| 词条 | National Committee for a Free Europe |
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The National Committee for a Free Europe, later known as Free Europe Committee, was an anti-communist Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) front organization,[1] founded on June 1, 1949, in New York City, which worked for the spreading of American influence in Europe and to oppose the Soviet one. HistoryThe committee was founded by Allen Dulles, later to be Director of Central Intelligence, in conjunction with Dewitt Clinton Poole. Early board members included General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lucius D. Clay, Cecil B. DeMille, and Henry Luce.[2] From 1951–52 Charles Douglas Jackson served as its President. The organization created and oversaw the anti-communist broadcast service Radio Free Europe.[3] CIA subsidies to the Free Europe Committee ended in 1971 which caused restructuring to its operations.[4] The Free Europe Committee sent leaflets with balloons from West Germany to the Eastern Bloc countries. Each of the balloons was able to drop 100,000 leaflets. Initially a small cannon was used to cut cords, but as a result of propaganda claiming them to be lethal, a new type of balloon with a timer and motor-powered razor blades was developed.[5] See also{{portal|Cold War}}
References1. ^{{cite book|last=Prados|first=John|title=Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA|date=2006|publisher=Ivan R. Dee|isbn=9781615780112|page=[https://books.google.no/books?id=3OCDelYICIsC&pg=PA47 47]|language=en}} 2. ^Weiner, Tim: "Legacy of Ashes", page 36. Doubleday, 2007. 3. ^Mihail Bumbes - Un simbol: Europa Libera -Evenimentul Zilei Nr. 4989, 20 Februarie 2007 4. ^[https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2007-featured-story-archive/a-look-back.html A Look Back… The National Committee for Free Europe, 1949] 5. ^{{cite book|author=Hearst Magazines|title=Popular Mechanics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u-EDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA151|date=February 1956|publisher=Hearst Magazines|page=151|issn=0032-4558}} External links
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