FOREIGN BROADCASTING DEP0ARTMENT OF RADIO WARSAW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005900420003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 31, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
Foreign Broadcasting Department
of Radio Warsaw
This material contains information effecting the Na-,
ttonal Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the AWU= a laws. Title 18. U.B.C. Bea. 793
end 784, the tranamisden or revelation of which In
any manner to an unauthorlsad person Is prohibited
by law.
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31 March 1955
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The foreign broadcasting studios of Radio Warsaw are located at 31 Stalin Blvdy
adjoining the American Embassy, while the central office of the foreign broadcasting
department is located at 24 U1. Noakowskiego. The department operates British,
Swedish, American, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Yugoslav, Croat, Russian, Italian,
Spanish, and Yiddish sections. The editorial staff of the various sections ranges
from 30 members for the American, British, and French sections to eight for th25X1
Russian section and three for the Yiddish section.
2. The central management of the department has a large administrative staff which 4
collects newspaper articles and all other materials to be used in the foreign language
broadcasts. It coordinates the activities of the various sections, handles personnel
matters, and deals with all the technical problems of Radio Warsaw.
3. The central editorial staff, which consists of the chief editors of the various
sections, meets daily at 10:00 a.m. to discuss newspaper articles appearing in the
daily press and current political problems. Following the discussion, the central
staff decides upon the sections' programs for the following day.
1+. Each section holds a weekly staff meeting at which the chief editor talks over the
political events of the past weeks and presents the general line of the proposed
program, as decided by the central editorial staff. A general debate on the details
of the program follows, and officials receive certain tasks in implementing the
future program. While the news broadcasts of all sections must be in line with ~he
decision of the central editorial staff, each section decides upon its other features.
5. The material from the central office is translated in each section and passed to the
section editor, who has the right to delete parts of it and adjust it to the specific
needs of this section. The final program material is recorded on tape and sent to the
central office and to the control room for a final check of its contents.
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6. Monthly salaries in the foreign broadcast department range as follows:
a. Directors in the cental office:..
b. Chief editors of sections:
c. Announcers and other section employees:
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5,000 - 7,000 zlotys
3,500 zlotys
2,000 - 2,500 zlotys
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