PROPOSED INTERIM GUIDANCE FOR FEC

Created: 11/15/1956

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Events of the past several weeks have produced changei which significantly affect TEC operaticob. These includet

1. ituation in Hungary resulting from the spontaneous revolution, put downlood hath hy Soviet troops, in which the Soviet Union now virtually occupies the country; andoviet coman datura for all

Proposed Interim Guidance for PEG

purposes now governing theuppet government without semhlance of populariolent^Soriet and anti-Communist population passively resisting hy meanseneral strike; guerilla warfare in some areas; tens of thousands of dead andeople who requested westernn ths psW'ef sheat the height of their rehellion against theSoviet Union and who are now, at the least,that such assistance did not arrive and, at the worst, may heeome almost as anti-West as they are anti-Sovietesult; deportations of Hungarian youth and others to Soviet Russia; and in which the attempts of the United nations to aid the Hungarian people appear to he tWS^^faUft

A "new- Hungarian emigration in the west, numherlng.atand increasing dally.

A suhatential lose of prestige on the part of the Soviet Union in the Free World^including neutralist areas and groups, and among many communist

.s mmmjiul.hhas Tito will pein TUgosiaviaV From all that can he Judged at this time, the Polish people appear to he willing to support the Gomulka regime. It is

reasonable to assume that such 8up-port In tbe long tern will be directly proportionate to the degree he is successful in Meting the demands of the people for greater freedom from Soviet control and for greater individual freeaoms and economic improvement.

A significant decrease in the Jamming of Western broadcasts,RFB into Poland, it is assumedatter of official Polishignificant decrease in Jemaing of Western broadcasts to Hungary, probably because of tbe general situation In that country^rather thanatter of policy of the Soviet Union or the Hungarian puppet government.

Reported unrest, particularly on the part of students and young intellectuals in the other Satellites.

An increased state of alert end readiness of local security units in Czechoslovakia, Rumania and Bulgariaesult of nationalist pressures heightened by developments in Hungary and Poland.

For the time being, therefore, until the course of events in the Satellites

may be more clearly understood, the following guidance for TEC is set forth below:

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action should be taken by FEC which is considered likelyfurther bloodshed.

should refrain from tactical advice of anyI RFC should as atmmmmaol*to*tmB balanced reporting of factual news,

inimum of commentary on local events. Full coverage should be -given given to the efforts of the West to assist the Hungarian people, including action in the United nations; oentalansa by the West in furnishing medical, food, clothing and other assistance; assistance to Hungarian refugees in the West; activities of recent Hungarian refugees in she Meet in mobilizing public opinion and other activities for carrying on the fight for the freedom of the

Hungarian people from the West; Western reaction tot he events In Hungary; the defections frost the Communist parties in the vest? and the like. to Soviet troops should he continued.

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7 Material assistance to refugees should continue through FBC3 In cooperation with other relief and welfare agencies.

{'A major information effort shouldse organised hy FEC aaong the "new" emigration. This should include:

a. An inventory of leadership and action potential with emphasis on youth, student, worker, peasant and intellectual groups, able and

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willing to conlnue the fight for the Hungarian people from the Vest;

b. An au-llence analysis of reaction to RFS broadcasts

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FEC operations or in refining present actlvitles^lnformation of interest in the united States generally as to activities in Hungary and the other Satellites.

is. Plans should be developed to fully exploit in the Free World the reversion to Stalinism and tbe naked colonialism of the Soviet Union in Hungary via all PEC assets, including PEER, PEP.

/other information likely to be useful in future

Plans should developed to utilise the effective people in the "new" emigration hy PEP, PEEP.

^ The relationship of the effective people In the "new" emigration to the present Hungarian National Council, the representation of the "new" emigration in the ACEH, as well as their participation in other multi-national exile organizationsatter of priority importance. Steps should he taken to give priority supeort and emphasis to activities in which the effective elements of the "new" emigrationart, while at the same time,'ehe "older",Im hma wwr.fTtV-, UjiaJ

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phaly eomrMnaw* wttfc Dm Ci'i'jrade. Particular attention should he given to correcting the wide spread impression now helng given credence In the press that the Free Europe Committee provoked the Hungarian revolution, or at least, implied that Western support for same would he forthcoming, thislm hsin^ take* hy various MgMsam prpiagsj-la gsa^a.

1. The situation in Poland in which we Judge the "thaw" and "liheraliiation' are proceeding ahout as far and as fast aa is posaihle under the circumstancea calls for careful handing hy FBC.

3. RFS'e Polish Desk's "tewporary armistice" with the Oomulkaat the sow timehe rail ting forces now in motion toresults, seems to us to he the correct policy line, at least for *

3. Because of the dj^enMyamee- of Jamming in Poland^and hecause of the need for avoldanco of any kind of provocationense situation containing the same ingrediente which produced the Hungarian revolution, FBC should not

1. RPE should continueoice of opposition in these countries, where the "thaw" has progressed the least, using present general policy and programming

'1. FEC, large tng Sponsor

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