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===RADIO FREE EUROPE AND RADIO LIBERTY===
     
In 1949, the CIA founded the National Committee for a
Free Europe and the Committee for the Liberation of  Peoples
of Russia.  The immediate result of the establishment of
these two committees was the founding of two broadcasting
stations, Radio Free Europe in Munich and Radio Liberation. 
These stations were staffed with emigres who broadcast to
their countrymen in their native languages.  Radio
Liberation, which became Radio Liberty in 1956, was targeted
mainly at the Soviet Union and broadcast in fourteen
different languages.  The main target of Radio Free Europe
was the satellite countries of Eastern Europe.  The primary
advantage of the emigre staffs was that the broadcasters were
able to keep abreast of recent developments in their former
homelands by communicating to recent emigres and direct
contacts inside their native countries.  As a result of the
close contact, broadcasters were able to speak knowledgeably
and intimately to their fellow countrymen.  
     
The initial broadcasts by Radio Free Europe and Radio
Liberation were designed to intensify the passive resistance
of the people in the target countries in hopes that such
action would undermine European regimes by weakening the
control of the Communist party.  The broadcasts were also
intended to give the targeted listeners the strength to hold
on to their hope for ultimate freedom.  Later, after Stalin
died and relations between the East and West began to
improve, U.S. leaders began to realize that slow change was
more likely than a dramatic shift in power.  Therefore, the
messages which were broadcast dwelt less on liberation and
more on themes involving political and social change.
     
In addition to broadcasting in Europe, the CIA used this
persuasive propaganda technique elsewhere, most notably, in
Cuba.  In 1961, the Agency used a broadcasting station in
conjunction with other arrangements that were made to support
the invasion at the Bay of Pigs.  The CIA used Radio Swan to
mislead the Cuban government, encourage the rebels, and to
make it seem like there was massive support for a rebellion
within Cuba.