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United States. Office of the US High Commissioner for Germany. Information Services Division / RIAS, Berlin
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The freedom bell, pp. [51] ff.
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- 5' o The dedication of the World Freedom Bell, on October 24, 195t, climaxing the Crusade for Freedom, was given unprecedented radio coverage- through the facilities of RIAS. Dignitaries of nearly 30 nations attended the ceremony at-: the Berlin Town Hall, during which addresses were delivered by Major qeneral IMaxwe1l D. Taylor, US Commander, Berlin; John J. McCloyq IUS high Commissioner for Germany; Professor Ernst Reuteer, Lord Mayor of Berlin;, and General Lucius D. Clay, National Chair_. man of the Crusade -for Freedom. A crowd estimated at nearly ha~lf a million gathered ini or near the Berlin Town Hall Square for the ceremonies while millions of other listeners throughout Germany and Western Europe heard this complete dedication services via medium -and short wave. Both the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, the inde- pendent station of the National Committee for a Free Europe, rem- layed the impressive event in Czechoslovak, Bulgarian, RumanianD Hungarian and Polish to listeners behind the Iron Curtain.. In the United States, the National Broadcasting Company, the American Broadcasting Company, and the Columbia Broadcasting System relayed a shortened version of the ceremonies to some 1500 radio stations. Because of the significance of the Bell as a symbol of the Freedom Crusade, RIAS broadcasts each evening at 1800 a brief moment of dedication. Following the tones of the Freedom Bell', listeners hear a sentence from the Freedom Pledge, which reads "I believe in the sacredness and dignity of the individual, "I believe that all men derive the right to freedom equally from God; "I pledge to resist aggression and tyranny wherever they appear on earth." ++ +
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