Radio Liberty outlines its position on the advancement of military technologies, and seeks to convince listeners that communist countries (namely China and the Soviet Union)  are the most aggressive and dangerous in regards to military technologies. 

RL policy official Edward Van Der Rhoer responds to concerns of AMCOMLIB policy official Catherine Dupuy (letter of June 12, 1961, attached) about a RL policy paper on Military Technology Achievements.

A Free Europe Committee memorandum discusses possible Russian-language broadcasts to Soviet military forces in Eastern Europe. Includes attachment titled "Specific Proposals for Fund Russian Language Broadcasts to Soviet Personnel in Eastern European Satellite Countries".

RFE Polish Service Director Zdzisław Najder is sentenced to death in absentia for treason.

CIA/International Operations Division guidance for Radio Free Europe at the outset of the Hungarian Revolution calls for extensive use of President Eisenhower’s September 23 statement on maintaining the spirit of freedom and for caution in pre-judging Imre Nagy.