ye ne i = 7 sey Soya SECRET sien Seer trhurnatien § april 1954 AEMORANDUM FOks Chief, Internaticaal Orjanizations Divigi ca ROM 3 Deputy Director (>lans) SUBJ SCT $ National Comittee for s Pree Svrope « Radio Free Evrope «~ “‘scellaneces Recosmaendationa Zor and Action - RSFERENCR § Mewcrandus from ¢/T0 to D/DCI, DD/P and Acet dated 27 Maret i352 1. Y have read tho referenve “emorandwe whieh I note eacmeins quite a nuaber of recomendations for action, sew of whiek ser. te the undarsigned. 2. T would l‘ke to particinata in the Prtaceten bull seerton But believe it unneeeserry for CUR so be renrecented by sé samy - veople. If “r. Dulles is poing IT should prefer toe drop ent. & gurther reason for reluctance on my vart to atiend this sestiur is 4yat I have alr ady paseed on te toe BCFE peonle interestad ali of tre idear and information which 7 tare on the ceiacipal trena wv? tits discussion. I therefore feel the2,| [I would have nothing nex te centritute. However, £° Bre Bu.les ia unstle to attand and yor feel that IT ahwuld go, T mmpiic pe wiliing to do se. 3 3. Gencerning your repert of Trank Altgsehul'ts feeling at geivvanee, I shold te clad to at;2 = letter te Ala if “yr. Gulive @ewis that I am the creper sermor to do thig, Pemling Yr. Iniier? eunsideration of this matter, widi rou slease crepare in drats Zarm gop ay signature a friendly lettar t2 tr. Altech=l in wilen you sight @ument upon the fact that ACFEeKI—R sow reprerents une of tae amrt pecent weapons in our entim areserei, aid followizy vith an encnawledre- awet of the very iacertant eontriiction which ‘r. altechul saae toward te eevelopment and shaping of th’s iestrment,. SOCRET Deca eer ey Emer se ee,2EREEED
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14-00000 Vey 5 ™ re ne ‘ "e hy a 3 Maro 1982 MEDRALOUS p04: Deputy Diseswer of Central Intelligence VIAB Assistant “rector for foliay Coordination Deputy Rirwetor (Flans) SURI ECT: Radio Free Purope 1. As of Aoril ist, this Division plane to discontimio ita routine informational support to Hadie Free Luropee This support, whieh hau beea carried out by a staff of aiout fourteen people, erlginated ia the necosalty for ATE t) have aceoss to Foreign Broadeoast Tatelligence Jumarles, Slate Lepartment information, axl other overt information wich cama inte CLA. It becare apparent ametine aco there was not enoush of this saterial to M11 out NPE broadcasts and, ag you know, RFE hired the so-called stringero te @o the chief news-gathering job. Ine information cont RFE by us has for sone time been accessible to AYE directly from the agencies whien publish it. Our decision te cut out tots service has the eoncurrence of HF and makea possible the assignment of fourteen people elzewhers. 2. To take the place of this staff, ID Division proposea to have one or tf people eancemtrate on developing ideas and policy and theme guidance for RFS alens the lings watch the DPC] haa sugcested in conversation with me. One cood man of neceanary talent ap? experience will concentrate an this full tine, pulling toyether matters from IY Divialon, State and other soureas. He will eontinue te give RFE such intelligence summaries ag can be made sterile THO-.AS b. BRADEY Guef Taternational Organisations Divi alien fds Tus/eh « Addresses 1 ¢@ - GO 1 eo ~ 10/mo 2ee-K ae ve