During the Cold War, Dr. Irene Kelner who wrote and hosted a Russian-language medical program on the Voice of America (VOA) helped to save the Soviet Union from the danger of ignoring the AIDS epidemic.
Voice of America Doctor Who Brought AIDS Information to USSR and Saved LivesIn History News
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U.S. State Department Describing Voice of America for ‘The Campaign of Truth’ Circa 1952
Read moreCold War Radio Museum In the early 1950s, the U.S. State Department launched its public
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‘Shouldn’t they hear both sides? Radio Free Europe 1967 ad
Read moreCold War Radio Museum The Crusade for Freedom was the name of an advertising campaign
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Three U.S. Presidents Publicly Rebuked Voice of America for Promoting Foreign Propaganda
Read moreTed Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum What President Donald Trump said about the U.S.
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Voice of America Doctor Who Brought AIDS Information to USSR and Saved Lives
Read moreBy Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum At one time during the Cold War,
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Voice of America had no audience in pre-Castro Cuba and initially supported Soviet socialism in Eastern Europe
Read moreCold War Radio Museum By Ted Lipien As reported by CNN and other media, Senator
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1961 Radio Liberty – Radio Svoboda QSL Card
Read moreCold War Radio Museum A QSL card sent out by Radio Liberty (Radio Svoboda) in
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Voice of America Polish Writer Listed As His Job Reference Stalin’s KGB Agent of Influence Who Duped President Roosevelt
Read moreBy Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum One of many pro-Soviet journalists working during
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Kirk Douglas on Radio Free Europe and Voice of America
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Radio Free Europe Fundraising During the Cold War
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USCGC Courier Was Voice of America Radio Transmitting Station (1952–1964)
Read moreThe Truman administration (April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953) responded to Soviet propaganda during the
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Stalin Peace Prize Voice of America Editor Duped by Soviet Propaganda
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Russian propaganda at WWII Voice of America
Read moreRussian propaganda influence in the United States is not new. “I established contact at the
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Selling “the religion of democracy” was in Voice of America’s first mission statement
Read moreBy Ted Lipien “To sell the religion of democracy” is believed to be the first
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VOA Guide For Writers and Editors Circa 1972
Read moreBy Ted Lipien Shortly after I had joined the Voice America (VOA) Polish Service 46
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Created 70 years ago, Stalin Peace Prize went in 1953 to former Voice of America chief news writer Howard Fast
Read moreThe International Stalin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples was created 70 years ago on
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A pre-Christmas 1982 letter to Voice of America: a plea for shoes for Polish children
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Polish children asked Voice of America to send them shoes for Christmas in 1982
Read moreCold War Radio Museum Polska – 1982 Ponieważ nie znam nikogo, kto mógłby mi pomóc,
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1984 Interview with Czesław Miłosz on Polish-Jewish Relations
Read moreThe interview (in Polish) with Czesław Miłosz, the 1980 winner of the Nobel Prize in
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Mira Złotowska – Michałowska — VOA journalists who opposed her communist propaganda
Read moreBy Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum Soviet influence at Voice of America during
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Mira Złotowska – Michałowska — critics of Soviet influence at VOA
Read moreBy Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum Soviet influence at Voice of America during
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Mira Złotowska – Michałowska — from VOA to a communist ambassador’s wife
Read moreBy Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum Soviet influence at Voice of America during
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Mira Złotowska – Michałowska — was she VOA’s communist ‘Mata Hari’?
Read moreBy Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum Soviet influence at Voice of America during
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Mira Złotowska – Michałowska — congressional warnings
Read moreBy Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum Soviet influence at Voice of America during
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Mira Złotowska – Michałowska — among Soviet sympathizers at VOA
Read moreBy Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum Soviet influence at Voice of America during
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