkthti, ‘en® wird berichtet, uber den Staats ” huushalt der UdSER, her Volkabildung, S,;ort. Leben der Frauen ‘und dergleichen mehr. Das Programa iat vielseitigs und findet  tmmer eine interessierte KUrergemeinschaft. Hieran relhen sich auch deutsché Themen. W&hrend die vorges . nannten Vortrige yorwiegend von sowjetischen Offigieren cder ‘Funktion&ren gehalten warden, holt nan sur Behandlung der Deutsehe oo ° land vetreffonden Fragen meist *prominente™” Perstnlichkeiten wee , der S.E.D. und der ostdeutschen Regierung oder solche, die bes . zg kanntermaSen mit derén Ideen syapathisieren (g.3. Minister Ran, - vs . Pret. Gerhart sisler, Dr. Kurt Fischer, #ilhelm doenen, Arnold _  awedg. wed. we). Gegenwirtig steht die Politik der “nationalen ¥46- =~ Front*: im Vosdergrund. - Soweit Musik von hervorragender Gualitat - gebdoten. wird,. ist sie mist auf dis gleiche politische Tendenz ; ibgestinat. -Auch den: varschiedenen.volksdenokratischen lL Landsrn ‘sind ‘beatiamta Vortrigs nd Filme gewidnet: “= Die Auss3tellunragen gehen ssaindig nebenner. -a. eine solche liber soujetische A chitektur, die -Bauten der UdSSR ent t, Reg _groBwohnhiuser,. Sansterien, Babns. und’ ‘Bafengebaude, yarks. Eine iiber die sowjetische Armee steht vor der sroffnung. n der Sowsette” andere ‘Ausstelbungen zeigten oder zeigen Leistunge! schen salerei, Graphik, Plakatkunst, ‘Bucher und Kinderblicher, Bihnendilder, hiaterial gun. Leben yon Lenin, stalin, Gorki und Fin? jahrplan Geschichte * stets ; yewtinit: nan Se garick” ree ‘der Batried im’ Hause mit Hilfe reichlichen Fersonals sorgffiitig organisiert ist. Phen
“= Demoxkratiache “Republik” ‘achuldentves oa werden. ‘Baneden: ‘Soll die “Hachsaakeit* (euch ¢ ein Hort _typisch Bose —_ 16. Mire 19500 NS pe Pos KE “cufloy TE Berteht sret3s an Uoer die "Nati onale Froht °® des “demokratischen". Deutschlands im Tageskampf sprach Wilhelm Ko e ‘ne n am 16.3.50. im Haus der kultur der S.U. cer 7 Theaterrraum war woll; viel Polis zisten dls Zubtrer. Koenen, prominenter SzD=#Bonze, linientreuer Mann des “Volksrata”", ist ein typischer Agitator und Demagoge. Er: spricht mit. lauter, géschulter. Stimme, lebhaft und einprigsan. — Dabei reiht or Phrasen und Schlagworte ‘aneinander, ohne eigene Ideen. gu entwickeln. Aber der ‘kritike und urteilslose HUrer erliegt leicht seinem ortschwall. scharf, ‘und heftig sand seine AusfAlle. | Adenauer ist der *skrupellosé Vertreter, azerikanischer Monopolinter= essen" und nebenbei ein’ “sta sItey Schwager zweiten Grades von Mac Cloy® und hat Westdeutschi and. leichtsinnigerweise mit mindestens 35 Williarden- Westaark Schulden belastet,. wil ihrend die "Deutsche f lastehte.. “Blend ;:: Nerfall vund.” Hoffnungsloslgkeit herrschen in Westdeutschland. “Bei uns (d.h. 1a gliicklichen Gstlichen Teil Deutschlands) geht es schrittweise vors any wihrend. es in ko lonidlen: Deutschland ¢: Berlin sowle in der Ostzone planai@ig verstirkt werden solle. Uber= all sollen Agitationstrupps eescnult werden. Sie sollen z.B. in “‘kleinen Gruppen in den Berliner a= und UaBahnen durch laute Ges — _ ; A  sprifehe im Sinne der "“nationalen Front® die. Offentlichkeit “aufs= . , klbren*. Im Ostsektor und in der Ostzone sollen sis Verstindnis sete, das ate ‘Ablieferurigspfitent der Landwirtschaft. ‘erhone. | Auch das Einsamceln von *Buntmetslien” soll durch die: ‘politische Orga= nisation dis