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of Flash installed to view the video, which can be seen at
(RNW MN via BrDXC-UK Apr 7)
SPAIN For a historical recollection about the site, see David Hollyer's
2003 account at
A reader also passes along this link for an extensive collection of still
shots of the Radio Liberty site. Click on "broadcast section" at the top,
then select Continental, Marconi, Telefunken, etc. from the drop-down
menu.
This last is worth the click there are hundreds of images at this tribute
site.
The Hoover Institution Archives
offers an online exhibit on the history of Radio Liberty, prepared for its
50th anniversary in 2003.
At IndyMedia U.K.,
where
a poster notes (The end of Liberty):
at 165 metres in height the antennas of Radio Liberty on the coast of
Catalonia were one of the most visibile signs of the "cold war" outside of
Mannheim Germany.
Erected to broadcast propaganda into the Warsaw Pact states and the Soviet
Union as a result of entente between the USA and Franco's dictatorship in
1959.
Of course technology has moved on now. Your mobile is just as powerful.
The author adds, "Of course you may still listen to "radio liberty" or
"radio free europe" here:-
(Mike Terry-UK, via dxld Apr 7)
SWAN ISLAND [non]. ROBERT WILKINSON, CIA RADIO MANAGER
Obituaries Sunday, April 2, 2006
Robert Wilkinson, 89, a Cuban television producer and director who became
general manager of a CIA-operated radio station in Miami, died March 21 at
his son's home in McLean. He had dementia.
Mr. Wilkinson was born in Catamarca, Argentina, the son of a civil
engineer, and was educated around the world. While living in Hollywood in
the early 1920s, the youngster appeared in several movies, including some
of the "Our Gang" series. He also did voice- over work for several years.
He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley.
Mr. Wilkinson's family moved to Cuba in 1942. He worked as a radio actor
there, playing the role of El Fantasma in one of the more popular serials
of the time. In 1951, he became a television producer and director of
"Cabaret Regalias," a variety show that was the top- rated program on
Cuban TV for 11 years. He later produced and directed "Esta Es Tu Vida"
(This Is Your Life), a weekly drama.
In 1960, Mr. Wilkinson joined the Central Intelligence Agency and, while
in Miami, he became general manager of Radio Americas, which transmitted