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14-00000 2. On ? January 1952, 0P¢/0S0| se following ceseace fron] Policy Adviser for ahs 30 January 1952 MEMORANDUM FOKe ESPECTAL ASSISTANT FOR INSPEGTICY awh REPORTS © SUBJECT | Proadeasta Regarding the Csech Currency Refora ‘REFFRFNCKs = =. 1m /P Yemorandua to NCPY of 16 January 1952, Sane Subject i. At the risk of mating this memorandum overly long, 4 review of the cable traffie on the above subject appears desirable. According te information available to this effiee, the caapaign to take the peychological initiative in connection with the rueored refora of currency of Crechoslevakia was first propesed by PE Division on 30 Seeember 1951 in cable te Frankfurt and Punieh (OUT 95920) aa follows: . . Sa. Persistent rumora claim Crech currency reform inrainent. Hungary allegedly printing new Caech currency. Leng New Year holiday appears suitable for reform. be Request all information this subject forwarded te Fran GS. Believe general knowlei¢e rumored reform to Csechs would herags government, cause excessive buying. ad. Sugeest Ceech operation out of Gernany expleit theme soonest in EVORODNE NLASY and/or pamphlets or ether asdia eaphasi sing s (1) Eeonewie and political desendency Csechs on Rusetars end consequent disadvantares. (2) Instability Creeh econosay. f3\ advisability population unload eash for goods, @. If “hite Legion prepared sugrest exploit thene along lines peragranh d. ° f. Yunis Suggest you uest 86 (IN 108b6) BiRietwares -m
stl mel tak be BE fa.) reports indicate prebably Csech eurrency refers schedulet for early 1952 affecting larger notes amd with at least SOZ devaluation. b&b MOB ecneurs this estimate situation. @. Request cemsentsa on plan which propose subait New York for approvals Large caapaign reporting above aa ___ information fres inside stating it latest regine attempt defrand —~ _ inmabditantstelling listenere they ean themselves fores postpene- eent or abandonment reform bys , (1) Changing 211 1,000, 500, 1060 notes for enaller. (2) Frying coode getting rid money. d. ‘stinated result buying panic flight from -erewn. @. Advantaces: : (1) Increase econonie eriaje. (2) Disrupt regime plan. (3) Suaranteet propaganda success (if reforal | | Jolzet evade if none helped postoone.) eo Rieke ust be sure catimate situation as planned caspaign enly possible onee.® Later that sare day, another cable (IN 16526) qusted[ i fellews: ®a, Intend all-out one week campaipn beginning L January. &. Roquestiag | @. Tine elesent forbids waiting. d. Page to) | | in New York on 2? January 1952, received a similar meogage direct frea his people in| | whe had been alerted in response — te paragraph f. of EE Uivisicn's esble of 3% Deceaber 1951 above. The undersigned happened ta be with kn Now York that day, and at his request obtained teleshonia confiraation regarding the above gushange cf eossages. decordingly,/ = ==—=——<C~*~“‘“—*‘*i A ks ecole to Go ahead with their operation. 3. ca} Jamary 1962, OPC/0S0 Frankfurt cabled (I¥ 10728) their eencurrense of the all-out exploitation of the suggested thems as fclleva, ®a, BE ever E280 (Te 10446) concur all-out explo! tation theese as encther regime attenpt defraud Caechs, best appreash. Sheald strees Soviet ruidanse planned referu in seed bring Csech Scenery e 2 - ae. RIMES Or RE SASHES pote ma aC Et hy Ni a Sa EME A A a i ce RR eee algae i COOL? SOUR ASIP Rid a antilth aPo
24290000 = vee spares ae mentee engene Tene RETO TERR OAR UAE Cetin NE POCORN 2 IEE A ae SY bed COA Ci SRS Rath cS RL Saletan tmeelarretea ytiains Malin oe ett iint READ sath ity ®economy closer avn and continuing deterioratics eeeneale structure Gsechoslovakia, b. Pelieve matheds aiznat forea postponement er abandensent _ should te eenfined sucrentions and left discretion populace. : Passitility rebuttal camupai¢n and dissafectian stesle seon if plan abasdosed following wnleading each and huge burtey spree.” he cn Friday h fanuary 1992, 026 cabled Munich {CF 97623)s *guspend action outlined referance pending inetructions which teiier soonest .