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Title: Free Europe Press issuances
Date (inclusive): 1951-1956
Collection Number: 2010C11
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Czech, Slovak, Hungarian and Polish
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: American propaganda leaflets and bulletins, distributed by balloon to Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland. Includes some English-language
working material versions.
Creator:
Free Europe Press
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2010.
[Identification of item], Free Europe Press issuances, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
In the 1950s, at the height of the Cold War, numerous psychological warfare leaflets were prepared by the Free Europe Press
(FEP) of the Free Europe Committee. The group worked in cooperation with Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, with the U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) funding much of the operations.
FEP leaflets were a major part of the post-World War II psychological warfare battle between East and West. The operation
sent 590,415 balloons that carried 301,636,883 leaflets, posters, books, and other printed matter from West Germany over the
Iron Curtain to Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland from August 1951 to November 1956.
These documents urged peasants to refuse to cooperate with collective farms and exhorted Slovaks and Czechs to boycott national
elections. They included embarrassing secret memoranda suppressed by Communist governments.
Source: Free Europe Press Cold War Leaflets, Accessed 2012 http://www.psywarrior.com/RadioFreeEurope.html
Scope and Content of Collection
American propaganda leaflets and bulletins, distributed by balloon drop over Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland. Includes
some English-language working material versions.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Propaganda, American -- Europe, Eastern