Editing Czechoslovakia 1968 (section)

==Controversy==
In 1972, Senator [[James L. Buckley]] obtained a copy of ''Czechoslovakia 1968'' to show on New York television stations.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/01/archives/tv-usia-propaganda-questions-raised-by-buckleys-showing-of-film-on.html TV: U.S.I.A. Propaganda - The New York Times]</ref> The chairman of the [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Senate Foreign Relations Committee]], [[J. William Fulbright]], objected to the broadcast based on an interpretation of the [[Smith–Mundt Act]], which would prohibit the domestic dissemination of material produced by the USIA. Fulbright complained to the [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]], but the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] refused to intervene based on the interpretation of existing US law. In 1972, [[United States Congress|Congress]] amended the Smith-Mundt Act, based on this event, to explicitly prohibit the domestic dissemination of materials produced by the USIA. The USIA was abolished in 1999.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/programs/static/national-film-preservation-board/documents/czech.off czech.pdf]</ref>