“14-00000 2 TyFORMATION SLCUHIN 31 December 1952 MEMORAI.DUL FOR: DEFUTY DIRECTOR (PLINS) VIA: Chief, Political and isychological larfare SUBJECT: NCFE Cooperation wit!. CIA The cooperation of NCFE in certain matters should be brought to your attention. 1. In aidin”
“14-00000 E_ONLEAFEET CZECHS AID SLOVAKS: HEAR THE MESSAGE WHICH COMES-90-YOU TODAY FROM THE FREE WOULD! THE SOVIET UNION IS GETTING WEAKER!. THE PNCPLES OF THE CAFTIVE COUNTRIES ARE GROWING STRONGER! The Soviet Union is Rett weaker. The struggle for Stalin’s heritage sh”
“Weld nove been the first dermunist country in sh# world, and yet neither cormun- ism nor socialism has nothing to de here while Franco is in. The girl came from Czocarslovakis, an d she talka ebeut that cantry and of Poland, where she S -.9 but they nve sold her a lot about ”
“14-00000 •6- as the new President of SCT7, 18 might be the Um to take up the ttr again with a new parzonality fresh the acore, an. that in such wit could conceivably ponsible to get over the hue the present deplorable situation. • Campbell asbented thereto. MITIC ATTYIT”
“OCCUPIED COUNTRIES? WHO WILL FALL WITH BERIA IN PRAGUE AND WHO WILL BE DRAGGED DOWN BY HIS FALL IN BRATISLAVA? WHO WILL BE THE NEW SLANSKY AND Who THE NEW CLEMENTIS? AND HIEN THE PUROZ SPREADS AND BROADENS, DOWN FROM THE FOLITEUREAU TO THE LANDS AND DISTRICTS, TO THE OFFICES ”
“country and by the peoples of other countries outside to penetrate that artificial barrier and maintain some line of contact with ono another. The use by those outside of such media as balloons confirms that the Czechoslovak Government has created a barrier interfering with f”
“Mr. C. D. Jackson in New York on 2 January 1952, received a similar nocsage direct from his people in Munich who had been alerted in response to paragraph f. of EE Division’s cable of 3n Doovebor 1951 above. The undersigned happened to be with Mr. Jackson in New York that day,”
“14-00000 TO CAESAR von w/h Phez .5 MEGHIS RADIO WARSAW JULY 20 0700 HOURS QUO? BALLOON ACTION. AMERICAN : IMPERIALISTS HAVE LATELY LAUNCHED IN RESTRICT GERMANY A CAMPAIGN AGAINST CZECHOSLOVAKIA - THE DAILY RUDE PRAVO STATED IN AN ARTICLE ENTITLED QUOTE A CAMPAIGN CONDEMN”
“CMON3TRATIORS u EAST GERMANY AND THE FALL OF SOVIET POLICY CHIEF LA7ED7!E BERIA, AND AS ALUMINUM COIN STAMPED WITH THE "FREEDOM BELL" AND THE SLCOAN "ite CZECHS AND SLOrars FOR T2EEDOM-ALL THE FREE WORLD FOR THE CZECHS AND SLOVAKS.1 THE BALLOONS USED IN TIE OPERATION CALLED "”
“14-00000 Mr. H = dwood 017-1 (1) Additional sijn’l strength to Czechoslo- vikia, Poland and Hun; ry. (11) Additional signal streets and programs to Bulgaria : nd Romptie, preferably from :n transmitter inata llation, and Unless an adequate oum of money for one or all of”
“14-00000 CONSTDUNTIAL Draft Hot? to Csechonlovak Government Vortatim Text Following is text note for transmission FONOIF in reply to its note July 20. Bogin text. The Anorican Embassy presents its compliments to the .Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with ref”
“14-00000 1 wthes thought that they will achieve anything >7 #: ball True, the Crusaders of Freedom in tihe West, are losing more possibilici s for conducting enemy, actively on the? ritory of our Republic. On the frontiers of our country there s nds a vigilant guard • ich ”
“14-00000 SECRET ' SECURE TY INFORMATION D. TO THE CONNUNIS TS: THE KREMLIN IS RIGHT IN ONE POINT--THIS IS AN EVENT OF INNER: : SIGNIFICANCE. - IT PROVES ONCE MORE, AID XORS DRAMAEICALLY THAN AT ABY TIME SINCE THE THIRTIES, DIAT NO COMMUNIST CAN EVER BE SAFE. THOSE or YOU”
