Difference between revisions of "National Committee for a Free Europe"
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| − | |title= | + | |quote=He also was director of the Congressional Aviation Policy Board and president of the National Committee for Free Europe. |
| − | |date=May | + | |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/18/us/harold-miller-89-navy-publicist-launched-planes-from-dirigibles.html |
| + | |title=Harold Miller, 89, Navy Publicist; Launched Planes From Dirigibles | ||
| + | |date=May 18, 1992}}</ref> | ||
*[[Charles Douglas Jackson]] (1951 - 1952) | *[[Charles Douglas Jackson]] (1951 - 1952) | ||
*[[Whitney Hart Shepardson]] (1953 - 1956) | *[[Whitney Hart Shepardson]] (1953 - 1956) | ||
Revision as of 21:56, 18 February 2011
The National Committee for a Free Europe, later known simply as the Free Europe Committee, was established in New York in May 1949, with covert funding from the CIA's Office of Policy Coordination.[1]
Contents
People
Presidents
- Admiral Harold B. Miller [2]
- Charles Douglas Jackson (1951 - 1952)
- Whitney Hart Shepardson (1953 - 1956)
Members
- Allen Dulles | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Henry Luce | Cecil B. DeMille | Lucius Clay | Gardner Cowles | Henry Ford II | Oveta Culp Hobby | Francis Spellman | John C. Hughes | Junkie Fleischmann | Arthur Schlesinger | Spyros Skouras | Darryl Zanuck
Staff
- DeWitt Poole - Executive Secretary
Affiliations
Subsidiaries
Notes
- ↑ Hugh Wilford, Calling the Tune? The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War, Frank Cass, 2003, p.87.
- ↑ Harold Miller, 89, Navy Publicist; Launched Planes From Dirigibles. May 18, 1992. New York Times "He also was director of the Congressional Aviation Policy Board and president of the National Committee for Free Europe."
