It seems important to me that this committee encourage the information program to use the facilities of the Nation in telling our story. This means encouraging the export of American books and magazines and motion pictures without the imprint of a Government export. Our strength in the conflict of ideas is that we operate from a base free of Government control. Let us encourage this. In conclusion, Mr. Chairman, let me emphasize again three points. First, let's keep the information arm of this Government strong;

Second, let's keep it mobile and flexible enough to meet the twistings and turnings of Soviet propoaganda;

Third, let's encourage the export of American heritage without the Government label as much as possible; and

Finally, let's hold ourselves ready in the months ahead to show the world that the United States is first in peace as well as in war.

It is, therefore, my hope that your subcommittee will restore the $8 million cut which the program suffered in the House of Representatives so that the full amount of $88,500,000 requested by the Budget Bureau is accepted by the Senate.

RADIO BROADCASTING PROGRAM

Senator KILGORE. I will place in the record a table on the Voice of America broadcasts to the free world.

(The table referred to follows:)

VOICE OF AMERICA BROADCASTS TO THE FREE WORLD

Originations listed as pretransmissions are programs transmitted for recording at the relay bases for rebroadcast at a later time to the target area.

Transmission facilities column includes, in addition to VÕA facilities, the local broadcasting facilities shown.

Since a large proportion of the audiences for the German, Korean, Vietnamese, and Chinese language broadcasts are behind the Curtain. These languages have been excluded from this report.

STATE DEPARTMENT

SUMMARY TABLES ON FOREIGN CURRENCIES

Senator KILGORE. I will insert in the record at this point various summary tables reflecting our foreign-currency balances.

(The tables referred to follow:)

U. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT

STATEMENT REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF FOREIGN CURRENCIES NOT RESTRICTED FOR USE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PURPOSES SPECIFIED IN LEGISLATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS

Deficiency or excess in relation to spending requirements, projected for the fiscal year 1955 1

1 Determined on the basis of foreign currencies on hand in the Treasury on June 30, 1954, together with estimates of collections and requirements of foreign currencies for fiscal 1955 submitted by executive departments and agencies. The figures include currencies of an unrestricted character from all major sources except the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (figures on the latter are not available at this time). In the case of informational media guaranty funds, which are partly restricted, only the unrestricted portions were used. Drawdowns of currencies on surplus property and lend-lease agreements were used only to the extent that currencies from other sources were not available.