“)4-00000 C n p Y MUNICH RFE 20 - JULY 20, 1993 FLEASE NOTE THAT TODAYS PRAVDA CARRIED PEPRINT OF MA OR PORTION OF RUDE PRAVO BALLON EDIT ATAL, INCLUDING mention OF RFE, UNDER TITLE: MOWER OF THE CZECHOSLOVAZ PR0PL8 to run PROVACASEURC AND . SLANDERS". UNITED PRESS C”
“14-00000 COTT 010 ;.I SECURITY INFORMATION 21 July 1953 BEXCPAMDI: FOR: DEPUTY DIRsovr* (F AS) SUBJECT: Czech reaction: to balloon operation 1. Attached am Czech reactions to the balloon operation including the text of a note from the Czech Ministry of Forel Affairs d”
“14-00000 1 ***** R8 "economy closor own and continuing deterioration economic structure Czechoslovakia. b. Pelieve methods aimed force postponement or abandonment should be confined sugrentiong and left discretion populace. Possibility robuttal campaign and dissafection”
“14-00000 NEVER SHALL SUBMIT TO CHAINS O POLITICAL STAYERY. AS VESTING AFTER MS TING IS HELD HERE, THS VOICE OP F32 EUROPE SHALL Bs HEARD ISLAVE EUROPE. ONE DAY T=S PEOPLE 0? ALL EUROPE SHALL BE UNITED I DECEIT, HAPPY LIFE FLAMED FOR *= BY THE GREAT REVOLUTIONISTS OF HISTORY”
“14-00000 CrMBFT > SECURITY 5 USTION 26 Novahber 1952 MNORANDUM FOR CUFF, POLITICAL AND PSYCDLDGT CAL. WARFARE SUBJECT Results of debriefing of Czech Defector REFERENCE: Memo from Bob Joyeo 17 Nov. 52, attacking State Cable from Frankfort #813 1. I am sure Fob Joyce wi”
“14-00000 ,V0ETX Security Information 22 July 1953 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, International Organizationa/Branch i SUBJECT: Coordination or Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberation 1. Aa both you and Mr. Slonich agreed in your informal conver- sation of yesterday, the presen”
“Church, 423 West 46th Street (this church houses the American Place Theatre — Robert LOWELL’s group). LICCCKY/1 got this idea from the recent Czech travails — which she hails as • evidence of the power of Czech intellocracy — and from the com---. on referred to in paragraph 3”
“SERGE YEVICH LOGINOV, soV’ 1 CITY AND KNOWN KGB MEMBER, AND JIRI SVESTKA, CZECH CONSUL AND CONSUL IN ME D0 1 IDENTIFIED MEMBER OF THE CZECH INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, EXHIBITED EVERY INDICATION OF DISBELIEF OF EGYPTIAN CHARGES THAT UNITED STATES’ AIRCRAFT HAVE PROVIDED SUPPORT TO”
“14-00000 SEND TY‘ COFY January 21, 1952 IAmerican Consulate Munich . Germany Gentlemen: The undersigned. Dr. Fela Gyorky of 21 Fast 92nd Street, New York City and Mr. Alexander A. Back of the above address wish to request your assistance in connection with consequen”
“-L- | ltr. Vedeler indicated tint he considered thin irove t be fortunate and a preprints, in view the upheavel which occurred in the matter the Ihltic brosdosato. Ho indicated his U. lief that NCIT o continue. it necoosary that none form of itadio Free Burg; « broadcast”
“NOT COME. IF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT BERIA PROMOTED AND ALL THE LOCAIZIRGANS F THE &VD IN THE USSR ARE TO BE PURGED, AS IS NOW ANNOUNCED WHAT DO YOU THINK KILL H PEN TO YOUR POOR MARIONETFES IN THE SATELLITES? YOU HAVE' EVEN LESS CHANGE TO SURVIVE MAN THE (HGCNARY COMMUNIST. AGAIN”
“so that the latter may address concentrated and repeated appeals to the Red Army not to fire on Polish workers and peasants, not to interfere in the Polish struggle for freedom, and to consider the Polish people as the allies of the soviet people in their common struggle agai”
