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Cold War Radio Museum One of the main reasons John Houseman was selected to produce the first Voice…
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Cold War Radio Museum “To sell the religion of democracy” is believed to be the first written though unofficial…
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On February 1, 1942, the first Voice of America (VOA) radio broadcast in German may have gone on the air.…
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Cold War Radio Museum The first “Voice of America” radio broadcast in German aired in February 1942. There…
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the Office of War Information (OWI) on June 13, 1942 through the Executive Order…
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During World War II, the federal government's Office of War Information (OWI), which launched Voice of America (VOA) radio…
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Cold War Radio Museum The State Department informed the White House in a memorandum from Under Secretary of State…
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Cold War Radio Museum In 2018, the online Cold War Radio Museum presented for the first time to a broader…
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Cold War Radio Museum On May 3, 1943, the Office of War Information (OWI) Director Elmer Davis was heard in…
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Cold War Radio Museum In 1943, in the middle of the war, the U.S. Congress almost completely de-funded…
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Cold War Radio Museum Julius Epstein[ref]“How a refugee journalist exposed Voice of America censorship of the Katyn Massacre,”…
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Cold War Radio Museum On January 12, 1944, Howard Fast, best-selling author, a Communist Party USA activist, and…
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By Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum We know of only one Voice of America (VOA) journalist, Konstanty…
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In 1941, President Roosevelt appointed Professor Owen Lattimore, who advocated for a stronger Soviet role in China, to serve as U.S. advisor…
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Cold War Radio Museum Neither President Truman nor President Eisenhower had a favorable view of the Office of…
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Cold War Radio Museum In the presidential news conference on May 15, 1945, President Truman sided with…
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Cold War Radio Museum In his Executive Order 9608 issued on August 31, 1945, President Truman abolished the…
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The first Voice of America broadcast in Russian aired from New York on February 17, 1947. Before that date,…
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Cold War Radio Museum One of several Communists who turned anti-communist and exposed Soviet influence at the Office of…
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The U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (Public Law 80-402), known as the Smith–Mundt Act was signed into…
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Cold War Radio Museum By 1948, the Voice of America’s failure to adjust to the reality of…
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Cold War Radio Museum President Harry Truman unveiled the "Campaign of Truth"– a multi-faceted U.S. government's international information…
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On June 8, 1950, American novelist and Communist Party USA (CPUSA) activist and journalist Howard Fast, a former Voice of…
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Radio Free Europe started broadcasting on July 4, 1950. The first broadcast was to Czechoslovakia. It originated from New…
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Cold War Radio Museum On December 11, 1950, a member of the U.S. Congress revealed the Voice of…
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Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum The March 25, 1951 Sunday edition of the New York Times had a…
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Cold War Radio Museum Speaking in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 24, 1951, Congressman Richard B.…
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Cold War Radio Museum State Department diplomat and Soviet affairs specialist who was Voice of America director at…
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In the early 1950s, the U.S. State Department launched its public diplomacy program called "The Campaign of Truth” designed to…
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Cold War Radio Museum President Truman repeated many of his "Campaign of Truth" themes in an internationally broadcast…
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Cold War Radio Museum In its final report issued on December 22, 1952, the bipartisan Madden Committee of…
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Cold War Radio Museum At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations’ Subcommittee on Overseas…
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Cold War Radio Museum During the Cold War, some liberal American journalists like Walter Lippmann, founding editor of…
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Cold War Radio Museum The United States Information Agency (USIA) was created on August 1, 1953, by Executive…
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The International Stalin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples was established on December 21, 1949 by a decree…
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Cold War Radio Museum Direct Voice of America broadcasts from Washington, DC to Italy ended on July 7, 1957.…
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President John F. Kennedy sworn in Edward R. Murrow as Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) on…
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In his February 26, 1962 speech to mark the 20th anniversary of the Voice of America (VOA), President John Kennedy discussed…
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Cold War Radio Museum Drafted in 1960, the VOA Charter was signed into law on July 12, 1976…
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Cold War Radio Museum On August 20, 1980, the Soviet Union resumed jamming radio broadcasts by the Voice…
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On February 24, 1982, the Voice of America held a celebration to mark the 40th anniversary of its founding. It…
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Right after the declaration of the martial law in Poland in December 1981, U.S.-funded Voice of America and Radio…
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Cold War Radio Museum The Cold War was almost over in 1989-1990. The Voice of America was looking for new…
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Cold War Radio Museum an independent Russian journalist,Dr. Nikolay Rudenskiy, warned in 2011 about “pro-Putin” bias of the Voice of…
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Cold War Radio Museum During testimony on January 23, 2013 before the House Foreign Affairs Committee meeting chaired by Rep.…
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Cold War Radio Museum In an unprecedented break with longtime practice and in violation of the VOA Charter, the Voice…
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Cold War Radio Museum On October 6, 2017, the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) released a highly critical study of…
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Cold War Radio Museum A study issued on October 24, 2018 by the Asia Society and the Hoover Institution revealed…
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Cold War Radio Museum During the short tenure of Michael Pack, the United States Agency for Global Media…
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