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- 1996 Feb 16 (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with Abbott Washburn, founder of the Crusade for Freedom, relating to US policy on Eastern Europe in 1940s-1950s, and its bid for US popular support of their policy; the establishment of the Crusade for Freedom, launched by Gen Dwight L Eisenhower, 1950, with chairman Gen Lucius Clay, US Military Governor in Germany, and Commander in Chief, US Forces in Europe, 1947-1949, to raise funds for Radio Free Europe; the tour of the Freedom Bell throughout the US (1950); and the 'Winds of Freedom' operation using balloons to distribute leaflet via the prevailing wind, from Germany into Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Rumania, 1953. 10pp
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