-NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY


the same audiences. By arrangement with the motion picture industry,
newsreels will be produced for and widely distributed to ,foreign ex-
hibitors, land equipment will be made -vailable for the wider showing
of documentaries produced by the Government. The exchange of per-
sons program involves bringing upwards of three thousand individ-
uals to the United States annually, with heavy emphasis on l1abor
leaders, youth groups, professional and community leaders 'and pub-
lic officials. Additional information centers will be established, espe-
cially in small communities, !and efforts will be made to encourage
and to support comparable indigenous centers. The impact off these
centers will be increased by the wide distribution of books translated
from English, assistance and ,support, given to, the teaching of English
and the distribution of books land other cultural material's to in-
digenous institutions.
  'These undertakings will be fully effective only if they are carried
out with elose regard for local interests, tastes, prejudices land habits.
Hence, programming and production will be ;carried out largely in
the field, with ,thee ,assistance of highly qualified local personnel under
competent American supervision. This applies to pamphlets, leaflets
and exhibits, to the production of local radio programs, to the local
production of films, to the management of information and com-
munity centers, to the translation of books and to ,arrangements for
the exchange of persons.
  No less important is the consideration that a point can quickly be
reached at which overt official propaganda becomes self-defeating.
Even the friendliest government and people will not welcome or long
support a heavy influx of information materials and personnel bear-
ing the label of the United States Government. A basic consideration
therefore is that to, the maximum :possible extent the production and
distribution of information materials and the conduct of information
activities should be carried out by indigenous personnel and indige-
nous institutions. This means the maximum utilization of local
personnel, the provision of equipment and materials to indigenous
organizations, including governments, and the encouragement and
support of bi- and multi-national indigenous bodies. It involves full
cooperation with and support of the information activities of like-
minded governments, of such regional organizations as the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization and of the United Nations. In the ex-
change of persons, it means that maximum cooperation should be
sought from labor, business, civic and other community organizations
in the United States for the reception and care of foreign visitors.
  11. Investigation and Research. The penetration of the Iron Cur-
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