McCluney, Forrest Papers

Dates: 1937-1965

Office of Research and Intelligence, Department of State, 1945-1950; European Director, Radio Free Europe, 1950-1951; Deputy Chairman, American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, Inc., 1951-1952

The Papers of Forrest McCluney contain correspondence, printed materials, reports and photographs pertaining to his career with Radio Free Europe, the American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, the State Department, and the U.S. Army.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: 5 linear feet, 8 linear inches (about 10,400 pages).
Access: Open, with the exception of documents that are closed for reasons of national security and privacy.
Copyright: Copyright in the unpublished writings of Forrest McCluney in these papers has been donated to the people of the United States. In addition, documents prepared by United States government employees in the course of their official duties are also in the public domain. Copyright interest in documents that do not fall into these two categories is presumed to remain with the creators of the documents.
Processed by: Jan Davis, Sharie Simon, Randy Sowell and David Clark (2008).


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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

1916 (May 30)

  

Born, St. Louis, Missouri

1937

  

A.B., University of Missouri

1941

  

LL.B., George Washington University Law School

1941-1945

  

Military Intelligence Service, U.S. Army

1945-1950

  

Office of Research and Intelligence, Department of State

1950-1951

  

European Director, Radio Free Europe

1951-1952

  

Deputy Chairman, American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, Inc.

1953-1954

  

Management Consultant

1955-1956

  

Worked for George Muehlebach Brewing Company

1956-1975

  

Worked for Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company

1968

  

Received Juris Doctorate

2004 (May 4)

  

Died, Kansas City, Missouri
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The Papers of Forrest McCluney contain correspondence, printed materials, reports and photographs pertaining to his career with Radio Free Europe, the American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, the Department of State, and the U.S. Army. The collection consists of four series: the Radio Free Europe File, American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia File, Subject File, and Department of State File.

The Radio Free Europe File consists of correspondence, financial records, schedules, daily calendars, memoranda, photographs, reports, printed materials, newspaper clippings and drawings related to McCluney’s work with Radio Free Europe. The materials relate to the construction and operation of transmitter stations and buildings, the Crusade for Freedom which supported Radio Free Europe, dedication ceremonies marking the first broadcast, budgets and expenses, meeting minutes, personnel, and operational and organizational plans.

The American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia File consists of correspondence, financial records, schedules, daily calendars, memoranda, reports, printed materials, newspaper clippings and maps related to McCluney’s work with the American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia. The materials relate to employment, personnel, purchase orders, housing, transmitters, equipment, facilities, and day-to-day operations of the Committee.

The Subject File consists of appointment calendars, correspondence, handwritten notes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, photographs, and printed materials pertaining to McCluney’s personal life, employment, and U.S. Army career, including his receiving the Legion of Merit.

The Department of State File consists of reports, financial records, correspondence, handwritten notes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, photographs and printed materials relating to his work in the Office of Research and Intelligence in the Department of State. Also included are documents related to the National Defense Executive Reserve and the Department of State Recreation Association.

The original photographs and sound recordings were transferred to the audiovisual collection, the books have been transferred to the book collection, and the maps and drawings were transferred to the map collection.

Records related to Radio Free Europe at the Truman Library include the Psychological Strategy Board Files, the Charles M. Hulten Papers, and the Charles W. Thayer Papers. Records related to the American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia are also found in the Psychological Strategy Board Files. Records pertaining to the Office of Research and Intelligence may be found in the J. Anthony Panuch Papers and the Joseph D. Sweeney Papers.

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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Container Nos.

  

Series

1-3

   RADIO FREE EUROPE FILE, 1948-1962
Correspondence, financial records, schedules, daily calendar, memoranda, photographs, reports, printed materials, newspaper clippings and drawings. Arranged alphabetically.

3-5

   AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE PEOPLES OF RUSSIA FILE, 1951-1952
Correspondence, financial records, schedules, daily calendar, memoranda, reports, printed materials, newspaper clippings and maps. Arranged alphabetically.

6-8

   SUBJECT FILE, 1937-1965
Appointment calendars, correspondence, handwritten notes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, photographs, and printed materials. Arranged alphabetically.

