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571 Die ideologische Überformung der US-Reorientierung Biblio theken / Büchereien und Bildungs einrichtungen war.2420 Den genannten ‚Offices‘ wa- ren exekutive Abteilungen ( „Divisions“ ) zugeordnet , denen die operative Leitung oblag.2421 Als ausführender Programmdienst für alle „schnellen“ medialen Aktivitäten wurde 1949 zusätzlich die Stabstelle „Information and Educational Exchange“ ( USIE ) einge richtet , die die Programmplanungen von OII und OEX koordinierte beziehungsweise umfasste.2422 Die inhaltlich-konzeptionelle Ausrichtung und die konkreten Umsetzungen des USIE- Programmes wurde in einer offi zi ellen Broschüre des State Department folgender maßen kurz und bündig zusammen gefasst : “The USIE program keeps the world currently informed by radio and press ; it visualizes the story through motion pictures , photo displays , and exhibits ; it provides outposts of American life and learning in information centers and American centers abroad ; and finally , it develops mutual understanding through the interchange of persons , knowledge , and skills. [ … ] Over- seas , the program is guided by some 575 public-affair officers , aided by an average of 15 local employees attached to each of 142 U.S. diplomatic and consular missions [ … ].”2423 “[ … ] Movies have a universal appeal [ … ]. Each month about 10 million people all over the world see American documentary films in their own languages screened under the direction of the Division of International Motion Pictures. About 300 different films are shown each month , and they are usually made up in 15 different languages. Some films are in 29 language versions besides English. In some areas the films are borrowed by schools , churches , labor groups , and other organizations. In rural and isolated communities the films are brought to the people by means of over 100 mobile motion-pictures units. These mobile units also carry films strips , recordings , photo displays , books and magazines [ … ]. 2420 Sanders / Brown , National Security Management , a. a. O., 36. 2421 So z. B. die „Division of International Exchange of Persons“, deren Aufgabe wie folgt spezifiziert wurde : „[ … ] assists in movement of academic personnel which is , for the most part , carried on under private auspices. It carries out Department responsibilities for certain programs involving the use of government funds for the exchange of students , trainees , professors , research specialists , teachers , and lecturers ; it also gives nonfinancial assistance to individuals and private organizations here and abroad , as well as to foreign governments having exchange programs with the United States“. Des Weiteren die „Division of Libraries and Institutes“, deren Aufgabe wie folgt umrissen wurde : „[ … ] carries out the Department’s programs relating to United States libraries , cultural centers , aid to American-sponsored schools , and the dissemination of American books , periodicals , Government documents , music art , and educational and cultural materials generally.“ Zit. nach : International Educational Exchange. United States Advisory Commission and The Program of the Department of State , a. a. O., 9. 2422 Telling America’s Story abroad. The State Department’s Information and Educational Exchange Pro- gram. Department of State Publication 4075. International Information and Cultural Series 14 , March 1951 , 5 ; vgl. weiters : Elder , The Information Machine. The United States Information Agency and Ame- rican Foreign Policy , 36. 2423 Ebd., 4.