Charles Z. Wick
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Speaker: Charles Wick
Date: April 24, 2003
Description:
Charles Wick recounts his eight-year tenure as Director of the United States Information Agency and discusses his nearly fifty-yearlong friendship with the Reagans. Wick begins with a lengthy biographical introduction which covers his earliest days as a musician to his entrance into the entertainment business. He discusses the origins of his relationship with Ronald Reagan in the late-1950s, the close friendship he and his wife Mary Jane established with the Reagan, and his role in Reagan's gubernatorial and presidential campaigns. Wick offers an intimate look at Reagan's personality, and presents an in-depth look at the United States Information Agency and his service as the agency's director for eight years. Of specific interest are the USIA's policies regarding Cuba, the Soviet Union, and Poland' Solidarity movement.
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Oral History detailed view.
Speaker: Charles Wick
Date: April 24, 2003
Description:
Charles Wick recounts his eight-year tenure as Director of the United States Information Agency and discusses his nearly fifty-yearlong friendship with the Reagans. Wick begins with a lengthy biographical introduction which covers his earliest days as a musician to his entrance into the entertainment business. He discusses the origins of his relationship with Ronald Reagan in the late-1950s, the close friendship he and his wife Mary Jane established with the Reagan, and his role in Reagan's gubernatorial and presidential campaigns. Wick offers an intimate look at Reagan's personality, and presents an in-depth look at the United States Information Agency and his service as the agency's director for eight years. Of specific interest are the USIA's policies regarding Cuba, the Soviet Union, and Poland' Solidarity movement.
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