Cold War Frequencies : CIA Clandestine Radio Broadcasting to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

"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"-- Resumen de la editorial Dedication 6 Acknowledgments 7 Table of Contents 8 Preface 10 Abbreviations and Acronyms 13 1. Genesis of American Clandestine Cold War Broadcasting 16 2. Radio Free Europe: The American People’s Counter Voice to Communism 30 3. From Radio Liberation to Radio Liberty to RFE/RL 56 4. Clandestine Broadcasts from Greece to Bulgaria and Romania 76 5. A Seaborne CIA Fiasco and the Voice of Free Albania (VOFA) 98 6. Black Radio to the Baltic States from Radio Nacional de España (RNE) 117 7. Black Broadcasts to Ukraine from Greece and RNE 146 8. Focus on Russia: Our Russia, Radio Free Russia and TsOPE 160 9. Clandestine Radio to Byelorussia and to Slovakia 185 Conclusion 204 Appendix A: Selected CIA Cryptonyms 206 Appendix B: National Security Council Directive 5412/2 214 Appendix C: Radio Nacional Propaganda Broadcasts 218 Appendix D: Frank Wisner Memorandum, November 22, 1950 220 Appendix E: Extracts from 1953 Jackson Report on Radio Free Europe—National Committee for Free Europe 224 Appendix F: Extracts from 1953 Jackson Report on Radio Liberty 227 Appendix G: Termination of Voice of Free Albania Broadcasts—Termination of HTGRUBBY Broadcasts 230 Appendix H: Personal History of Ferdinand Durčansky 233 Chapter Notes 236 Bibliography 262 Index 266 "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"-- Provided by publisher