HC Deb 24 July 1939 vol 350 cc999-1000
8. Mr. A. Henderson

asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government will arrange for short weekly broadcasts in Hungarian, Yugoslavian, Rumanian, and the Czech languages, in view of the anti-British propaganda at present being carried on in Central and Eastern Europe over the wireless?

Mr. Butler

The question of a possible extension of the present series of foreign language broadcasts is being sympathetically considered by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Mr. Henderson

Will the right hon. Gentleman bear in mind the success of the B.B.C. broadcasts in Germany?

Mr. Butler

Certainly.

Miss Rathbone

Will the right hon. Gentleman also consider extending the broadcasts to Spain where there is also much anti-British propaganda at the inspiration of Berlin and Rome?

Mr. Butler

There are already two kinds of Spanish broadcasts done by the B.B.C.

11. Mr. R. Morgan

asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the recent broadcasts in Arabic containing false allegations against the conduct of the British troops in Palestine, he will con- sider arranging for authentic broadcasts to be made from this country to the German people about the methods of expropriation of people of German origin in the Austrian Tyrol?

Mr. Butler

My Noble Friend has been informed by the B.B.C. that descriptions of the situation in the South Tyrol have been given on several occasions in their daily broadcasts in German, as have denials of the false allegations against British troops in Palestine, which have been repeatedly and authoritatively given in this House and elsewhere.