herunter Zu den Hausobleuten sriundlicher | betrieben ee ; werden. Zur srlduterung, wig und wo die Gefebr yon “*"gadoteuren" : droht,.wurde anschliefend der Defa=Film “Der Auftreg Hoegners", der : schon oft im Hause gelaufen ist, nochaals gezeigt. i _ bie deutsche Bevtlkerung steht, wie Koeren ausfUarte,. vor eia __ . So nem entachaidenden inneren Kanpfubschnitt. Es gilt, die Schranken. oo eee gu beseitigen, welche dio "nationale Front" noch von ihrem Ziel ,trenren, ihre Grundsitze auf ganz Deutschland ausgzudehnen. In dies som Sinne soll das Pftingstreffen dsr deutschen Jugend gu sehr als einer Demonatration werden. Gane Berlin aol] damit gowonnen werden, .. POR Cary tree
ae ms - Wortr-” a. Koenen am 16.35.5)., B° 8t. 2. in a . ' ™Cuno" = Bericht ar.13. /Fortsetsung/ wf rand t Berlin ist {laut Koenen) Si4/H#A der Wittelpunkt nicht nur Deutschs= lands, sondern, des Blocks aer Volzxsdesckratien und game Europes! Ohne Berlin kein Friade, keine “Freiheit*, keine £inheit Deutsch= lands. Ber jet sige Zustand, da’ —festbeslin sich-des derrachafts= ~ anspruch der “nationslen Front” enteieht, mud beseitigt werden. 4 Stwa die gwei ite: Haltte des Zoérenschen | vortrags beschiftigte sich mit .den Vorgangen: bel der Benontage in Batenstedt=Sslegitter ‘und enthielt drastische Konzeritare* su den Pressensachriccten. der leteten Tage. - Koenen schilderte den erfolgreichen Biderstand der deutechen- ‘Arbeiterschaft. gegen die Zerstérumg ihrer Arbeitsstdtten, Segen aggressive. Plaine ‘defr Westalliierten. Am Senlu3 des Vortrags | meldete Sich sur | ‘Diskussion nus. ein.Mann -aus-dea-Publikua Bit °Morachlag, der’ ‘Bélegschaft’ in WatenstedtsSe geitter. a42 Synpathie aller Versa:selten téiezrachkisch ausgusrrechen. Die Resolution wurde in Abstiamung einstimaig anzenoumen..
14-00000 ‘ we 7 1 "Cuno" Bericht Nr.t4, . W953 YP, peri cae re tee ; "Die Sowjetarmee = das Bollwerk des Friedens und der Sicherheit in der ganzen delt © dat das ketto. einer Ausstellung, die an 17.3.50. im Haus der Hultuxy der Sowjetuniog eroffnet wurde. ° in einer blumengeschmiickten Vorballe, und * ‘drei RUunen sieht man Bilder, Landkarten mit Erladuterungen und groGplakatierte 24% sate. Das ganze kinnte man als einen kriegsgeschichtlichen Schnellkursus der sowjetischen Armee bezeichnen. faffen, Unifora j : _ men und dergleichen, was sonst in Heeresmuseen gu’ finden ist, ; werden hier nicht gézeigt. Auch technisch ist iider den heutigen .. Stand der Armee nichts Neues gu entnehmén. Die Aussteilung trigt ; mehr ideologischen Charakter und. ‘eine bestimmta politische Tena ae Sy dene: Die AuSere .Ausstattung ist dekorativ ‘sehr sorgfaltig und a Rng tVerdgch | gemacht. ee _ oe Die. ‘Bilder.-beginnen ‘geitlicn’ ‘wit € Seckiiar ae der Bavolutions-< eet am Catober 1917, als die ersten Trupps bewsffneter Arbeiter sich gur "Boten Garde" zusammenschlossen. Stets _Steben sch hier # ‘Lenin: und Stalin.s oe oa =. id ndkartén' werden - “Sodann“di¢ Feldziige des Birgers “? Kyteges illustriert, | in derén Verlauf die Rote Armee nacheinander die fremden Invasionstruppen sowie ihre inneren wei=russischen — _, Gegner besiegte. ‘Von kérz bis Oktober 1819 ging-es gegen die von. - Osten antiickenden Truppen Koltschaks, nachdem schen 1918 briti=| sche Expeditionstruppen von liurmansk aus’ vergeblich ins Land one gudringen versucht hatten. Bedrohliche fiir. die Junge. Sowjete: