1942 Archives - Cold War Radio Museum

New Cold War Radio Museum Propaganda Explained Books

Curator — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 20:47:12 +0000

Cold War Radio Museum Books in Paperback and Kindle Cold War Radio Museum The “Divide and Conquer” pamphlet published by the U.S. Office of War Information (O.W.I.) in 1942 is a unique example of government attempts to warn Americans during World War II about the dangers of Nazi propaganda and to help them identify and […]

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Early U.S. government press release on ‘voice’ of America

Curator — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 05:42:09 +0000

Cold War Radio Museum New York, New York. 1943 “United Nations” exhibition of photographs presented by the United States Office of War Information (OWI) on Rockefeller Plaza. Listening to broadcasts of President Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and Chiang Kai-shek, heard every half-hour from a loudspeaker at one end of the frame containing the Atlantic Charter. This […]

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Senator Taft’s early warning of Soviet propaganda in WWII Voice of America

Curator — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 06:10:23 +0000

Cold War Radio Museum Could a foreign power such as Russia try to infiltrate the Voice of America (VOA) or influence its executives, broadcasters and programs? Could U.S. government-hired journalists and program contributors, acting on their own, support in VOA broadcasts accommodation with authoritarian rulers in countries such as China, Cuba, Iran or even North […]

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Executive Order 9182 Establishing the Office of War Information June 13, 1942

Curator — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 19:17:00 +0000

Executive Order 9182 Establishing the Office of War Information June 13, 1942 In recognition of the right of the American people and of all other peoples opposing the Axis aggressors to be truthfully informed about the common war effort, and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution, by the First War […]

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O.W.I. 1942 Photos of Polish Students Exhibit

Curator — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 06:05:11 +0000

Cold War Radio Museum’s first online exhibition of photographs shows Polish students recording broadcasts in Washington in Sept. 1942 for the WWII U.S. propaganda agency, the Office of War Information (O.W.I.) which included what became known later as the Voice of America (VOA). See Exhibit: Office of War Information Photos of Polish Students 1942

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