CIA RADIO FREE EUROPE LINK STIRS UNREST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700010008-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 10, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 15, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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NE YOliJ - -Dr. Frank
Stanton, presiucnt of the Colum-
bia Broadcasting System, elabo-
rated last night on a position
taken earlier by the network to
discontinue free spot announce-
aentsf or (Radio Free Euroo~e
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,clearth att he organization was vising the announcements in the
an arm of the Central In telli- future.
gence Agency (dIA: But last night, in a'telegran1
Monday night in ? a program to~ Yohn Richardson Jr., presi-
titled "In the Pay of the CIA: dent of the Radio Free Europe
An American Dilemma," CBS Fund,. Inc., Stanton'sald it was
announced that 'it had not car- all a misunderstanding.
ried such announcements since
Feb. 15 andw as. in the process A spokesman for CBS News,
of restudyingi is policy on tele- which produced the CIA docu-
1because they dick not make it
mentary, said there would be no
comment on Stanton's telegram
THE NATIONAL Broadcast-
ing Company had said it. would
continue to give free television
time to Radio Free Europe as
long as the practice was sup
ported by the Advettising Coun-
cil.
STAT
The Advertising Council con-
ducts about 20 public service
campaigns,including those for
traffic safety, forest fire pre-
vention and the United Nations.
1A council spokesman said Mons
day night that the council's cam-
paign for. 1967 had ended and the
question of future campaigns
~wnu1d ha_ ? takon.__un rnutinAv'
next fall.
. Radio Free Europe, which
has its headquarters in Mun?
ich, has been In existence
since 1950. It is privately
financed by contributions from
United States citizens and
beams information, culture,
religion a n d entertainment
programs to East European
countries. The fact that It re-
celves some of . its financial
supportfromithe CIA has been
'public knowledge for mot*
..than a year. ,
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