HC Deb 30 June 1937 vol 325 cc1947-8
21. Mr. Mander

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will consider the advisability of establishing a wireless station at Cyprus to broadcast in the languages of Africa and the Middle East statements of fact with regard to the actions and policy of Great Britain?

Mr. Ormsby-Gore

I would refer my hon. Friend to my reply to the hon. Member for Penryn and Falmouth (Mr. Petherick) on 16th March, to which I have nothing to add.

Mr. Mender

Is it not very important that tendentious propaganda should be effectively answered in the interests of this country?

Mr. Ormsby-Gore

I am not as expert on propaganda as the hon. Member, but I am not at all sure whether the methods adopted by some of the other broadcasting stations are very advisable to follow.

Mr. George Griffiths

Is it not a fact that we cannot have a wireless station there without asking Hitler and Mussolini for their consent?

Mr. Ormsby-Gore

Oh, no. At present we have a Government wireless station there.