Coinkydink?

Congressional MK Ultra hearings 1977.

USIA “shutdown” 1978. (Mission split up and portions given to DoS).

“History: Established as an independent agency by Reorganization Plan No. 8 of 1953, effective August 1, 1953, to centralize foreign information dissemination programs. Abolished by EO 12048, March 27, 1978, with functions to newly established International Communication Agency, redesignated USIA, 1982. See 306.1.”

USIA actually started earlier in the 1940s and was heavily involved in narratives (movies, radio, television) and promoting “new talent.”

https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/hearings/95mkultra.pdf

https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/306.html