“4-00000 | • im’em ion Follows Radio Prague arouncorent 0510 today re note on balloons: "The Mrictry of Porign Affairs has sent the following note to the Embassy of th e United Statice on July 20, 1953 : During the past days balloons were sent to Caoch territory with l”
“Czsonoslovakis, and sh: tella but that country and or Poland, where site 1.2 g not bion, but they have told her a lot about it. 3h- depicts life in Czochoslovakia as extremely sad. She had been there in 1963. She corints that what they did less zar in Czochoslovakic wes to s:”
“14-00000 SECRET SYTX IFORATION Fellows Radio Prague announcement 0510 today ro note on balloons: "The Unistry of Foreign Affairs has sent the following note to the Embassy ef the United States on July 20, 1953: During the past days ballcone were sent to Czechoslovaktan te”
“tSince they were unable to get 1 evidence against her, the Com- munist Secret Police brutally 1 he "fixed" judges sentenced her 1X9 tortured an innocent man, to death. All Czechoslovakia is horrified. % wave of revulsion 0 ®?i • nd forced hun to sign a ‘coules mwerps th”
“, shir I” 1 1 toetithin str wolitars 4* ‘tit, ancither 0 too get ftesti ast. vatrod *guard bs. , • etif Stilada, rie ver d ter krue kle u: Li 8;. ..e who I he many months in solitary 55 confinement shattered M:lada- health But, when finally •f *Ji relsand too the priwiti”
“FRIGHTETED GOVERILENT WAS FORCED TO DESIST FROM APIFLYINO THE PENAL LAWS CON- CERNINO ASSENTESISM. IN MOSCOW, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE NEW OF THE PEOPLES REVOLT IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND GERMAIN, THE INTERNAL STRUGGLE SESAME SHARFSR. BERIA AND HIS ALL-POWERFUL POLICE FELL AS VIC”
“14-00000 4 Ser 3 X 85.W92.1 tSO. Je S £ CR E 1 03165AZ SEP SS CITE covtaots/vry vons 307 CONTACTS/VASHINGTOS sovtEr FLOC DIVISION (WELCH) FROM FR Urn SUBJECT: CASE 51,658 - cosoe cetsis * Wstreet, smi" 1. INTERNATIONAL RESTUR COMMITTEE (tr), : A prt’sir [y VY, ”
“14-00000 STCURNY INFUNPATION *T0R " 3 CONTRIBUTIONS RFE in a major instrument in total 3.S. political and psychological warfare efforts directed at Central and Eastern Europe, it. bas centri- buted in the following ware: RE made an intensive enmytign of Stalin’- dosta an”
“POLICE: YOUR TURN HAS NOT COME. IF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT BENIA PROMOTED AND ALL THS LOCALNORGANS OF THE EVD IN THE USSR ARE TO BE PURGED, AS IS NOW ANNOUNCED, WHAT DO YOU nrNK WILL HA! Piz TO YOUR P002 LARIONETTES IN THE SATELLITES? YOU HAVE EVEN LESS CHANGE TO SURVIVE MEAN TIE”
“4-00000 a AACIREK IPP’CRlANT FA Ck WICH MInEo IhiS ir V. LATLOY Of BASIC PRICIPIES OF 1.TEANAT IONAl. LA PARTICULOEL’ O JECTIONADLE IS THE FACT THAT IT TOOK PLACE AT A TIME When Tie NAIIOSS Of THE ENTIRE WCkLe ARE INCREASING THEIR EFFORTS TC STRA GTPEN THE PEACE AND ASSU”
“Ch popula- tion of the DDR, which was made for obvicug crooazanda rens Cus which, in fact, was admitted by the Western bourgeois press. into this chain of provocations which are aimed against one strengthening of peace there also belongs the American pro agandn action which”
“Korea, when with confidence they are follow %the peace policy of USSR, aiming at the peaceful settlement all disputed international questions.I Therefore, the balloon action was met with sharp condemn: ticn on v the part of our people. The balloor specialists would certainly not ”
