14-00000 } Seren tae a geaeittent = eee sents earmmrntome gear Rin Te eS a ia Curriculum vit~ of: ! JOEN S. TAYIOR, JRo 43 North Limvood Avenue 95 rue de la Faisanderie, Pittsdursh 5, Pennayivenia Paris XVI. France . Phone numbersTROcadero 08-66 pate and Place ef Births 28 October 1912, Wilkineburgh,Penrsylvania USA Passport No2455792 Garte dtidentite Nos: AY 62011 Harital Status: Married (no children) Heights @'gtt Woights:210 lbs Health: Good Education: Grade School 8 years College 4 ysare High School 4 years Degree B.A.(Libderal arts) . The Pennsylvania State College, State College, Fennsylvania Important Civilian and Military Experiencas Employers US. Armay Position: Entered on Aotiva Duty as See nd Lieutenant, Infantry-Reserve Length of Employment: June 1937 = March 1939 Employers Transo ntinental and Western Air, Ino., Kansas ity 6, Missouri Positions: Traffic and Reservation Sales Representative Representative Traffic and Sales . at Pittsburgh .Pa. Manager, City office Length of Emplorments May 1939 - February 1941 Employer: US Amey Positions Enetered on Active Duty as First Lieutenant, Infantry-Reserve Statinned ats New York, N.Y. Noumea, New Saledonia : Washington, D.C. Norfolk, Vireinia Honolulu, Tete Le Havre, France Separated fiom Active Duty as Lt.Col.,Transpor tat on Gorps-Reservwe Length of Employment: February 1941 <- February 1946 Employers Transcontinental and Western Air Inc., Kansas Jity 6, Missouri -Positiona: Assistant to Traffic Manager, Int'l] Divial on,New York, N.Y, Assistant to Traffic Manager for France, Paris, France Length of Emple:ment: February 1946 = August 1946 Employers US Army Positions Entered on Active Duty as Lt. Col., Transportation Corps,US Army Stationed at: Pabis, France Bremerharen, Germany Antwerp, Belgium New York, NeYe e ‘ Cardiff, Yales Washington, De Resigned from Active Service with same rank Other Informations Speak French mai erately well. Have lived in France a total of three (3) years and am now a resident, Practically all of my experience in civilian and military life -has been office management and direction in outside activities. Referencess WreAlexandre de Bondini YxrePhilippes Hottinguer Monsieur Jean Monnet Vice-President ,Int'1 Hottinguer et Clee, Commissaire General Automatic Electris corp. Banqua,3& rue de Prevence au Plan de Nodernita- of Chicago,2 rue chartran Parise, IX. tion et d@'squipement ’ Neuilly-sur-Seine Telephone? TRI 28-84 18 rue de Martignac, Telephones HAI 76-22 PARTS VT Telenhones TV 75-70 ude thet
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14-00000 ee . cmerecents eoeig ERE FPR yd bal pt AP darted Seer ema eRnMMC AT Eas T ume cht AEM ~T oat Es th Sh ot st cel Ke teat EI NIE od SAT SECRc: SEPURITY INFRRSEAT. OH “ 18 January 1952 MINORANDUN OF ODUVFRSATION Present were Hesears. Jackson and washburn of HCFE, Keeure. Barrets, Joyce, Devine, Sargeant and Kohler fras State, and Messrs. Dulles, Wicner, jand Braden from CIA. The meeting vas held in Kr. Berrett's effice on 17 January at 4:30 pm. ONCLUSION: That the Crusade for Freedom organization should continue. The following ie a tranesript of Mr. Bradan’s notes of the meoting. G. BD. led aff, adeltting the frustrationa that a leng campaign on the Grusade for Frecdom caused to the State Department and sug- gested the following progress Le A leday béelleringing canpaign in ail elties. 2. Direct mall to corporations. At this point, Hr. wachburn interjected to aay that be wuld need about two weeks of “Low drums" promotion before tue ijeday cmupaign. Jackson went on to aay that ‘under such a schere there would be no time en the part of the chairman for a bulld-up of invidious eamari- : gong in ¢he orees. At Jackson's request, Hr. »sashburn passed around @ Crusade publication entitled "Tne Voies of dmariea - 1951 + A Year : ef Frogreas*. YTois brochure, which in four pares raises highly the work of the Vaice of Amoriea, ia te be malied ty toe Crusade to ita ehief contributers. Mr. Barrett then made the following psintas i. The Natienal Camiteee for a free Europe grow out ef the idea of Belping refugees and of giving them a volee. It has changed ever the years to a huge operation wita mary new ideas, end the Crusade fer Preeden came along az al | neeesal ty. 2. He seked unsther the denamils of funderaiciag had net begun te make less effective the primary job of helping refugees, whether
