United States Information Agency
United States agency
Also known as: USIA
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role of Murrow
- In Edward R. Murrow
…was appointed director of the U.S. Information Agency in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy.
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Voice of America
- In Voice of America
government, a unit of the United States Information Agency (USIA). Its first broadcast, in German, took place on February 24, 1942, and was intended to counter Nazi propaganda among the German people. By the time World War II ended, the VOA was broadcasting 3,200 programs in 40 languages every week.…
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