SURVEY OF RECIPIENTS OF THE UNCLASSIFIED FBIB DAILY REPORT AND UNPUBLISHED ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03097A000200050090-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 12, 2008
• Sequence Number: 90
• Publication Date: March 8, 1949
• Content Type: MEMO

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Assistant Director for Operations 8 March 1949
Chief, FBIB
:purvey of recipients of the unclassified FBIB Daily Report and Unpub-
lished Items.
1. Attached hereto is a recently completed survey of consumer
reaction to the FBIB unclassified Daily Report and Unpublished Items.
2. the following categories of clients for the unclassified Daily
Report were not included in this survey:
a. Foreign diD1ontiic re=eA2n&AtkMa in Washington.
b. Xembers 2 bong ess: Legislative Liaison Officer requested
that survey of Congressional members not be made at this time.
c? University A W public am, : ' uestior.naires have gone
out to these clients but returns are incomplete.
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A. Consumer evaluation of the product:
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B. Failure of consumers to respond:
1. Newspapermen:
Drew Pearson
Madeline Carr,
2. Radio commentators$
Fdward Hart, Washington Radio Productions
Gilbert Kingsbury, Station WWDC
3. Govt., quasi-Govt. and authorized non-Govt. recipients:
OP-323-M-35, Dept. of Navy
Harold Bergman, Joint Committee on Atomic :nergy
Consultant, Slavic History, Library of Congress
Florence Reynolds, Food and Agriculture Organization, U1
Library, International Monetary Fund
Dept. of Security Council of Affairs, UN
4. Action to obtain a response from these clients continues.
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C. Comments of prominent Journalists re FB1B Daily Reports.
1. Andre Vinson, Readers LL s "I an anxious to emphasize that
I consider your news of Foreign Radio Broadcasts one of the greatest services
to the American Press, and I often find that even your reports of broadcasts
in Western Ruropean countries give a broader picture of public opinion in
those countries than one gets from reading the daily paper."
2. Donald J. Gonzales, United ZrWt "Because of Soviet censorship,
this is one of the few maws of keeping track of the sign and zags in Soviet
policy."
3. Melvin X. ? hiteleather, Philadelphia gV91112 pullgtja: "--indispens-
able. we regard this material as the Most valuable over-all source of foreign
information available to us."
4. Will Lissner, En !o Tag: "The Daily Report contains information
needed in my work which I can5t get anywhere else."
D. All clients replying to questionnaire requested continuance of service.
11. AaNALL. , i S& SU,MCTICT (N 12 7 3 WiPUBLlWa jT
A. Consumer evaluation of the product:
Indispensable
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Of considerable value
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Of value
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Of cone interest
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B. Consumer responses
1. All clients responded to the questionnaire.
2. The Dept. of Agriculture requested discontinuance of this service.
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