RFE CRITIC HAS VISA TROUBLE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74-00297R000900080113-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 28, 2013
• Sequence Number: 113
• Publication Date: January 28, 1958
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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I *, By FULTON LEWIS, JR.
t WASHINGTON, Jane 27,---The
f tentacles of Radio ,Freelairope.
are long and ,powerful, as wit-
ness the case of Dr. Walter Be-
and his, fighting 'young. ad-'.'
? niinistrative ? assistant George
Brada
1 Dr. Becher is a leading mem-
her of the Bavarian Landta.g,
roughly comparable to one of
our State legislatures, though
considerably more powerful. In
addition, he is. the recognized
leader of the Sudeten. Germans.
in exile, of whom there are mil- -'
lions. He is'a scholar, a gentle-
man, a man a great brilliance.
,..?..BrXia is in his .thirties. His
i ..
ntelleetital position and philos-
ophy are Vaguely suggestive of
a William F. Buckley, Jr. He is
an able Writer andYlike his prin-
cipal, a dedicated ?anti-Commu-
nist. He wrote a series of arti- -
? cies for the now defunct Facts,?
Forum magazine, exPosifirRa:: '
6-tido-Free Europe and the people
who man it, and debunking 'the
operation generally.
Becher and Brada had plan- .
/ned a trip 'to the United States
(In January for a series of .con- ?
--ferences looking to-the organi-
zation of an international anti-
Communist movement with.
some real teeth and a forth-1
right policy of liberation for the
Iron Curtain peoples. r
Both have been led, chin-high,
With the namby-pamby Titoist
compromising of the Free Eti
rope operations and the caponi-
'zed, ineffective, .unmilitant line *1
. of Voice of America. .?
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CAPITAL REPORT
Bonn government is the target
for angry criticism by exile
groups and individuals who dis-
approve of RFE policy.
The U.S. Consul General in
125LIA
reached Washington that the
Bra da visa h vl been turned
down. .
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CHAIRMAN ,Francis
of the' House Uirgfrierican .
tivities Committee, former Rep.
Munich, where Dr. Becher and Clardy of ,Michigan, Earle
Mr. Brada must get their visas c49:110,:former National
for entry, into the United States, ianaer of the Arnelican Legion,
j,,,Xdwerd 1,!age,, Jr., who nurses? all of -whom were 'interested,
a.,something, more 'than,'" ordinr.,,-, went to the State Department
ary rapport 'With 'the,Muni,h and ..dernanded how_ come:
topside of ,Vree",.EuF.,ope ' "the Department cabled P;Age
-eiii5Z'BeeFier and George 'Once, -without satisfaction. .It
Brada made application to 'Ed-. 'cabled a second time without
ward Page, Jr., for visas to satisfaction. Finally, at the end
. visit the United States,- there of several weeks, it sent a third
was a 'peculiar twist of develop-, ,.? cable, this one very sharp-in its
.ments. - tenor. The reluctant word finally ?i.;
Dr. Becher was given his visa; came back. _that ,Brada's- visa
without delay. His position in had been approved and he now
the Landtag was such that- noway.
one dared to challenge him. tates.,
But not so with Brada. Page ?,---Without the big guns, how-
took his case 'under advisement, ever, it never would have ha p-
? and Brada 'came back and, back, 'paned. Edsy.ard,Pa,ge,,Jr..would
unable, to get , any explanation 2 seem bear watc1ii7
for tl delay. Finally, word ,,,tvitosr.-bplciberoiiiiii*VaMilc.i
IF THE TRUTH were known,
Chancellor Adenauer would rel-
ish the Oppiiitimity? Id throw
1.Radio _Free. Europe out- of Ger---
many altogether,, and relieve :
iirnself of an embarrassing dip-
qomatic situation. Because most ,
of:the RFE broadcasting is done
!froi West ? German soil, . the ,1
Declassified and Approved For Release @50-Yr 2013/10/28: CIA-RDP74-00297R000900080113-3