§ 15. Sir FRANK SANDERSONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that broadcasts from Russia are regularly being transmitted in English and are available to listeners in this country; whether he has considered the effects of the persistent spread of Russian Communist propaganda in this country through this medium; and what steps, if any, he proposes to take to put a stop to it?
§ Viscount CRANBORNEMy right hon. Friend is aware that English programmes are broadcast regularly from the Soviet Union; but he understands that these programmes are devoted almost entirely to discussions of various aspects of everyday life in the Union. The third part of the question, therefore, does not arise.
§ Sir F. SANDERSONIs the Noble Lord aware that the Russian Government devote 15 hours weekly to propaganda against this country?
§ Viscount CRANBORNEI have already said that I understand these programmes to relate almost entirely to the discussion of various aspects of life in the Soviet Union. If my hon. Friend has 485 any specific case to bring to the notice of my right hon. Friend, he will be glad to deal with it.
§ Sir F. SANDERSONWould the Noble Lord listen to the wireless for himself at certain hours?
§ Viscount CRANBORNEI have other things to do.
§ Mr. McGOVERNWill he direct the attention of the "Daily Mail" to its anti-Russian propaganda?