Difference between revisions of "National Committee for a Free Europe"

From Powerbase
Jump to: navigation, search
(started a page)
 
 
(14 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 +
{{Template:Propaganda badge}}
 +
 
The [[National Committee for a Free Europe]], later known simply as the Free Europe Committee, was established in New York in May 1949, with covert funding from the [[CIA]]'s [[Office of Policy Coordination]].<ref>Hugh Wilford, Calling the Tune? The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War, Frank Cass, 2003, p.87.</ref>  
 
The [[National Committee for a Free Europe]], later known simply as the Free Europe Committee, was established in New York in May 1949, with covert funding from the [[CIA]]'s [[Office of Policy Coordination]].<ref>Hugh Wilford, Calling the Tune? The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War, Frank Cass, 2003, p.87.</ref>  
  
 
==People==
 
==People==
 +
===Presidents===
 +
*[[Allen Dulles]] <ref>{{cite book
 +
|title=War of the Black Heavens
 +
|isbn=0815604793
 +
|publisher=Syracuse University Press
 +
|date=2003
 +
|pages=41
 +
|author=Syracuse University Press
 +
|quote= Dulles was briefly the first president of the Free Europe Committee}}</ref>
 +
*[[DeWitt Poole]] (1949 - 1951)<ref>{{cite news
 +
|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50F1EF63A5F177A93CBA8178AD85F458585F9
 +
|title=Head of Committee For a Free Europe
 +
|date=January 19, 1951
 +
|publisher=New York Times}}</ref>
 +
*[[Charles Douglas Jackson]] (1951 - 1952)
 +
*Admiral Harold B. Miller (1952 - 1953) <ref>{{cite news
 +
|publisher=New York Times
 +
|quote=He also was director of the Congressional Aviation Policy Board and president of the National Committee for Free Europe.
 +
|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/18/us/harold-miller-89-navy-publicist-launched-planes-from-dirigibles.html
 +
|title=Harold Miller, 89, Navy Publicist; Launched Planes From Dirigibles
 +
|date=May 18, 1992}}</ref>
 +
*[[Whitney Hart Shepardson|Whitney Shepardson]] (1953 - 1956)
 +
*General Willis D. Crittenberger
 +
*Archibald Alexander
 +
*[[John Richardson Jr.]] (1961 - 1968)
 +
 
===Members===
 
===Members===
*[[Allen Dulles]] | [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] | [[Henry Luce]] | [[Cecil B. DeMille]] | [[Lucius Clay]] | [[Gardner Cowles]] | [[Henry Ford II]] | [[Oveta Culp Hobby]] | [[Francis Spellman]] | [[C.D. Jackson]] | [[John C. Hughes]] | [[Junkie Fleischmann]] | [[Arthur Schlesinger]] | [[Spyros Skouras]] | [[Darryl Zanuck]]
+
* [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] | [[Henry Luce]] | [[Cecil B. DeMille]] | [[Lucius Clay]] | [[Gardner Cowles]] | [[Henry Ford II]] | [[Oveta Culp Hobby]] | [[Francis Spellman]] | [[John C. Hughes]] | [[Junkie Fleischmann]] | [[Arthur Schlesinger]] | [[Spyros Skouras]] | [[Darryl Zanuck]]
 
===Staff===
 
===Staff===
 
*[[DeWitt Poole]] - Executive Secretary
 
*[[DeWitt Poole]] - Executive Secretary
 +
 +
==Affiliations==
 +
*[[Central Intelligence Agency]]
 +
===Subsidiaries===
 +
*[[Crusade for Freedom]]
 +
*[[Radio Free Europe]]
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
 +
 +
==External links==
 +
*[http://coldwarradios.blogspot.com/2010/11/urgent-whisper-radio-free-europe-begins.html An Urgent Whisper: Radio Free Europe Begins Broadcasting]
 +
  
 
[[Category:US Propaganda]]
 
[[Category:US Propaganda]]
 +
[[Category:Propaganda]]

Latest revision as of 18:25, 10 March 2015

Microphones-2-.jpg This article is part of the Propaganda Portal project of Spinwatch.

The National Committee for a Free Europe, later known simply as the Free Europe Committee, was established in New York in May 1949, with covert funding from the CIA's Office of Policy Coordination.[1]

People

Presidents

Members

Staff

Affiliations

Subsidiaries

Notes

  1. Hugh Wilford, Calling the Tune? The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War, Frank Cass, 2003, p.87.
  2. Syracuse University Press (2003) War of the Black Heavens.   Syracuse University Press. pp. 41 . ISBN 0815604793. "Dulles was briefly the first president of the Free Europe Committee"
  3. Head of Committee For a Free Europe. January 19, 1951.  New York Times
  4. Harold Miller, 89, Navy Publicist; Launched Planes From Dirigibles. May 18, 1992.  New York Times "He also was director of the Congressional Aviation Policy Board and president of the National Committee for Free Europe."

External links