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

by Richard H. Cummings

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476640686
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	03/23/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	269
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

A significant study on the CIA’s shortwave radio broadcasts for USSR and Eastern European audiences in the early stages of the Cold War. The book will be a valuable resource and read for researchers and those interested in the Cold War.”—Free Latvia

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