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Page 8 - Information Agency is to help achieve United States foreign policy objectives by (a) influencing public attitudes in other nations, and (b) advising the President, his representatives abroad, and the various departments and agencies on the implications of foreign opinion for present and contemplated United States policies, programs and official statements.
Page 5 - Energy, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, as appropriate, currently informed with respect to the activities of the Agency and the participation of the United States therein.
Page 13 - The long-range interests of the United States are served by communicating directly with the peoples of the world by radio. To be effective, the Voice of America (the Broadcasting Service of the United States Information Agency) must win the attention and respect of listeners.
Page 8 - States to promote a better understanding of the United States in other countries, and to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.
Page 59 - VOA will serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news. VOA news will be accurate, objective, and comprehensive. (2) VOA will represent America, not any single segment of American society, and will therefore present a balanced and comprehensive projection of significant American thought and institutions. (3) VOA will present the policies of the United States clearly and effectively, and will also present responsible discussion and opinion on these policies.
Page 37 - IBS (the Voice of America) produces and broadcasts radio programs in English and foreign languages and operates broadcasting and relay facilities to transmit these programs. It also furnishes technical services and materials to the Agency's overseas posts for broadcasting radio programs through local outlets, and its supplies packaged programs to the posts.
Page 12 - To be persuasive we must be believable ; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.

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