HU OSA 300-1-8:1/83

Monitoring Hungarian Newspapers

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English (Original)

The black and white prints of RFE/RL were donated to OSA by the Hoover Institute, California in year 2015. The images are duplicates of those held at Hoover. The originals, and most probably the negatives are with the donor as well. OSA only received the paper prints with captions, and digitized the entire collection in year 2018.

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A woman is sitting at a table and reading a newspaper. There are several other Hungarian papers scattered around on the table top including Figyelő, Népszabadság, Katolikus szó, Esti Hírlap, Magyar Hírek, Evangélikus Élet. To her right there is a Triumph typewriter on another table with a card in it. To her left there is a chest of drawers for card files, two of the drawers are open. On the top of the chest there is a reading lamp, and her overcoat is hung on the back of her chair. She has a pencil in her hand. The Research Institute of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty monitored not only its target countries' broadcast operations and their programs but also their printed press. To make the information gathered from these sources accessible for the analysts and editors working at the Radios, they have created keyword systems and were collecting and filing articles related to the various subjects from the 1950s till 1995. Thus RFE/RL created a thematically structured press clipping archives consisting of, inter alia, Subject Files and Biographical Files. The paper based hard copy of the press clipping archives, in hard copy is accessible at Blinken OSA Archives since 1995. Cf. HU OSA 300-1-8/1:82, HU OSA 300-1-8/1:84, HU OSA 300-1-8/1:85, HU OSA 300-1-8/1:86, HU OSA 300-1-8/1:89. ORIGINAL CAPTION: At Radio Free Europe headquarters in Munich, Germany, Communist papers are checked daily for the current Kremlin propaganda line. RFE's broadcasts then correct the lies to make certain that the captive people of East Europe know the truth.

251 x 203 mm ; b&w