REPORT TO PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGY BOARD

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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 2, 1953
• Content Type: MEMO

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1. During the ps-riod trwEen Decex be, 31, 1952 and June 30, 1953, the
Department of t a to uniertook to carry out, . thrDugh the foreign information
and educational a change programm ; conducted by the International Informs
Lion lldm inist er cap and la co ~u c ti r, uh programs carried out by other,
governmental age = ies tom: ic3?1.,anr!ng , jc,r suhf;tantive tasks derived
from relevant public 7 vs, ca r ro * d p pees of the National Seeuritt
Council, apprroveC pr s a{s -f t l e ? ycc,o ot;i.cal Strategy Board and prograM
agreed to by the >7armcAnating Committee
(1) Sus`;aini ? at!
cor:fidance of other
peoples and tither ga-7Pnwex- :s ma r s high purpose and the
trustworthy -:ha: acter of try tini.tryd St.ste.s as a leader of the
free world.
(2) . Loin t ;era s+3vanta ,-e caf t a frr a world the
series of e,.-ants in the ? ovviet Union and its satellites,
including Ca-asst Chi, , ennui: g upon the death `of. Stalin.
A.,71 --r~:a: x')t ing Tre : n eve nxn y of an r onorable
in Koreap(a4 I
(4) Frz: oU24- ^?asweas designee to bring about a greater
degree. of in= gr --tion along the nc a:?`Loxms of 'Zurope, with
particular. r cfere a to the treaty c e.t b .ishing the European
Defon Coma sanity
(5) Counter: ,, particularly im;?: Lath Ar ri.ca, the Near
and Riddle Falt, and Swath axe Southeast A..Eia, attitudes
hostile to ti~ United States arm & .r o . toward neutralia*.
(6) Derr> strating to the peopic of Italy in advance of
the general e~eotion the ;advantages acmruing to them because
of their assn 1ation EE tth the free world,
The execution
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The execution of the fZ.-st task listed in 2 above Involved prissrUr
( e: ~?oltin tea global prestige o:" the President by
(a)' the wle" a-lasex ti.on In rFadio broadcasts?
pre s is eloavos, pa hlots a*,Y- 'Tare sine articles of the
In;uigui?a1 Address?
the p ?c aration a t .he clis ibution of a
dooumei Lary films on thy: irm tra t l on;
) the p p ratS_o and, tie distribution of press
and phctb ..phic ter;,ale scan ei ning the career and
the' ph oaophy ix" the trees3dent;
(d) full covs;r : s of the "ny eag on the State of the
IInio
(c) the pr ration and t'ze distribution of press
and ph tog, pl-J.c terials concerning the moat important
officer=s of t .'?-inin*atian
(2) ez =2oitizi the initiative taken by the President on
behalf of ace ar-d se W ?ity in his address before the American n
Society of swcpapcr Ec.hors or. April 16, 1953, particularly
.by
(1) eas -.ri;zg that copies of the speech ewe
precen 'd to forei offices natl. over the world in
advarxco of delivei7;
(?)elivery of knoscopen of entire speech to
of i? i.c ' s e1.c ; ^ ;over BBC-TV on Al-:?i l 20 to an
p etima tai L'd iie ave of six million;
(c) the procdretion and sh.pment on May 2 of a
docur:en .ary fi.lsi cn: the speech in thfrtye five
languag s;
(a) preparation and di-esenination of five
million pamphilets, haridbills arA leaflets on the
speech;
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Page st s?y os' World-1idi ccL!torlal opinion;.
(f) prepa-&at r on of "'p iotoegraphic illustration
of the speech .n ten editions of the magazine "'Free
World" distributed- throtghout the Far Lasts
(g) the pp {v :ati.on, and dietribution.of pstbblste
based on the s ees'. "'Mat Di e.r .mint Means" as~d "A
(o) distribution to an, missions of it seventy trra-
Tara the '1e of 3ietcry;f
(3) exi)lo .tirg t:.: visits of the Secretary of State and
the Director of Mutuni '00tTity . to Europe arrl the Near anll
Muddle East ard Sos:t' , and th.? visit of . Milton Eisen
}teaser to u_ {:dn dmev.3c
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the moral values r the sp ..'Rawl attributes that animate the
people of the United , Str tee in their personl attitudes and
their public actioro
(5) citing nchrdulol d tripartite meeting at Bermuda as
evidence of unity of fee sorl3sl an its c selects searoh for
amicable a du u: t iat?~ of dif t
(6) sc? port x t t : ooridt e' in Jaffa sn p]aanning wad
carrying out the ;mar-l!xig eel ~' ration (1953-1954) of the.