8-13

   DEPARTMENT OF STATE FILE, 1943-1961
Reports, financial records, correspondence, handwritten notes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, photographs and printed materials Arranged alphabetically.
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FOLDER TITLE LIST

Box 1

RADIO FREE EUROPE FILE, 1948-1962

  • Biblis Transmitter
  • Budget
  • Calendar
  • Christmas Card
  • Contracts
  • Correspondence, 1950
  • Correspondence, 1951
  • Correspondence, undated
  • Crusade for Freedom
  • Dedication Ceremonies
  • European Division Plan
  • Expenses

Box 2

  • Holzkirchen Transmitter
  • Meeting Minutes
  • Munich Studio
  • Organization
  • Personnel
  • Plan of Operation and Organization
  • Poems
  • Press Clippings
  • Press Conference
  • Press Releases
  • Printed Materials [1 of 2]
  • Printed Materials [2 of 2]

Box 3

  • Schleissheim Transmitter
  • Security
  • Survey Report
  • Telephone Directories

AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE PEOPLES OF RUSSIA FILE, 1951-1952

  • Audio Equipment Report
  • Chronological File
  • Correspondence, August-September 1951
  • Correspondence, October-December 1951
  • Correspondence, January 1952
  • Correspondence, February-March 1952
  • Correspondence, April 1952

Box 4

  • Correspondence, May 1952 [1 of 2]
  • Correspondence, May 1952 [2 of 2]
  • Correspondence, June 1952
  • Correspondence, July 1952
  • Correspondence, August 1952
  • Correspondence, September-December 1952
  • Correspondence, undated
  • Expenses
  • Handwritten Notes
  • Memorandums
  • Memorandums for the Board of Trustees

Box 5

  • Newspaper Clippings
  • Organization
  • Press-Public Relations
  • Press Releases
  • Proposed Budget, 1951-1952
  • Proposed Budget, 1952-1953
  • Radio Operations
  • The Free World’s Secret Weapon: The People’s of Russia
  • Travel

Box 6

SUBJECT FILE, 1937-1965

  • Appointment Calendar
  • Army File, 1941
  • Army File, 1942
  • Army File, 1943
  • Army File, 1944
  • Army File, 1945
  • Army File, 1946
  • Army File-JICA [Joint Intelligence Collection Agency] Trip
  • Correspondence
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Eddy, William A.
  • Employment Applications
  • Ft. Bliss, Texas—Trip

Box 7

  • Gibson, Ernest W.
  • Holmin, William A.
  • Intelligence
  • Intelligence Reserve Association
  • Jackson, C.D.
  • Legion of Merit
  • Macker, Kenneth
  • McCormack, Alfred
  • Newspaper Clippings
  • Personal, 1937-1946
  • Personal, 1947-1957
  • Photographs

Box 8

  • Printed Materials [1 of 2]
  • Printed Materials [2 of 2]
  • Reserve Officers Activities
  • Stark, Lloyd C.
  • Telephone Directories
  • War Department
  • World War II-Humor

DEPARTMENT OF STATE FILE, 1943-1961

  • Biographic Register of the Department of State, 1946-1955
  • Biographical Statements
  • Budget Allotments, 1946

Box 9

  • Budget Estimates-Research and Intelligence Program, Fiscal Year 1948
  • Budget Estimates-Research and Intelligence Program, Fiscal Year 1949
  • Correspondence, 1945-June 1946

Box 10

  • Correspondence, July-December, 1946
  • Correspondence, 1947-1948 [1 of 2]
  • Correspondence, 1947-1948 [2 of 2]
  • Correspondence, 1949-1950
  • Correspondence Handbook, 1946
  • Employee Bulletin
  • Executive Reserve, 1957

Box 11

  • Executive Reserve, 1958
  • Executive Reserve, 1959-1961
  • Federal Statistical Directory, 1948-1949
  • Germany [1 of 2]
  • Germany [2 of 2]
  • Identification Cards
  • Implications of World Population Growth, March 13, 1948
  • Intelligence: A Bibliography of its Functions, Methods and Techniques, 1948-1949
  • List of Positions and Personnel in Research and Intelligence Organization as of August 15, 1948
  • MIS List
  • Mission to Germany, 1948
  • Organization Charts

Box 12

  • Organizational Charts and Functional Statements
  • Personnel Memorandums [1 of 2]
  • Personnel Memorandums [2 of 2]
  • Personnel—Summary of Requirements
  • Press Release, December 21, 1945
  • Recreation Association
  • Recreation Association Bulletins
  • Recreation Association Correspondence
  • Recreation Association Handbooks, 1947-1949
  • Recreation Association Meeting Minutes, 1947-1948

Box 13

  • Report on the Organization of the Department of State, January-June 1946
  • Research and Intelligence Control Book
  • Special Assistant to the Secretary for Research and Intelligence Functions
  • The State Department Loses the Lead in National Intelligence, 1945-1946: A Case Study of Decision-Making and Influence in the Federal Bureaucracy by Winthrop Laflin McCormack
  • Telephone Directories
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