14-00000 3 " spraadt mtr Saeco _ ceed — Ate tn eee a Aetna  eatitste vith LPR PRL I OTe at ethane WAAL DDIM MENT Tipe Teele sat OA EAR ant Re eerie oe elem rae ae. nee re ee on at ee PE; the tail -- Crusade for Freedom == ig not waging the deg. He remarked that la o conversation with Alan Valentine he Led fewrd that Valentine ie inclined to agree with hin. 3. Against Kr. Wachbumm and the Crusades for Freedom, he had only one complaint. They were too cued, too bigetine. They made wugh an effective appeal taab the recipients could not avoid running down the competitor. Ho stated ag iis opinion tiat tas Crusade was jeopardizing a multi-million dollar operation -- the Yolee of America == amd might even be jeopardizing anotier gultieniltieon dollar eperatien «« Radig Free Rurope <= for the sake of raising three miliien dellara. le {fe thought balloons ond some other operations done by the Corstiites were best done by private mearg. S. Ho leaned toward going back to the beginning and looting at the Crusade as purely, land mot an attempt te : \ raise large funds and making e lot ef hoopla. He sugveuted that the ; Crusade sinould raise only enough money and anke only enough of a emmpaign te provi Ha suggosted mail colicita- tion, magazine advertinements, the publicising of two or three large anonymous gifts, all without hignepressure. Then he sald, "Letis get on with the main job of radie and refugees.” Mr. Dulles asked whether this danger to the VYoleo was so great. "Didn't you get more money tals year?* Garrett's answar wag *Ho® and he pointed out that there was no damage done to the Voice by the Crusade tnis year insofar.ae fimds were consumed but he feared the feature. Dulles asked waether we couldn't work out the timing of the Crusade eo that there would be no interferenee on the bill. Hr. Barrett did not directly ansver the question. ile said | Too many people already mow the truti sbout the Crusade and he 1s worried about (¢. He sald 1t surprived nin that it worried ola more then 16 worried Mrs Dulles. A large campaign raises the question, he sald. ef bow all the work io done on suca a small « He theught the Crusade called attention to itvelf Howland Sargeant asked Jackson to answer uis question, "2 what various usee are the Crusade?7® Jackson Ligted then as follewss @. %¢ bringa in nonay. 3. It edasetes and intereste isoricans in the whele problea of psyeholegical warfare and propaganda and dese a more than any thing else tat is manarped by tae Gorermmaet or by private funds. He thought this was greatly imporient and said that al tncugh he SCORE |
14-00000 Pee eee eee oe or a cs | SECRET a roali sed that mistakes had been made and the Crunade had eriticlacd the Voice, otrateiecally the Crusade muld be of enommaus help te the Volee ly publicising the need for communieating to people in alavory. . Sargnant thoucht point 3 was the most importen’. He asked wheather the Crusede couldn't be tled in with tiles point. Jackoon said, "Yes, emt wo ary atarting with thie Lasue of the Cruseler publieleing the Foleo.” Washtaun added that 25 million contritaitors, counting thie - year’s ard last year’s oontributions, siny prevent cutting down the eperation a9 Farrett sugresta. They will raise a let of queations. Barrett disagrwed and repeated his sugrestinn of @ scne=month coperatisn confined to magagine miverticing and dirwot mail, Jackson asked about the mearacine acdvertiaing. He sald you had te write sopy for magazine atvwrticing aml the scopy would have te advertise hadio Free Furopea. Rarrett onowered, "You can control the copy on marasine ada. There is a lot of time allowed fer golng over thon earcfully before they ges inte print.® Wachlarn repeated several tines that it would be a rreat shane te Tet the Cruseda go. Jackson said the Crusade gave a real Lift te exiles not only hero but abroad. Rohler eaid he had been thinking about the prehlen and had ta suggestions to makes 1. Gould wa oxhort people t rive a dollar to Rattle Pree Furope amd at the sme time to write a letter to thelr Ongresamen backing up the VYoloe of Anerica? , @ Gould the Redis Advisory Ghanittes of the Volee of Amorica teem wp uith the Crueade to help with general publicity? dackson enowored the first question "No". He thought that would be dangerous. {To the saonnd question, he eald "Yer®. Me again outlined bie idea for a campaicn calling for education on o genersl paycholegi- eal warfare progres with ao final request te contribute to the Crusade. ar. Dulles again asked Mr. Barrett about tds financial problens asd the timing ef his request to the hill. Barrett said he would have the most difficulty fron January to July. taeshborn said, "Then we'll a a osmspaign in september enly and there'll be no horn-blowing until then. @ Dulles aaid that he thought tnat if the GQeusade eould be limited te ieptesber he doubted that it would interfore witn sr. Barrett! fund-raising probleas. fhat, coupled sito a better degrees of coortina- tien, with the use of Nr. Eouler's private advisers, and wits a great effort on the part of the Crusade toward payabolocical warfare education weld give the Ysies much invisible suport. sergeant said he agreed SECRET Me ee he So SNOT eR aR ea Tl Rela RE at 8 a
