Soviet dissidents nearly lost their only free voice in a covert CIA operation that Nixon almost terminated, leaving several justifications for the station's existence still blacked out.
By Marcus Boone ·
Listeners were led to believe Radio Free Europe was a private venture while the state funded nearly all of its $15 million budget and spent five million on unattributed activities.
By Marcus Boone ·
871 overseas employees faced sudden termination as Nixon moved to quietly shut down a covert CIA-funded operation that no longer stressed the need to liberate the Soviet Union.
By Theo Marchetti ·