Description
Correspondence, radio broadcast scripts, reports, memoranda, and printed matter, relating to Radio Free Europe broadcasts
to Czechoslovakia, and to activities of the Society of International Broadcasters in representing the interests of current
and retired RFE/RL employees.
Background
Simoncic served on the Czech desk of Radio Free Europe from its beginning; among his earliest papers are press reviews to
be broadcast dated June 1951. Later papers (1970s-80s) deal with labor relations at RFE/RL and with the creation of the Society
of International Broadcasters, a membership organization established in 1977 and devoted to promoting the interests of Radio
Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) employees as well as the interests of U.S. international broadcasting by putting pressure
on the U.S. government to continue and expand its support of international broadcasting. The organization was headed by Major
General C. Rodney Smith, a former director of RFE/RL.
Extent
7 manuscript boxes
(2.6 Linear Feet)
Restrictions
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Availability
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.