LETTER TO HONORABLE ALLEN W. DULLES FROM NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER

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• Publication Date: November 1, 1955
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 1, 1955
In connection with the attached New York Times article
concerning the Soviet TV offer to Finland, would it be possible
for the United States to make recorded TV programs available
to the Finns so that they could open their own TV broadcasting
station with our help. They could televise their own radio
newscasters and commentators to fill in.
It seems to me the industry might be willing to cooperate in
making available film for this purpose until such time as Finland
has its own program operating on a commercial or government-
sponsored basis. I should think a real job could be done to cut
the feet out from under the Soviets without too much cost. From
the story it would appear that we should also try to encourage
export of lower cost receivers.
It might be interesting to work out a NATO television
network, a proposal being made by Steve Possony in one of our
forthcoming panel papers, which will be available in the next
week or so. This same problem will undoubtedly be showing
up in other areas and perhaps it would be better to deal with it
on a large scale basis rather than piecemeal.
I am also bringing this to Ted's attention.
Sincerely,
Nelson A. ockefeller
Honorable Allen W. Dulles
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
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October 30, 1955
SOVIET TV OPENING
DRIVE ON FINLAND
casts Tuesday in Tallinn, capital
of Soviet Estonia. Tallinn is only
thirty-five miles from Helsinki
across the Gulf of Finland, and
test broadcasts from there have
already been received clearly
here.
The Soviet Government has
presented gift television sets
with about ten-inch screens to
differences fromNEW _ K, TIMES, SUND
casts. As a re , ~~
Russians Aim for Monopoly
in Videoless Nation-Tallinn
Station Starts Tuesday
By HARRY SCHWARTZ
Special to The New York Tlmee,
HELSINKI, Finland, Oct. 24=
The Soviet Union is trying to
gain a television monopoly in
Vinland. -
Finland has no television sta-
tion. A high powered Soviet
station will begin regular broad-
received fully 's.
and sound only .0
get fifteen-year rights for ma
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For the m0nh acres of land and has' promised
scale commerOs to reactivate Camp Polk on a
1 anent basis if these can be
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stopped by a ~r obtained. Last week fifteen
ment ruling L- year rights to about 6,000 000
characteristics Qs acres had been procured.
unsatisfactory al, Air Force participating units
en-state area
-
a group of Finnish leaders, in-
cluding president Juho Paasi-
kivi.
The Russians propose to sell
Soviet television sets here for
about 50,000 marks (about $225).
The same sets retail in.the So-
viet Union at several times the
comparable price in rubles. Com-
parable Western, sets cost 100,-
000 marks or more here.
Soviet television broadcasts
have some important technical
and other hazar( will cover a se
TV May To is at ,a'tYr"s'~ rnewifi"2cr
Y vision station, i
But these defects can be too far for a
remedied, and there is a wide- broadcast to be
spread suspicion that in the cur- The Finnish Gc
rent Soviet-Finnish trade nego- organization hag
tiations in Moscow Soviet repre- build its own tel
sentatives will press for large- However, there tl
scale Finnish imports of Soviet private Finnish
that are.interestc
sets.
Informed sources report that private television ,
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