hundredth n miverr ?J of the v: ;pit to Japan of Admiral Peery
The executie:p of the rcond' teak lirt-ed in i above involved priaarily
(1) c llengicC The now lc adeare of
their profs sion
W.' ` woei
particular ,y In co
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intent by 3ede, not words,
it ~ t ?e concl~aaiors of a trues
in Korea, the conclusi:}r of a rash of puce with, Austria
and the reuse of p ' arc xaers/till. held ty, the tE
(2) sugg oting to t ?e governrents of Germaaiy, Italy
and Japan that they Berard the release of their nationals
still held as prieonesrn of r - iin the USSR
(3) ecp2oitift
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(3) exploi ; : i s g the renowW f; ort o. time United S Kati es# .
the ' nited cif o i and a ranft to oo lic a treety ? .
ing .:uatr ;::s an the r' al of tba R. to p rticipate
() >_, so .? the :.t ra ? 'v ~r tie death o Sta3la
of to cha:.=; os -.P?ainet the doatora a?s ent enoe of the
dominance of! a Liercj ovor j:- .ro:tp - In the.oonduot
affairs 1?tMn zy~n
e3
(5) 4vzo,. tr : t'. tht t c ou:to .1 -= tozy stures of now
r'eg2 .e, a t ~ .3;st,Lftt recol ",30n of used to placate
opinion v.`t; .is '' nut curb: t, C lo net as yet 4emanat tte
reduction c i cs {tr? ch a of intent on part of
USSR
security o? t
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t vA as ?" l1: to a of S. rope the in- .
UTIOr rhiohh they now live, and
particule.Imirec deft mod noc?;'tsary t a :is ve acceptable eraistjce
in Korea.
(7) ^Ax a r~ sot on/ wOmspread publicity of charges
made a- ,Z
i:E =i c t r the. .case of, cangressional in-
vest u,M..aiG'u' 3 ?FdVY vy:,.t i? :i e, { e {: 3.i.'.f Verde foreign inf c ma on
and oducei, er i f e xohi ;. P 'o .mp
--fie iuterzupt:?on of t ro -dQ, sting feailit
book trl:.~~ic z~agr~::s, s 4:~ r>
duc atjonal exchan re progrw,-z include
Ma or chanpe+ 4 }a t
ir"IOrmat ion and
(1) roductioriin force from 14.,064 rsone to 119,882.
Those forr n2.o7ed iic:I is 1508 nation of the United States
employed is r',1sniana m,E,I aea3 arid 2741 in the United States
and 7633 locr.1 employee-3 in missions overseas.
(2) a nc.t 3. M'o SUP frOm 195 to . 2C1., In the number
of o?rerseaa nutpos ys a Bo ve: p cuz?rent, pins call for the
closing of 13 posts -ar jX : .acal year 1954.
(3) the closing of libraries overseas, eleven
of which were in Germ w
(4) s reduction
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(4) a reduction in short-wave broadcasts from 43 hold's
and 45 riinutes to 33 ho mss, strictly in programs in Spanish
and Porttigu ao to Latin ?, ;,erica, is Po:?tuL ,se to Portogals
Aewbrew? liy, English, Epp French and Italian
(5) the elimination of twelve domessti transmitters
and the scs :nsion o it &'W!or the oonst tion of major
domestic t ram ittl facilitiess
(6) the testing of two megawatt 'nssitterst one ' in
Okinawa ark one In the 7-till . ipinespfor early broadcasti ,*rx..
on medium ' ?r s to tla Fair List
(7) the r e l a y b y the a dta shifts. In C020"
of daily progra s in Hindi and Ur+dle', foiled ed by broadoassting
of transcription In Tail and Bengali
(8) the simuctaneous relay by unioh of the program in
Hindi to audi.en in Eat t and Scuth Africa
(9) the increase b, 100% of religious l ?osdt a sta, planned
is cooperation with many religious groups,, to. peoples behind
the Iron Curtain
(l0) -the, transtors ttjon of the .relesa Bulletin to 'the
,Wireless File, desigasrd for adaptation for publication in
accordance with local noeds
(ii) the initiation of the experis~.iental use of folk-lore
in motion pictures as a means of reaching sensitive areas with
politically significant messages
(12) the .distrib. tIon within India of 4500 sets of 3011
paper-beck books as expendibie libraries
(13) the appointment of Dr. Rotor, L. Johnson, former
President of Temple University,, to be Administrator of the
International Information Administration
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as' :Uljrh?. nt of a Pl&fe Board in the office
of the ~aasti, for
~ ) c?; ap: ,-AJt u?3att of :_a-, heedbi ovdiu, former
aha ri n