The Radio Engineer in Psychological Warfare

This paper presents a brief review of the short-wave broadcast situation in the United States at the outbreak of the war as compared to that of England and Germany, followed by a description of the expansion of short-wave facilities accomplished and planned by the Office of War Information and the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, including the considerations given recognition in the selection of locations for additional transmitters. It also includes reference to the various miscellaneous communication services utilized in releasing news from the United States to the other United Nations and neutral countries throughout the world. It further includes evidence of the effectiveness of the psychological-warfare program in Axis-occupied areas.