Word: ica
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...International Communcation Agency (ICA) initially aired the Poland show overseas on Jan. 31 in over 40 countries, to an estimated 180 million viewers. The ICA had to get special Congressional approval for the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) to air it in the United States...
Although Shea said that $350,000 was spent in the production of the program, an ICA spokesman said almost all of that money was reimbursed to the government through private donations. These private donors included Mobil Oil, Dow-Corning Corp., and Quaker Outs...
...Orson Welles to growl out passages from John Donne between scenes of labor union rallies in Chicago and West Germany; President Reagan and a dozen other heads of state to deliver speeches; and a New Jersey native-Frank Sinatra-to sing Ever Homeward, in Polish. According to the ICA, the program aimed to "reflect the widespread international concern for the plight of the people of Poland." ICA Director Charles Wick, who once worked as an arranger for the late Tommy Dorsey's band, dreamed up the project shortly after the imposition of martial law. He rejects suggestions that...
Congress last week voted to exempt the program from the law that forbids U.S. distribution of ICA productions. Let Poland Be Poland was to be transmitted over the PBS satellite, but the 297 local PBS affiliates had the option not to air it. Among the stations that declined was KTCA in Minneapolis. Said Stephen Kulczycki, the Polish American vice president of KTCA: "It clearly violates our programming and journalistic standards. We turn down hundreds of requests a month to broadcast someone's propaganda...
Former U.S. Ambassador Robert Goheen, who was born in India, says the ICA has done a respectable job with its limited money, but adds that the effect of Moscow's enormous effort is worrisome. Says he: "The Soviets have created an image of a country that is non-threatening and supportive of India. Because of a record of more than 30 years, Soviet ships in the Indian Ocean are perceived as benign, whereas American ships raise the threat of a superpower confrontation." One ray of hope is that Soviet actions, such as the invasion of Afghanistan, will undo that...