Cold War Frequencies

CIA Clandestine Radio Broadcasting to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

Richard H. Cummings (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

199 Seiten

2021
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7864-1 (ISBN)

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Published for the first time, the history of the CIA's clandestine short-wave radio broadcasts to Eastern Europe and the USSR during the early Cold War is covered in-depth. Excerpts from broadcasts taken from monitoring reports of Eastern Europe intelligence agencies are included.

Published for the first time, the history of the CIA's clandestine short-wave radio broadcasts to Eastern Europe and the USSR during the early Cold War is covered in-depth. Chapters describe the "gray" broadcasting of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty in Munich; clandestine or "black" radio broadcasts from Radio Nacional de Espana in Madrid to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine; transmissions to Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Ukraine and the USSR from a secret site near Athens; and broadcasts to Byelorussia and Slovakia. Infiltrated behind the Iron Curtain through dangerous air drops and boat landings, CIA and other intelligence service agents faced counterespionage, kidnapping, assassination, arrest and imprisonment. Excerpts from broadcasts taken from monitoring reports of Eastern Europe intelligence agencies are included.

Richard H. Cummings was the director of security for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty for 15 years beginning in 1980. He currently lives in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. Genesis of American Clandestine Cold War Broadcasting

2. Radio Free Europe: The American People’s Counter Voice to Communism

3. From Radio Liberation to Radio Liberty to RFE/RL

4. Clandestine Broadcasts from Greece to Bulgaria and Romania

5. A Seaborne CIA Fiasco and the Voice of Free Albania (VOFA)

6. Black Radio to the Baltic States from Radio Nacional de EspanÞa (RNE)

7. Black Broadcasts to Ukraine from Greece and RNE

8. Focus on Russia: Our Russia, Radio Free Russia and TsOPE

9. Clandestine Radio to Byelorussia and to Slovakia

Conclusion

Appendix A: Selected CIA Cryptonyms

Appendix B: National Security Council Directive 5412/2

Appendix C: Radio Nacional Propaganda Broadcasts

Appendix D: Frank Wisner Memorandum, November 22, 1950

Appendix E: Extracts from 1953 Jackson Report on Radio Free Europe—National Committee for Free Europe

Appendix F: Extracts from 1953 Jackson Report on Radio Liberty

Appendix G: Termination of Voice of Free Albania Broadcasts—Termination of HTGRUBBY Broadcasts

Appendix H: Personal History of Ferdinand Durčansky

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.10.2020
Zusatzinfo	Photos
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	333 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4766-7864-2 / 1476678642
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7864-1 / 9781476678641
Zustand	Neuware