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=== Radio Free Europe === | === Radio Free Europe === | ||
[[File:Newsroom Radio Free Europe.jpg|thumb|Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Newsroom in Munich, 1994]] | [[File:Newsroom Radio Free Europe.jpg|thumb|Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Newsroom in Munich, 1994]] | ||
Radio Free Europe was created and grew in its early years through the efforts of the [[National Committee for a Free Europe]] (NCFE), an anti-communist CIA [[front organization]] that was formed by [[Allen Dulles]] in | Radio Free Europe was created and grew in its early years through the efforts of the [[National Committee for a Free Europe]] (NCFE), an anti-communist CIA [[front organization]] that was formed by [[Allen Dulles]] in New York City in 1949.<ref name="Puddington 2003 12">{{harvnb|Puddington|2003|p=12}}</ref><ref>Weiner, Tim: "Legacy of Ashes", p. 36. Doubleday, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0307389008}}</ref> RFE/RL received funds covertly from the CIA until 1972.<ref name=":0">Prados, John: ''Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA'' (Ivan R. Dee, 2012). {{ISBN|9781566635745}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Meyer |first=Cord |date=2000 |title=The CIA and Radio Free Europe |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43134017 |journal=Georgetown Journal of International Affairs |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=127–130 |jstor=43134017 |issn=1526-0054}}</ref> During RFE's earliest years of existence, the CIA and [[United States Department of State|U.S. Department of State]] issued broad policy directives, and a system evolved where broadcast policy was determined through negotiation between them and RFE staff.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hudson|first=John|title=U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News to Americans|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/14/u-s-repeals-propaganda-ban-spreads-government-made-news-to-americans/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Foreign Policy|date=14 July 2013 |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
Radio Free Europe received widespread public support from Eisenhower's "[[Crusade for Freedom]]" campaign.<ref>{{harvnb|Puddington|2003|p=24}}</ref> In 1950, over 16 million Americans signed Eisenhower's "Freedom Scrolls" on a publicity trip to more than 20 U.S. cities and contributed $1,317,000 to the expansion of RFE.<ref name="Cummings|2008|p=169">{{harvnb|Cummings|2008|p=169}}</ref> | Radio Free Europe received widespread public support from Eisenhower's "[[Crusade for Freedom]]" campaign.<ref>{{harvnb|Puddington|2003|p=24}}</ref> In 1950, over 16 million Americans signed Eisenhower's "Freedom Scrolls" on a publicity trip to more than 20 U.S. cities and contributed $1,317,000 to the expansion of RFE.<ref name="Cummings|2008|p=169">{{harvnb|Cummings|2008|p=169}}</ref> | ||