eae (ote mpmacht: wurden::danals* (1919/20; tise. Denekins von ‘Siiden her,» " “die jedoch znae 1920 mit: einen wollen: Sieg dex Roten: Avitiee und re ~~ Vervreibung: der Gegrer aus der Krim: endeten. Auch des polnischen Anzriffs erwehrie aich die Rote Armee. _Sehlieblich Belang BS westacs = = “geht von ‘Ifkatsk bis) “Hadiwostok. im Foes Ostea wiédernersustel= - “len. Die Rolle Stalins bei der Leitung dieser Unternehuien wird. begonders. heryorgehoben.. Kine auf einem groBen fisch montierte Kartenskisze zeigt zB. durch Fabnchen und Daten Stalins Fahrten durch das ausgedehnte Operationsgediet -2aischen Nordrugland und at Kaukagus.- - ~ Der grvate Raum witd durch Bilder aus dem letzten Krieg gefillt. Darunter ist kaum Material, das nicht schon durch Zeitschriften friiher bekannt geworden wire. Wieder seigen grove Lage= und BewegungssSkizsen die Zerschlagung der Hitlersarmeen in grog=
_"cuno” = Pericht Hr.t4 o/Portsetruigy ; 4 _ Ausstellur “Sowjetarmee’, Blatt 2. ; " om angelegten, fuy dis Sowjetarmee slegreichen Schlachten. Mt Man kann sich deutlich vorstellen, wie dia fichlachten vor Moss kau Das. 1941, bet Stalingrad Sept.-Dez. 1942, bei Kursk und Charkow im Sommer 1943 und schlieSlich im Raum um Berlin eich _ adbwickelten. Unter einem Bilde von einer aowjetischen Haffene fabrik steht: ° "Die sowjetiscke Armee errang ihre Erfolge mit Saffen, die von sowjetischen Konstrukteuren gebdaut sind.* In einer Inschrift zu 10 grofen etrategischen Bewegungen ‘der Armeen im Jahre 1944 heist. ess "In der so entstandenéen Situation war e3 klar, da8 die. Sowjetunion: auch. ohne Hilfe der Verbiindeten. mee 6::) Stande ist, ganz Deutschland £u besetzen und auch Frankreich . zu bdefreien*. “Aut diese eigentlichen iriegsbilder folst éine§ Serie unter _ dem Leitspruch. *Befreiung der: VOlker*. hian sieht, wie einriickens | de ‘sowjetisohe Truppen in. Prag, Budapest,’ ‘Bukarest: und” euch) ims: =" Pernen- “Osten: ‘yonder einhéimischen Berd licerung jubelna barrust warden, und gewinnt aus Bildern von der karade in Jahre 1947 vor dem Kreml einen ‘sewlssen Eindruck von ser heutigen Stirke ‘Ia Moskau und “in s anderen sowjetisvhen Stkdten gibt ea auch besondere Armee=m Theater » deren Auffibrungen Themen von in diesem Rahmen adgen 1 noch: swei ‘Filme exwibnt ‘sein, die ws. Dez ‘eine behandelt. den 2. teil der Stalingradeseniacnt. Kein “eigéntlicher KriegsaDokimentarfilm, d. h. keine im Eriege an der Pront gemachten Aufnahmen, sondern spdter mit Schauspielay und Statistensfruppen gestellte: fidmische® Handling. Die" ‘Peratnlicha =o -keit des. Generglissinua. Stalin steht im Vordergrund: dér Idee. Der: deutsche Beschauer erfahrt, in wie..sinnlosér Weise der wakna sinnige Hitler Hunderttausende deutscher Soldaten in aussichtse loser Lage dahin opferte. Das- Publ ikum naha fen Film mit Ernst “und Srgriffenheit aut. Ein anderer Film "Die von Kronstadt" ‘heroigiert den erfolge ©: 16" © _reichen Widerstand Roter Marinetxruppen im Jahre 1919 vor Lenin= grad im. Kampf gegen weidrussische Judenischatruppen. Ja heftiger gexAmpft und geschossen wird, deste lebhafter reagieren dia sahlreichen Jugendlichen unter den Zuschauern. Der Fila Luft in, . rugssischer Sprache mit deutschen Unterzeilen. . Siegen, Feldherren und Heldentaten der sowjetischen Amiee Were we herrlichen,’ ae a . J >
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