® & oS January LSP this suspension wae anpliMed as follows te 2 Frankfort (OUT 91085) with copy to Funichs While eoneidereble evidense currency reform aay develop da aos wish embark on oreration until more certain of Saute end. knew sere about your plane for handling it. Advise ary additional’ information you able ebtain possibliity ourrener refore and send eutline contemplated eperational program ineludiss channele éisserination and taares.” 6, (a “enday 7 Jarmary 1957, the following cable was received from Punioh (1N 12615), Ba, Referanca tee late. Progras began ONC 7 January. b. Inetruet.? fo On 9 January 19? at the request of FF fivialon, we called ssistant “irestor of | | in New York, whe aivised that he had had no inetructions te sugpesd the Ceech eurreney ervaran, He said that | lnad sabled te RF¥, “unich on Saterday, 5 January 19S?, te go shead with the provran if they vere satiafte? it was a bona fide there and wuld net beckfire, At our request,[ ssi sent the follewing teletyne seseage to “unich, RFPs id you continue Caeohoslovakia currency (pregraa) beyond Jaweary Ftn ae eutlined teletyped prorras contest Ma. Cur friends advise ~ ems ~ o-asideratle doubt on part i«formation gathering friends bere that it hagsened er will Basses. Two « that iafermaties getmering frievie atvieed hunien recresentative to tell PFT Manton te Dold off, AsSeunc you enly weet ahead 7th en “evriech infermalion sathering friends sdviee amé ezay.® Te the foregoing ej}
ee ee ee ese RROOPSTR te ha gE = meats Roa ATi cat eh em Bid, erst fe the foregoing he reseived the follewing replys *Caechoalovak ourrency (program: is continuing in a reatrained manner, WG are prepared to teks credit if 4% deean't nappen. Manich repracentative did net advise us postpone until after aid 7th. went ahead en Hunion information gathering friernie lecal rep. Put we had their beat advies and blessing on this one.® 8. Acoording te the foregoing teletyse exchange, RFE ‘tunich were not advised until after mid-day “cntay, 7 January 1952, of the contents of OFC's sable of Priday, January 1952, suapending the action pending fcrther inetrustions. It would.alse appear that (°C, Munich, advised [___|to pressed. 9. Phe undersigned would like to point out that none ef the three eutgoing eables (NUT 9920, ONT 97623, <UF 913033) quoted shove, were goordinated with the Paycholerical Cta’f Sivision whe have the primary reuponaibility for all matters concemiag Had we imown abeut the decision to suspend on  Javuary 1952, we would have been able to advise| jin “ew York in plenty of tise to call off the operation. in thie connection, a subsequent message from Aunich states that does not consider that thair overseas staff is subject to commands of OPC stations, the commend channel runing only frea[ |New York. 10. Dn/P's mencrandus of 16 January 175? on this subject refers to the Direeter's recommendation that] |be prepared to play thia these either way, taxing oredit for @ither having prevented the reform by prasature exposure if nothing is dene, or having warned the people in sine te protest themselves if their currency is devaluated. As indiesated in |seanage of 2 January 1952, was aware of this double ap- proagh frow the etart , and has been tek the *ee prevented it" line in the cesasional references whieh have been rade to the eurreney prebles in the past three weeks. 11. To avoid euch confusion in the future, it is recommended thats @. Before a theme ie referred to[__|overseas fer exploitation, er even brought te their attention fcr aensideration, it be given . to PY bivieion net only for review here in Cr¢ but also for dis- eussion with the interested people is Sew York office. b. A421 cables
