WORKING GROUP - COMMITTEE ON BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION (COBAT)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01634R000300030026-8
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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: March 2, 1956
• Content Type: MIN

OPERATIONS COORDINATING BOARD
Washington 25, D. C.
Approved For ReleasO0/08/27: CIA-RDP78-01634R0003
March 2, 1956
1104ORANDUM OF hEETING: Working Group - Committee on Broadcasting and
Television (COBAT)
Eighth Meeting held 2 p.m,,
March 2, 1956, OCB Conference Room
WORKING GROUP 111iBr RS PRESD_NT:
USIA - Robert E. Button (Chairman)
- Frederick Long'(Alternate Chairman)
State - T. H. E. Nesbitt
Defense - Lt. Col. M. E. Williamson
ICA - Robert Bruskin
OCB - Ralph R. I3usick, Staff Representative
State - Richard Straus
A. G. Stanford (for section on Finland only)
Mary V. Trent (for section on Finland only)
OCB - Lt. Col. William R. Bond
1. Minutes of the previous meeting approved as read,
2. Discussion of the draft Report and Recommendations Concerning
Television in Europe occupied the attention of the Committee, as this
was the purpose of calling t1le meeting. With new contributions from some
of the agencies, together with revisions and editorial changes, a final
working draft of the report was prepared so that mimeographed copies may
be made available for the next meeting.
3. Problems which came up in discussion of the report concerning
means of U.S, stimulation and help to develop a Europe-wide TV network
involved chiefly the instrumentality of discovering exactly what European
countries need and how U.S. help can be financed after determining the
need. The representative of RA in State modified somewhat State's former
opposition to a survey possibly to be conducted through the Organization
for European Economic Cooperation (OPEC). It was agreed that in the final
analysis, the problem of financing TV is the crucial one - i.e., that it
is an economic matter. The ICA representative pointed out, in this con-
nection, that the most feasible way for ICA to operate is through OEEC.
4. The next meeting will be held Monday, March 5, at 2:00 p.m.
Ralph R. Busick
Staff Representative
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