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...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...
...million) and the Communist Party's international activities ($150 million). It also includes such indirect propaganda efforts as TASS, the Soviet news agency, which spends $550 million a year spreading Moscow's view of world events to foreign countries. By contrast, the U.S. International Communication Agency (ICA)-which coordinates the Voice of America, cultural exchanges, films, speakers, exhibits and other aspects of U.S. "public diplomacy"-has a budget of only $448 million. Even if the $87 million the U.S. spends separately for Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty are included, the total is still a small fraction...
During his presidential campaign, Ronald Reagan spoke of increasing the American propaganda effort, but in this winter of budget cutting no additional money is foreseen. This week the President is expected to name a new head of the ICA. The leading candidate: California Businessman Charles Wick, a close friend who was co-chairman of the Reagan Inauguration Committee...
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...