PREPARATION OF DRAFT FOR USE IN WHITE HOUSE RADIO-TV SERIES, 'AGE OF PERIL'

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• Publication Date: September 10, 1953

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10 September 1953
Research and Reports
Scientific Intelligence
tor, Current Intelligence
Draft for Ilse in White Souse Radi
�Age of Peril*
preparing a draft for use in one of the
in snbect series of White Souse radio-
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*. Allen W. Dulles and General Bedell
18 October. The draft we are asked to
pt for this program will be based, will
tars, economic, nan power, and spiel-
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10 September 1953
MEMORANDUM FOR: Safety of the Republic Committee
1.
In preparing script material it is suggested that the general
theme of the whole series be kept in mind, so that all points
will conform and inconsistencies be avoided.
The overall purpose is:
"to make clear the magnitude of the effort required
on the part of the United States and its allies".
(Jackson Committee Report, 8 July)
to achieve "the closest possible partnership between
the people and their government". (FCDA proposal of
22 July.)
"to give the public a true awareness of the basic
facts concerning the world in Which we live" (White
House/ Advertising Council memorandum of 8 July).
2. All of the programs, with the exception of the Presidential
opener, will be 15 minutes in length.
3. When drafts are ready on the 16th, please supply this office
with 25 copies.
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SAFETY OF THE REPUBLIC
White House Radio-TV Series
I. "The Safety of the Republic in an Atomic Age" -- The President
(Oct. 4) (already drafted)
"The State of the World" -- John Foster Dulles, George Humphrey.
(Oct. 11) Sherman Adams moderating.
(State to draft by Sept. 16)
American tendency: impatient, want quick cures. Soviet
Communist menace implacable, unprecedented. No quick cure.
Struggle probably will last for years. U. S. Chief opponent
and #1 target. Denying individual rights and democratic
principles, Communist aim is to destroy our way of life --
by subversion, by economic pressures, by conquest or
whatever. Soviet tactical changes leave strategic objective
unaltered. Our job is to strike a balance of what is possible
economically and what is desirable militarily, while pursuing
a course of straightforward friendliness to all non-Communist
nations. How reconcile dwindling budgets with need for defense?
Examples of successes so far. Problem nothing we can't lick
but facts must be faced.
"Capabilities of the Communist World" -- Allen Dulles, Gen.
(Oct. 18) Bedell Smith. Sherman
Adams moderating.
(CIA to draft with
an assist by State
by Sept. 16)
Military, economic, manpower, and scientific and technical
capabilities of Russia and satellites (releasing as much
presently classified information as possible).
IV.
(Oct. 25)
"National Defense in Atomic Age"
Adm. Radford, Levis
Strauss, Roger Kyes.
Sherman Adams moderating.
(Defense to draft with
an assist from AEC
by Sept. 16)
Our military, economic, manpower, scientific and technical
capacities. The rationale of the "retaliatory" deterrent.
The rationale of the "defensive preparedness" deterrent.
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V. "The Free World and the United Nations" -- Cabot Lodge, Harold
(Nov. 1) Stassen. Sherman
Adams moderating
(Lodge & Stassen
to write - CDJ to
contact. State
to assist.)
Necessity for US to have and keep allies. What is needed to
hold Free World together. Statistics: manpower and industrial
capacities and resources of Free World (ex-US) hold balance of
power between Russia and ourselves. Need for strengthening UN
as deterrent to aggression. Value of UN agencies in building
Free World strength. NATO & EDC.
VI. "Preservation of Liberty at Home" -- J. Edgar Hoover, Herbert
(Nov. 8). Brownell. Sherman Adams
Moderating (CDJ to
contact Justice)
Danger that in fighting communism, democracy may abandon own
principles of freedom, mistake external military threat for
internal political conspiracy. Differences of susceptibility
to Communist subversion in Italy and France (say) from that in
US. Real extent of internal danger here, its nature and how
best handled. Remarkable job FBI is doing. How citizens can
cooperate with FBI.
VII. "What Good Citizens Can Do" -- Val Peterson, Katherine Howard,
(Nov. 15) a Governor.
The President for last 5 min. (Civil Defense to draft by Sept. 16)
Summary of preceding five talks. Age of peril demands patience,
determination, fortitude. Emphasis on moral and spiritual values
in American life worth fighting for and making material sacrifices
for. Reminder that Government can't solve all problems and
safeguard freedoms without support and active aid of every citizen.
How the way we make democracy work affects relations with other
peoples. What we do must be made more appealing than what
Communists promise. How building moral, spiritual and physical
strength can help avert World War III. Every citizen can help --
giving blood, buying savings bonds, supporting adequate defense
measures, paying taxes willingly, joining civil defense, Ground
Observer Corps, preserving fundamental freedoms, etc. The role
of Civil Defense, including industrial dispersion, blood
stockpiling. Responsibility of State and local Civil Defense.
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