“14-00000 to alter the course of history: new forces rade their appearance on the battlefield, the people son their first major victory in their fight with the regime. CZECHS AND SLOVAKS! The more your oppressors are shaken by uncertainty, the greater in the certainty of yo”
“EXAMPLES OF (PORTION GARBLED-BEING SERVICED) BEING TAKEN BY SOVBLOC AND YUGOSLAV DIPLOMATS IN GREEK CIRCLES: 1, ON 25 NOVEMBER 63, YUGOSLAV AMBASSADOR TO GREECE PEKO DAPCEVIC EXPRESSED HOPE THAT ASSASSINATION OF KENNEDY WOULD NOT CHANGE THE INTERNATIONAL ATMOSPHERE, ADDING T”
“action the Portugese authorities. Ma also expressed concern that the short wave communications between Munich and Lisbon were not 1008 satisfactory for transmitting the Polish programs, which are then relayed out of Lisbon to Poland, lie felt that programming in Portugal woul”
“13-00000 . U L L._ r ... £ L. L - * 6. Czechoslovakia- a. Czech President and party USSR boss Novotny has gone to Moscow, evidently for economic talks, judg ing by the composition of his dele gation. ■ b. Novotny’s background of Stalinist excesses have put him on 1”
“14-00000 SECRET . SECURITY INFORMATION 21 July 1953 MEMORANDUM FOR: DEFUTY DIRECTOR (PLAS) SUBJACT: Csech Minister of Foreign Affairs’ Note to America Legation REFERENCE: Mano dated 21 July 1953 - Subject: "Czech Reactions to Balloon Operation" 1. The Czech Desk of ”
“emblem of Free Europe which are also being spread. They can hardly expect any thanks on the part of their employers because the result 13 exactly the contrary of the expoctod. True, a few business men finally jo: their pckets full cut otherwise the action was doomed to failur”
“PR. b 1. i. 2 ontis 7 ATA 1tr ab A. • 4-7 ,9 ve -"6* Nuil worker, lanser. humanitarian, enem oof dis tstorhup, devoted to Sen sal justice * 2 and equal rrghty-Nilada Horakova fought rd ... and died... for a better way ol life for all. ] Her tunanse to the Naris”
“14-00000 Coopt T 0-4R1, I To the foregoing he received the following reply "Czechoslovak currency (program) is continuing in a restrained manner. We are prepared to take credit if it doesn’t happen. Munich representative did not advise us postpone until after aid 7th. We”
“Cecky Brod, brought an entire parcel, or .e flats which came down i. one piece. Josef Korinek from 2a1.ee brought an entix = balloon which fell down. The leaflets are being brough: by the woowre of the Vladimir Lenin Works 23 well as owned factories, 03 farmers, railwaymen a”
“14-00000 25 September 1953 MEMORANDUM FOR: ASSISTANT TO DCI SUBJECT: Attached Letter from William H. Smyth With reference to the second paragraph of the attached letter, the following information will answer the questions Mr. Smyth’s statement before the House Committee ”
“-00000 .%. RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS SERVICE July 20, 1953 The following report is one or the first full attacks on the recent "Balloon Operation" in Czechoslovakia. The text was read over Radio Prague on July 13, 1953: We are going to read to you new an article from t”
“3. CTRT COETSRTML SECRET Jmary 10, 1952 Tool !mme: Tor tfr. “. ". Polboar lr. J. 7. Leich From: N.J. Nose CODJECT: meport of a otant of State Depertaont, Todwaday, January 2. 19. 2. Jan ms Auguntino, !. rated ‘la d Lt:, zalworth Barbour, P MBEDT a Mr. Harold C. Vedolor,”
“• da renvoycr ccn voyege eprs lca nouvelice do la dernlero tentative d'invasion. Jo lui ai encore caul rlccmment a telephone ct il a cu a de Taire part des i recultats n’gatifa de tes efforts, toujours en fonction des cCmes circonstances. Lo lottrea careac’es cux cutres ends ”