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Voice of America Freelancer Who Promoted Stalin’s Propaganda Lie on Katyn Massacre

Curator — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 22:49:07 +0000

By Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum Kathleen Harriman Mortimer was an American journalist working during World War II in Great Britain and Russia as an occasional freelance news reporter for the U.S. government. She was also the daughter of the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union—a young, attractive, wealthy woman who was made […]

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Voice of America 1951 – Presidents’ Day and Debates on VOA’s Future

Curator — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 02:07:34 +0000

Cold War Radio Museum In 1951, the Voice of America (VOA), which was at that time located primarily in New York but managed from Washington by the State Department, was under heavy criticism, particularly from Republicans in the U.S. Congress, for failing to counter Soviet propaganda. There was a spirited debate as to whether VOA […]

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