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In 1952 Bradlee joined the staff of the Office of U.S. Information and Educational Exchange (USIE), the embassy's propaganda unit. USIE produced films, magazines, research, speeches, and news items for use by the [[CIA]] throughout Europe. USIE (later known as [[USIA]]) also controlled the [[Voice of America]], a means of disseminating pro-American "cultural information" worldwide. While at the USIE Bradlee worked with [[E. Howard Hunt]] and [[Fred Friendly]].
In 1952 Bradlee joined the staff of the Office of U.S. Information and Educational Exchange (USIE), the embassy's propaganda unit. USIE produced films, magazines, research, speeches, and news items for use by the [[CIA]] throughout Europe. USIE (later known as [[USIA]]) also controlled the [[Voice of America]], a means of disseminating pro-American "cultural information" worldwide. While at the USIE Bradlee worked with [[E. Howard Hunt]] and [[Fred Friendly]].
According to a Justice Department memo from a assistant U.S. attorney in the Rosenberg Trial, Bradlee was helping the CIA to manage European propaganda regarding the spying conviction and the execution of [[Ethel Rosenberg|Ethel]] and [[Julius Rosenberg]] on 19 June 1953.
According to a Justice Department memo from an assistant U.S. attorney in the Rosenberg Trial, Bradlee was helping the CIA to manage European propaganda regarding the spying conviction and the execution of [[Ethel Rosenberg|Ethel]] and [[Julius Rosenberg]] on 19 June 1953.
Bradlee was officially employed by USIE until 1953, when he began working for Newsweek. While based in France, Bradlee divorced his first wife and married Antoinette Pinchot. At the time of the marriage, Antoinette's sister, Mary Pinchot Meyer, was married to [[Cord Meyer]], a key figure in Operation MB, a CIA program to influence the American media.
Bradlee was officially employed by USIE until 1953, when he began working for Newsweek. While based in France, Bradlee divorced his first wife and married Antoinette Pinchot. At the time of the marriage, Antoinette's sister, Mary Pinchot Meyer, was married to [[Cord Meyer]], a key figure in Operation MB, a CIA program to influence the American media.
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[[Category:Journalists]]