_ eee ne RINE OT At AERP Tal Al Se whet oF “altaya « 14-00000 SECRET «he with Hr. Dulles? view of the Crusade giving invisible support and He thought that te hold the whele crusade organisation together for a yoer mrely to conduct a two-week cacpaign would waste many good men's time, Barrett agreed that a teaoeweck campaign wouldn’t keep the orvanisation alive. ‘ Sargeant asked Lf there wore mot othor ideag wich could be fad through the Crusade naciinery, thus asking nore constructive use of it. Ferrett rained the question 2 internationallelng the Crusade effert. Jackson replied that there was an abortive Freneh project wnioh he thought would shortly fall flat on ite fase. The British, he thought, would zhortly make a final decision as t whether to go shoed with an exile program or not. He seened dubious that they would deqgide te da on. He montianed Joan Paul David and iaix et Liberte as the only foreign operation in this field which had ary epark to it. Darrett agreed tut aaked whether or not same Furopeans oouldn'¢ be put on the Board of Cirestors. Dulles replied that this wae very difficnlt, that they couldn't attend meetings for one thing. Parrett said, “Couldn't there bo an annual mecting simply as a frent, a@ esnouflage?® Jackson sald that NCFE did get involved in Eurepean organisations, that they had close affiliations wits tne Furopean hove.ent, with the Pree Trade Union Comitteos in Exile, wth the International Journalists. wits Strasbourg University, and all the radie prograss were reaching the point where they were thought of as programs belenging to the people to whem they wore broadcast. NCFr had, ne thought, intemationalised @ great deal and in a vary natural way. A board 5f foreign direatora would epeil that natural process by setting up an obvious pymsey. Washbumn again raised the argument ef timing the eampaipn to take pPlase only in September. ‘fhere uas no direct rosvonse te this sugres- tien. fargeant, referring again t» the use of the invisible assets meniiencd by Dulles, tought that 1f the Crusade cantinued it sould be planned not primarily to raise funds Attention ghould be focuged ons 1. Tne development of umterstanding; the battle for the minds of 2. Tuo or three concrute t ings wmiica private cltisens could da am this battle. Ci PPeT
14-00000 o § a Tarrett took this up at ence and aentioned letter writing. Turning t bashium he said, "Abtett, put your mlad te work.” iia thought we snould be able to find soawtuinr. He ougvested we ack Washburn to look into other projects lise tie luttcrowriting canpalyn toat was éone for Italy. Ho mentione* tne Comson Counctl for Anorlean Unity amd Mre Mulles sugrested tue Friendship League run ly Cirietian dorter, Dulles asked for agpoenwet of the group te do tng caapalen on a nodest- baaia for the month of lestasber only, t keep tie orgerd zation togetier, to include the Comittee of the Voice, to assure fu1l oper- @ination of all publiedty ast to work hand on the apocifie ideas mentioned ly cargeant. Levins asked If quan a campalgn woul set ean playing Radio Free Euryype dom to, aay, fourta plees? Jackson geid, "Ho, 1t would net sean Saat; Radio Free furore would slaply be ene of the thames that was >isyed, sometimes at the top of tie Ladder end gometines dawn the ladder, 1% wuld depend.® Barrett again raised te|__—iprobles and hie dlesati sfaction with the Crusade! faLles explained toat this was a probles that had te be lived with. Jackcon once more attempted to get agrecuent of the groap on the following pointe: 1. The Crusade to matiave. @. To tegia net earter taan vepteuber and to be of very short éuratione 3. The whole organi estior to devote itself te education in peyemlogical warfare, imelucing we work of tha Voice. 4. fo study means ef civic action on local and national levels. §, That eweryhody agree to inds pregras and work out the details @3 soon as possible. Barrett acked Great Joyeo avi then levine whether thay agreed to tals program. oth did agree. Barrett said that he es=.d not comit ainseif to wile progres. He said he vas leaving shertiy and felt tat ue could net somult the Departeaent of State ender taess circunstaness. Le sald he would agree on one polat only <- tat we Crusade anuld mot dlaband -- but he reiterated his conviction teat it cuxht to be of » euen lower Ppreesure than the discuseies = fer outlined secmed, and he agaia mentioned aacgauines and direct agil. Jackson said that 1¢ waa all wery wall to tell the group tiat tagy wore mt to disband but he sil aan val
14-00000 ° Clits or , J said to first question the group would then ask fa "Wnet shall we Gor® fe eadd tint question nad te ke eneworwd. Earrett esid, "we heve 9 s@ordinating cosilttee of Braden and Devine & wrk tds protles out. ? farm followed some dLesuscion' of the balloon project wiih Le the sukjeet of a separate Renorantaa fer the hecord by & t i TOPAS We RRADET wnief, Latemaetional Organisations Brened . PLS 3 TeBs ob Orig - BOC (thru aDPc and pD/P) - 1 ec = PT 1 ec = GO es ~ 2 SECRET