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United States - Circa 1960: A broadcast appeal—introduced by Frank Stanton—rallies U.S. stations to fund and promote Radio Free Europe as a citizen-supported antidote to propaganda, stressing that RFE’s value is “spreading truth” to people behind the Iron Curtain and that backing it serves Americans’ own freedom; it announces a two-week “Broadcasters for Radio Free Europe” drive (April 24–May 8) to boost awareness before summit talks, reassure captive audiences that Americans haven’t forgotten them, and raise money exclusively from private donors, with stations receiving do-it-yourself kits—spots, tapes, film, telops, scripts, discs, and backgrounders—and a call for on-air personalities to study the material and give personal endorsements across virtually all homes in the United States. (Footage by Roberto Machado Noa/Getty Images)