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Justin P. Liuba
178 East 80th Street
New York, NY 10021
Tel/FAX 212-535-8169

December 5, 2000

Dr. Henry Kissinger
Kissinger Associates, Inc.
New York, NY

FAX 759-0042

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

I am working on a documentary picture about Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, two entities, which, as you know, played an important part in the ideological struggle between the Communist East and the Democratic West, during the Cold War.

My czech associate and I feel that due to your extensive and profound knowledge and the important government positions you occupied in that critical period of time, your input, in the form of an interview and/or statement, would be extremely important for the success of our endeavor. Ours is a labor of love, since we are intrigued and disappointed by the evident lack of political and historical education in our adopted country, the USA. We strongly feel that the public at large deserves to know what their former leaders did, together with a dedicated group of exiles and with the cooperation of Germany, in order to help liberate Eastern Europe from communist oppression.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Attachment: Letter to be addressed to various funding sources in the USA.

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Dear Sir/Madam:

The purpose of this letter is to inform and interest you in a subject that has been neglected, if not ignored, for decades. In my opinion, it is important to tell the world the story of one of the most successful operations staged by the American governments during the Cold War, from the beginning to its end.

In addition, the world should learn the efforts, energy and financial sacrifices the American people made in order to help the peoples of Eastern Europe regain their freedom from the communist oppression. In this context, I suggest the creation of a documentary film about two organizations, namely Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, which with bipartisan support conducted a successful psychological warfare campaign against the tyranny of communism, responsible for the extermination of some 100 million people around the globe.

Experts agree that without the active participation of the above radio stations, the fight against the forces of world communism would have continued with doubtful results.

Disseminating information and stimulating political unrest behind the Iron Curtain, they played a vital role in bringing about the fall of the oppressive regimes in Eastern Europe.

Unlike the Voice of America, which conveyed a distinctly American perspective on global events, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty served as a surrogate home radio service and as a vital alternative to the controlled, party-dominated press in Eastern Europe.

Over twenty stations featured programs tailored to the needs of the individual countries. They reached millions of listeners ranging from industrial workers to dissident leaders, such as Lech Walesa in Poland and Vaclav Havel in Czechoslovakia. The radios carried two main messages to these peoples: that a more prosperous and honest world existed beyond the confines of the Soviet Empire, and that the U.S. and its allies believed communism to be a fundamentally immoral and deceptive system of government.

The proposed documentary intends to present factually and objectively the history of the two sister stations and their problems: the critical start-up years in the early 50's and the later efforts of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc officials to thwart the stations. The communist tactics ranged from jamming attempts, assassination of radio journalists, the infiltration of spies onto the radios' staffs, to the bombing of the radios' headquarters in Munich, Germany.

The documentary would also present new information about the connection between RFE/RL and the CIA, which initially provided covert funding. Drawing on archival material and interviews with former staff members and other people involved in the operation, the film intends to illustrate the inside story of the two stations, which helped change the face of Europe. This would include the controversies that engulfed the stations throughout the Cold War, most notably RFE's broadcasts during the Hungarian revolution, which have been described by some people as inflammatory and irresponsible. It also intends to show how RFE prevented the communist authorities from establishing a monopoly of information in Poland, and the crucial role played by the stations as the Berlin wall came down and the Soviet Union broke apart. Furthermore, it will present the way the Cold War was fought in America and in Europe, the strategic thinking of the RFE/RL leadership and of those involved in the highest circles of the government, including CIA directors, secretaries of state and even presidents.

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Time is pressing and the human and material resources necessary for the materialization of this
documentary will soon cease to be available. Consequently, your early decision in this matter will
be appreciated.

If, in your opinion, this endeavor has merit and deserves your material support, please advise me
to that effect.

Sincerely,

Justin P. Liuba
Former Romanian Bureau Chief
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, New York

Tuesday, January 09, 2001

from Rebecca

Re: **Interview Request – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty**

Justin Liuba (Former Chief, Romanian Bureau) is working on a
documentary picture about Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Subject: Liberation of Eastern Europe from communist oppression
and those who supported the effort.

Would like interview or statement from you. Documentary supported
by Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski and Pavel Tigrid (adviser to Pres. Vaclav Havel).

Please regret ______

I agree in principle ______

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Mr. Rodman -

Attached is a letter from Justin Liuba to Dr. Kissinger. Mr. Liuba asks for an interview and/or statement for a documentary picture about Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Dr. Kissinger prefers to offer a statement instead of an interview. Suzanne took a look at the material and thought you might have a better understanding in drafting a statement for Dr. Kissinger to look over.

Would you be able to draft a statement?

Thank you.

Rebecca

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