{"id":2874,"date":"2012-02-28T20:56:57","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T00:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=2874"},"modified":"2012-02-28T20:56:57","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T00:56:57","slug":"cia-a-history-of-the-foreign-broadcast-information-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/cia-a-history-of-the-foreign-broadcast-information-service\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA: A History of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2879\" title=\"FBISCIA\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/FBISCIA.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/FBISCIA.gif 266w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/FBISCIA-100x45.gif 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/>I just stumbled upon this fascinating <a title=\"CIA Website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/books-and-monographs\/foreign-broadcast-information-service\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">history of the CIA Foreign Broadcast Information Service<\/a>\u00a0and thought SWLing Post readers might enjoy browsing it as well. This \u00a0is a history of the early, pre-CIA, years of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service. It was published with a classification of &#8220;Confidential&#8221; in 1969 and fully released to the public by the CIA\u2019s Historical Declassification Division in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"CIA website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/books-and-monographs\/foreign-broadcast-information-service\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to go to the CIA website<\/a>, or download each chapter via links below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"FBIS Cover and Contents\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/books-and-monographs\/foreign-broadcast-information-service\/0-FBIS-Cover-and-Contents.pdf\">FBIS Cover and Contents<\/a>\u00a0[PDF 681.1KB*]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chapter 1: Early Beginnings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/books-and-monographs\/foreign-broadcast-information-service\/1-FBIS-Early-Beginnings.pdf\">Chapter 1 &#8211; Early Beginnings<\/a>\u00a0[PDF 4.9MB*]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chapter 2: Pearl Harbor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/books-and-monographs\/foreign-broadcast-information-service\/2-FBIS-Pearl-Harbor.pdf\">Chapter 2 &#8211; Impact of Pearl Harbor<\/a>\u00a0[PDF 3.8MB*]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chapter 3: New Service in FCC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/books-and-monographs\/foreign-broadcast-information-service\/3-FBIS-New-Service-in-FCC.pdf\">Chapter 3 &#8211; New Service&#8217;s Place in FCC<\/a>\u00a0[PDF 3.2MB*]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chapter 4: Contacts with the Public\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/books-and-monographs\/foreign-broadcast-information-service\/4-FBIS-Contacts-with-Public.pdf\">Chapter 4 &#8211; Contacts with the Public<\/a>\u00a0[PDF 3.1MB*]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chapter 5: Intergovernmental Relations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/books-and-monographs\/foreign-broadcast-information-service\/5-FBIS-Intergovernmental-Relations.pdf\">Chapter 5 &#8211; Intergovernmental Relations<\/a>\u00a0[PDF 5.2MB*]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chapter 6: International Cooperation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/books-and-monographs\/foreign-broadcast-information-service\/6-FBIS-International-Cooperation.pdf\">Chapter 6 &#8211; International Cooperation<\/a>\u00a0[PDF 2.8MB*]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chapter 7: Congressional Handicaps\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/books-and-monographs\/foreign-broadcast-information-service\/7-FBIS-Congressional-Handicaps.pdf\">Chapter 7 &#8211; Congressional Handicaps<\/a>\u00a0[PDF 2.8MB*]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chapter 8: Adjustments to Meet Problems\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/books-and-monographs\/foreign-broadcast-information-service\/8-FBIS-Adjustments-to-Meet-Problems.pdf\">Chapter 8 &#8211; Adjustments to Meet Problems<\/a>\u00a0[PDF 4.0MB*]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chapter 9: Change in War Focus\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/books-and-monographs\/foreign-broadcast-information-service\/9-FBIS-Change-in-War-Focus.pdf\">Chapter 9 &#8211; Change in War Focus<\/a>\u00a0[PDF 3.1MB*]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chapter 10: Congressional Coup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/books-and-monographs\/foreign-broadcast-information-service\/10-FBIS-Congressional-Coup.pdf\">Chapter 10 &#8211; Congressional Coup D\u2019Etat<\/a>\u00a0[PDF 3.0MB*]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chapter 11: Operations Under War Department\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/books-and-monographs\/foreign-broadcast-information-service\/11-FBIS-Operations-Under-War-Dept.pdf\">Chapter 11 &#8211; 0perations Under War Department<\/a>\u00a0[PDF 3.4MB*]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just stumbled upon this fascinating history of the CIA Foreign Broadcast Information Service\u00a0and thought SWLing Post readers might enjoy browsing it as well. This \u00a0is a history of the early, pre-CIA, years of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service. It was published with a classification of &#8220;Confidential&#8221; in 1969 and fully released to the public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,251,56,288,43],"tags":[925,924,923,926,4082],"class_list":["post-2874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-books","category-broadcasters","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-central-intelligence-agency","tag-cia-foreign-broadcast-information-service","tag-foreign-broadcast-information-service","tag-history-of-the-foreign-broadcast-information-service","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-Km","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10477,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/voa-greek-language-service-to-end-tuesday-august-12\/","url_meta":{"origin":2874,"position":0},"title":"VOA Greek language service to end Tuesday, August 12","author":"Thomas","date":"August 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to TheGreekRadio.com for commenting with details about the August 12 closure of VOA's Greek language service and allowing the following article to be republished on the SWLing Post: End of an era: The Greek Service of the Voice of America ceases operations The end of operation of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Broadcasting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"voa-greek-service","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/voa-greek-service.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":50158,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/free-online-lecture-aspidistra-and-the-broadcast-group-of-the-diplomatic-wireless-service\/","url_meta":{"origin":2874,"position":1},"title":"Free online lecture: &#8220;Aspidistra and the Broadcast Group of the Diplomatic Wireless Service&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"September 7, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kris Partridge, who shares the following information about a free online lecture hosted by the The Institute of Engineering and Technology. 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