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Dear Allen:
X go along heartily with the idea you expressed the other day on the phone that the NCPE position ought to besoon at high level. The need for this is naturalearalf of rapid growth; and the changes in personnel which you mentioned also cake lt appropriate.
One basic item in the aituatlon such emphasized to me by FIT at the outset of our venture was an underatanding between him and State that all "policy guidance* froa Stat* would reaeh NCFE only through FT'* office. Thla restriction appears in the fundaaental aeaorandua agreed to by you and Frank Altachul and aan the following taraat
Ouldance. On all activities directly or in-diractly affecting ^governmental or State Departaeotfficial policy guidance will be given or conflraed through (FW'a office) and (Fa's office) shall be the aole channel for tbe purpose.v
Tha ensuing paragraph raada as follows!
"Llaiaon. Hothing in this outline shall be interpreted to discourage the officers or staff aeabera of NCFEstablishing or maintaining such noraal relationships aa any private citizens or organizations Bight have with any government official or agency,"
Despite tho broad exception of the second paragraph FW has exhibitedtrong dislike of direct contacts with State personnel, by me in particular. This was especially aarkedsntionsd to bla one day last Julyas lunching with Charles Tost and Fred Reinhardt, on the basia of old friendship butiew also to soae informal talk about the Council for Free Czechoslovakia. The general result has been for me to keep away froa State and ay old friends there.
Allen V. Dulles, Esquire
Sullivan andall Street New fork
Hew lork
Allen W. Dulles, .
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Direct working relations with State have developed
onsiderable scale on the technical side of
Peter Meroeading part. o not think it is always quite clear for whoa Peter is speaking at any given moaent, but up to now, so far aa make out, things are working out in practice pretty well. Bob Lang spoke to ne in that encouragingew days ago.
On the programming side of radio we have received some scattered -directives- fron FW's staff, but the directives, or some of then, don't make too much sense, and here the situation cannot be said to be satisfactory at all. Nor has coordination between us and the Voice been worked out as it should behink caD be.
Relations with the exiles and theost important area in which closewith Washington is essential. Experience so far baabut satisfactory. Barnes and offie misled usefforts tougoslav national they gave us (as coming presumably from State)mainly their own line. then the line, about whichhad. all along had grave misgivings, came to the of State, it was rejected and we were left holding
- hi 'now beforencreasinglyblem the basic pattern of our relations with the exile groups. The concept of national councils we inherited, and we have certainly given itery fair trial. The score to date isn't good. The Rumanian National Council is now practically dissolved. That leaves Bulgarian, Czechoslovak and Hungarian Councils. The
h0"- Only the Hungarian is anywhere near satisfactory. olishugoslav national council is nowhere in sight.
flt. Adolf Berlencline to believe that soae
teatbe tried. In any case the problem oustdo thishink that Berle,
Zr?. u can find time,
ZtVll 1 lth Pred Heinhardt andepresenting FIT. Almost certainly NCFE
oh any programonsultation, but it seems to me Just nonsense for anyone to attempt toolicy on exile relationships without extended consultation with us.
Allen W. Dulles,-
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As things now stand, we haveecent "Instruction* from Bob Kalley. opy is enclosed. Row much this is Bob Kelle and how muchan't tell you. Theoretically it seems an exemplary document; but it is entirely theoretical in that it proceeds from an assumption, which has already been in good part disproved, that representative and effective committees can indeed be formed among the exiles. In anyubmit, that the knowledge and experience on exile natters which exist within KCFE itself should be drawn into consultationasic outline of this kind needs to be prepared.
The whole ZfCFB operation has outgrown by far original conceptions and arrangements. As this marks the success of the original Idea, everybody ought to be happy about It and join gladly in the readjustments consequently needed. m glad you are opening the way for the needed top-level discussions.
Always yours,
Poole
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