Having observed our broadcasting operations at Munich and in Austria. I was particularly interested in an item which appeared recently in the press regarding the effectiveness of our broadcasts to some of the Iron Curtain countries. An independent study has just been completed of the reactions of 110 young refugees to western radio programs. In this study. it was found that the most popular western station was the Voice of America. Second. was the British Broadcasting Corp.. and. third. Radio Free Europe. These young refugees. interviewed over a year period. comprised 13 nationalities and had escaped from 8 different countries. Thus. my confidence in our overseas information program derives partially from these recent personal observations of several of its operations. I would not venture to suggest. however. that you support the Presidents request merely on the basis of these observations. for there have been important changes in the whole information program in the past several months which you must also take into account.
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