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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty ('''RFE/RL''') is a Value s and institutions by disseminating Fact ual Information and Idea s."


EARLY HISTORY

The National Committee For A Free Europe was founded in June 1949 in New York . RFE was the broadcasting arm of this organization. The headquarters was established in Munich and it transmitted its first short-wave program on July 4 , 1950 , to Czechoslovakia .

The organization received its funds from the Congress Of The United States and until 1971 they were passed to RFE through the CIA . The Broadcasts were part of a general CIA Psychological Warfare campaign directed behind the Iron Curtain . The CIA created general guidelines and had daily input into the handling of news items. The CIA funding of RFE was not publicly acknowledged until 1971 at which point the organization was rechartered in Delaware as a Non-profit -making corporation, oversight was moved to the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), and the budget was moved to open appropriations.


AFTER MERGER WITH RADIO LIBERTY

In 1975 , RFE was merged with a very similar Congress funded Anti-communist organization called Radio Liberty (RL, founded in 1951 by the American Committee For The Liberation Of The Peoples Of Russia ) and the group name was officially changed to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).

Soviet authorities regularly attempted to Jam RFE/RL broadcasts and these efforts did not end until 1988 . From 1985 until 1993 the organization also ran Radio Free Afghanistan .

The collapse of the Soviet Union reduced the budget for RFE/RL: its headquarters were moved to Radio Free Iraq and a Persian service, were started; in 1999 a service was started in Kosovo ; and in 2002 Radio Free Afghanistan was restarted and the Persian Service was incorporated into Radio Farda. In addition, in 1994 the mission of the International Broadcasting Bureau was transferred to the Broadcasting Board Of Governors .


RFE PEOPLE

Jan Nowak-Jeziorański - head of the Polish section 1952-1976
Zdzisław Najder - head of the Polish section 1982-1987


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