COMMITTEE ON BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION (COBAT)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01634R000300030030-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: September 15, 1958
• Content Type: MIN

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CONFIDENTIAL
OPERATIONS COORDINATIATG BOARD
Washington 25, D.Cs
September 159 I95$
P~fEMORANDUM OF MEETING: Committee on Broadcasting and Television
35th Meeting held September 9, 1958
2t3O P.M. OCB Conference Room 351
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3. The OCB staff representative was requested to draft a staff paper,
after consultation with the individual members cf COBAT~ TPIB and the Radio
Policy Committees which would set forth proposals for improving coordination
in the radio and television field*
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Col. Albert L. Cox, Jr
fields, it was concluded that there is a need forte:
Henry Loomis, Chairman
Edgar T. Martin, representing TPIB
William McFadden
Gerald Winfield
John Broger
Representative present
G. Huntington Damon
Albert Cox
Marjorie Denny
(COBAT )
1. This meeting was called by the Chairman to explore the future
status and rile of COBAT and its relationship to TPIB in the light of
recent and foreseeable developments worldwide.
2. After a considerable discussion of the policy, operational. and
technical. problems which today exist in the braadca~t d t..~,~...e1..?~=~?: n
Staff Representative
CONFIDENTIAL
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