"[1] 1917–1919 – President Wilson created the Committee on Public Information led by advertiser George Creel 1936 – Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy 1938 – The Division of Cultural Relations (State Dept.)
– Interdeparmental Committee for Scientific Cooperation (USIA pamphlet) – response to Nazi German and Fascist Italian propaganda aimed at Latin America.
[6] 1949 – the Hoover Commission advised the creation of an independent information agency 1950 – Campaign of Truth (Truman) Aug. 1, 1953 – Eisenhower founded the Independent United States Information Agency (USIA) 1961 – Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act (Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961) – "consolidated various U.S. international educational and cultural exchange activities.
It expanded other cultural and athletic exchanges, translation of books and periodicals, and U.S. representation in international fairs and expositions.
1989 – Year of Miracles: 1990 – amendment to U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act – authorized USIA director to "make certain products available to the Archivist of the United States for domestic distribution".
In the letter of transmittal, ranking member Richard Lugar stated: In the same way that our trade with China is out of balance, it is clear to even the casual observer that when it comes to interacting directly with the other nation's public we are in another lop-sided contest.