14-00000 be, All eables bearing on the subject be coordinated with PY Diviaion, or that branch having resvonaibility tor ’ preblemng. 6. Coordination and clearance with the Nepartusat of ; State be arranged by the aroa division before any suscestion for exploitation gets out to the field. &. he coomand ehannal for giving instreetions te [__] be glarified ge that messages intended for their everseas etaff will first be eleared with their Yew fork office, whieh Clearance will then be indicated in any messages going oud over OTC facilities. : 12. In view of the intereet taken tn thie sabtar by the no/pia ’ effiee, 4% is sugrested that tails sesorandus be forwarded te DD/? with any eounente you care to make. Deputy chief Peychologioal Staff Division perry /iGLoeal Distributions Sdéressee « Original ® PY/cIO. ow rr/is oj DCPY ei RI oe? ne 2 ene nee a ENDURE nee Nn EM 2 ON te roar ee
JAN 3 ever nenmtiie ab TINTS TE NT fad & ke, a Tory “of OE ry wt ast CONPITE UT ZAL tee th if cnorancduss ‘ —™ daruary 29) 1952 Tor Prong \ i { The encloged letter copy lo self-exleratery. It confisra, in sy alnd, 2.1 the worst gunpiciong tis: I nave hud rejarding thing public rulations firm in co.neetion with the Crusade for Freoinm, That is cro thinge The f.ct thit they would proceed, «ven Uf they had been ‘commissioned to cell this meeting for tae Crusade for Preedom, without consulting the National Co-nitte office, on wicse behalf they are supposed to act, is, in sy opinion, aseuming alarning proportions. _ Either the Crusade for Preedon works on behalf of the National Cocmittea, os it doeu nots This is the wort of thing that will rea for Freedom in tha clty, and is the Tlale on oinilar inc idetce. kill the Crusade iy a hole scrica of 652 a
14-00000 ' Jamary 29, 1952 Dear Abvotts ZY have just been informed over the telerhone that Earle iiocers. of Counsel Servicea, Inc., has called & meting of the Crusade for Freedom Corrittce in this gity, and hae failed to consult me in any way in this Me Lte Pe This hes resulted, a9 woual, in causing utter confusion in the minds of everyone, and bodes noe goed for the Crusade in this city nor for the sponsoring orpanisatilon - the Hational Co:ml tee for a Free Europe, Sor wiich the Crugade is operating. In your latter of Dacezsker 7, 1951, to be. Hulbert T. Bisse-le, Chairmn of the Crusade for Freedom in the District of Columbia, you desigrated mi as, Director af the Bashington, LC, office, AS I lave received no instrustions from you to the cone trary, I have presumed tnis situation to be continuing. The fact that ir. Rogera would proceed in a matter of thiz kind without consultation with tnis office, and without being co:umissloned by you to undertake such a mocting, is most clsturbing. This ie the sort of thing that will really kill the Crusade for Freedom in thie city. I ehall hope to discuss thie matter with you when in New York on Thursday, Sincerely yours, Roburt J. Moore in, Abbott Washburn, executive Vice-Chairman Crusades for Treedos, L west S?th Street, New York, ae
14-00000 "fue ve o--__ SECRET ve! \ ndas ; / in ROULING AND RECORD SHEET 9 f-Expvtrs.Reraty | 2 a O bos “at INSTRUCTIONS: OY uer designations should be used in the “TO” column, Under each comment a tine should be drawd! actoss stg end each 7 eat numbered ta correspond with the number inthe "TO culumn, Each officer should initial (check mark inautlecrdat) before furtres rersuing The Routing and Record Sheet should be returned to Reg stry. ate j Ee ee commenrs ° . iF >. AG ‘ " . A ar 1G. Bg ‘ ‘ea. Wolly hab udieatil eu» gpacus | ices id on (Incoming ltr 28 Jan. attached). Lap flay Original 6f attachment (ltr to ~ G7 \\ win Miller) will not be dispatched gC \ wilt) notification that John Hughes YZ etter has been signed. —~” ue 4 Aya @& @ ervssanen? Puscateag reece P- Aang FORM NO. S390 Fee 1996
ne err AONE TEE A NIN a NY ee pena ear Smee Ly 14-00000 Jamuary 28, 1952 * t 1 i 1 Dear Allens oo , ‘ \ ; This letter concerns the matter which I discussed with you briefly last week. : : For some months pest both the officers end dircetors of the NCFE have been cencerned 2s to what protective steps could be taken : in behalf of foreign natisnsis working for Radio Free Furope in 3 Germany under conditions which might arise in certain eventuslities, I attuch copy of a letter benring on this matter which was written by Lang to Gates Licyd on November 5, 1951. It gives a : . concise cutline of the problen and suggests a solution cf the some. To date, ec fer as I