aft TT REY ) Huncarian National Council, beins tae only National Council which is aetive in any devres an a unified anal offeetive leatershi;. group, enould be piven tun vronosed BFS responsihilities at cnee and that as pson as the other national prouns besume ofreetlve organisations KEE facilities should be made avatlarle to ten, Such a course raluss tuo orablems which de ut seen cufficiently treated in the referenen paper, nasely (1) the means of brincin: about the formation of uaifled and effeetive Nalional Councils, and (2) the extent and character of mincrvision to, be exereised over National - Councils once they undertake ker activities. 3 ¢ EF coneurs that ICTS snoult devote Ltself as a priority and primary function to foutering the crnation of effective National Councils. The reference paper supseste that to tais end NCFE cive more attention to the problem anc tke more pusitive meacures in the nature of interven=- fon in assisting the national eroins to solve their difficulties. It gecna to EE that by the vecy nature of the arrancenent wiersby the National Councils operate in the Anerican milieu and receive financial accistance fron the ICPRK intervention is inevitable and that: the NCFE has not refrained from intervening. Tue problem apvarently is not whether the NCFE snould intervene in the affairs of the National Counells but what xind of intervention sinuld vrovail. FE continues to believe that the ideal situation obtains wien a National Council onerates efirctively witn tne least -ossible intervention, and that a national proup should be encsuraz © achieve affective orzanization and operations tarourn its onwn ¢ Se Excessive intervention and certain tyres of Intervertion en: ue? such Harn as to defeat the vary purpose we seck to realiac, is, the develonnent of stronr, dipnified, and inmartant leaders.iv orrmanigatians to conduct the national lileration effort fro. alread. The wrone types of intervene tion inimieal to this cbhjective inelude actions which are widely construed as(1) beine in favor cl, or in epresition te, one candidate or party as arainst anvtner in tie orrpanigation of a National Council, (2) representing an atvemot to inrnose a policy with respect to the fulure consiitutional orraniszatien of a state or in relation t foreign states or voreign po.ulatiocn scrouns, or (3) relezatin- exile leaders +- a subormiinate nosition «i beine esployees of the Anericans. Intervene ticn of the forevoiaz tyves must be avoided by all means, yet on the other hand itis essential to acscsrt, by intervention IY neeessary, that no Natiznal Council falic under dictatorial rule and that incivle duals are held vo accountaLility so that our undertaking does not derenerate into sim ly a sensionary system for subsicizine tae conduct of rarty politics. ‘ so omy Q hobs a] SLCREL
ne ne to rea ERLE Tl A IE ep Selitage gt SEUREI - -3- 3 Tse gtronrest force in inducing the national exile froups to pull themselves together aR oe some Kind of unified and active councils may well be our insistence that until they do so they will not become elirible to take ower the proposed RFE responsibil! lities. If one National Councii receives access to HPS facilities this shovld crove an incentive to the cthers without our ‘intervention to put themselves in order go tuab they way do the sane. 4 As to the Sucervasion to be exereised over the National Councils which have tar : 2 or tne broadeastine efforts to their respoctive homelande, it i ts tuat they will need extensive professional assistane?, whether ty Americans or by their own nationals, in ereparing the dave “ croprams. The cowunclis will probably wish of their own initiative, after they have ciscovered what dally crogramiinz involves, not to fo behand (a) volicy determinaticn as to type of pregrawins, (b) utilization by the oolitical and intei- lecb:ial axile leaders of the opportunity to speak from tine to time to their people, ané (c) decicion on selection of certain program items. If thie ase-~idon is correct then ovr controls might rroverly be Limited to (1) provising each croup a recorded outline of American foreign policy for ranctance if they discuss any ohase of this subject or its implications, (2) preventing partisan atuses such as the cisprovortionate use af the HFE by one party although making sure that the representa atives of each may have access to RFE facilities if sarty revfesentatives so wisn, anc (3) conducting an ex post facto review of srograms in avoiding abises of any iyzee In ho vencrel 2 TE would be desirable t9 allew tne councils the maximus: scope of activity and resoonsibility in the AF effort they are capahle of undertaking in orcer to nurse the healtn and vitality of these councils as leadership organizations in the Literation strugrle. SLORE]