The Nation - News from Feb. 14, 1985

Edwin J. Feulner Jr., chairman of a commission that oversees U.S. Information Agency operations, said he favors domestic release of USIA editorials now beamed abroad in the government’s foreign propaganda program. Congress has banned dissemination of such material by the Voice of America and other USIA subsidiaries to limit the ability of any U.S. Administration to influence public opinion. Feulner heads the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. He told a news conference that it might be time to rethink the policy. His group will hold public hearings.