knew, we have not been able to secure any assurances that this is being teken care of. If, us we have been informed, the Army nuthorities in Germany are willing to help upon receiving clearance from the Department, of Defense, we feel every effort should be mude ta implement this promptly. Apart fr-m the very rest present end potential future value of F the foreign nationals in the group, the Committee feels thot it has ; a definite morsl obligsticn to seek the seme degree of assist nee and protecticn for them as wruld be efforded United States citizens under the ecnditions referred to. ve wet OIE hae : Persorally, I feel this ob igation is e broader cne which ex- : tends tc this Goverrrent ss well. Lest Tursds: when ve were discussing this question in New York, Jce Grew was such interested ard seid he would be gisd to cessist in any way possible. We aii felt, hevever, thot this is not a metter which the Committee can take up direct with the Defense Depurtrent or . other Government egencies here rd thet it ecn only be breught to a : proper solution through seticn cn the part of the Director or yourself. Pleese be good enough te tske tiis matter under ecnsider:tion and give us the benefit of ycur edvice, . Yeuyp, ar ue eres Set ee he reg wer
14-00000 Peep 6 er MET PIERRE NLT te anette: oe nme a ELAR ee RE a ronewe lett tttrelentagentAe Race Bi Far Ratan ati Feith oon Tae a a 7 “ ; . + “ STRICTLY Prive TE § November 1951 7 . Deer Mr, 4g you knew, RFE hes, at the present writing, seme 1000-2100 peorle in Germany. They ore lergely concentrated in Munich end its CRTAEA ES @, elthough ccme ure sesttered on «md urcund the Frankfurt and Melidelterg region. The steff is compoced of Americens, Czechs, Sleveke, Surgerions, Poles (at un early dete), lerge numbers of German heusexcepirg ard engineering personnel, plus a few French, Swiss, Belgiers, British, ete. Full detcils on the disposition of the staff ; ere evellavle in Munich and heve been turned «ver to EUCOM in en effort : to interezt EUCOM in the mest sericus problem which faces us tcday ~ . , thet of evicustion in the event of a move by any of the Russian armies. Through Lt. Co. Ciccolelle we heave been fortun:te enough to ; have cur émerican personnel included in the evacuation plen of the : Munteh Feet Command, At this writing, however, we stund to lose cur extrecrdirarily cepeble, well trained and ecmpletely western-oriented foreigr stzff. ZTCOM, on its own, hes done all thet it con but needs a directive from the Dezertment of Defense in Washingtcn to the effect that the PFE steff is “té be considered a "war asset” und given e high prierity on the evecuetion schedule. This priority should inelude the foreign neti-reis who have been trsined into the PFE effort since withcut them whatever egency which would teke over the AFE steff would be canpletely lost. Cur investigations, end very ecnsidercble work dene in the field on this ecubfect, prove thet FUCOM is more t'en willing to tcle uron itsel? *his edditions1 evacuatian burden if se directed by the Danurt- mert cf Defense. This is a matter of extreme Im-ort mee not only to us but te who- ever wil inherit the tesk ef influencing the satellite sre.s when and efter tre Russien ermies have ~oved into western Euroje. RFE tas proved het it is the Czechs, Hungariens end the Poles who cun best do @ peyetetosice? werfare job, Without their ccmriete participstion we woulé te lost in this "peacetine"® effort, end withcut their future “perticipetion whoever inherits cur tesk in tine of war would be equally lost. STRICTLY PRIVATE eee
14-00000 . re nr ee ce eet EES eS Me ERE BIER Eo YO Alba Me Ket Theta eect Peeate anette ene Tet ahi Rein Raab Tie” mS teeter seats ans . - STRICTLY PRIVATE cad ae | May I therefore request that this metter be given ycur innediete r and urgent ettention. So far as we cen tell, cnd we huve gone into i this subject very exhaustively, 211 thet is needed frem this alde ig ' a declaration of interest in the entire steff on the pert of the ; Department cf Defense.
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