RFE/RL History in Images
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A broadcast from the first Radio Free Europe studio in Munich. RFE began broadcasting in May 1951.
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From 1953 to 1956 RFE floated balloons filled with news reports over the Iron Curtain.
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Controversy surrounded RFE following its alleged role in inciting the 1956 Hungarian revolution.
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A broadcaster prepares a music program, 1960s.
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Future U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is interviewed by Radio Free Europe in 1962.
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Singer Tom Jones is interviewed by Radio Free Europe, March 1968.
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During the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, RFE was the main source of reliable information.
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Aftermath of the February 1981 terrorist bombing on the RFE headquarters in Munich.
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Pro-RFE graffiti in Gdansk, Poland, 1981. Bottom line reads: "We demand the liberation of political prisoners!"
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The master control room of the RFE Munich headquarters, 1980s.