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February 24, 1942 United States Information Agency employee William Harlan Hale began a 15-minute transfer to the German words: "Says the Voice of America.We will tell you the truth. ". Initially, the Voice of America "was created as a counterweight to the fascist propaganda and was carrying some of the strategic role as an important element in the so-called" psychological "war.In the Soviet Union, Voice of America began broadcasting in Russian in five years, 17 February 1947, at the very beginning of the cooling relations between the Soviet Union and the United States of America.
Voice of America "has always been the main conduit for the penetration of information from the U.S. in the socialist countries.Until mid-1970`s "Voice of America" was the official government radio station and therefore was compelled to act in accordance with existing rules and regulations of relations between sovereign states.
Quite a gross interference in the internal affairs of other countries, it was contraindicated.As a result, in mid-1970 reorganization of the Voice of America "with the formal-legal point of view, ceased to be a government agency and was able to more independent activities.
Station lot of time to promote the American way of life.Was carried out to popularize the principles of "free world": the freedom of movement, the real freedom of speech and religion, the absence of the abject and equalization system and so on.In the Soviet Union broadcast transmitters VOA jammed, but many managed to tune in to the no-wave.
Students `voices` have been harassed, both administrative and criminal, were regarded as "distributors alien ideological propaganda.". A full voice of an American radio station has found the beginning of perestroika.For example, in mid-1980`s, according to research at its wave tuned on a daily basis about thirty million Soviet listeners. |
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