Mr. Baker Whiteasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that reception of B.B.C. programmes in Kent are being interfered with seriously by jamming from a Soviet station on the Baltic coast; what representations have been made to the Soviet Government in this matter; and with what result.
§ Mr. Wilfred PalingPeople in Kent listening to the B.B.C. Home Service broadcasts on 342.1 metres are experiencing interference which the B.B.C. believe comes from a radio station near the Baltic coast. I have no reason to suppose that there is "jamming" in the sense of deliberate interference. My Department have asked the Soviet Ministry of Communications to look into this with a view to removing the interference and we have been informed that steps are being taken.