Propaganda London, Jan: Opening a war of the ether against ttalian propaganda, the British Brondeasting Corporation last evening, for the first -time,- broadcast hhews in Arabic. This {s intended as a reply to the Arabic broadcasts from the Mahan station at Bari.
"The BBC, programme last night, which was shenrd almost perfectly Wproughout the Near East, Yee, Svein, and Turkey, was largely contributed by Near Eastern potentates. 'Those present Included Lord Lloyd, formerly High Commissioner for 'Paypt and the Sudan; Lord Inver-forth, @ -Director, of Lloyds Bank: 'Sir. Findlater. Stewart,, Permanent 'Under-Secretary of State' dor India; Brig-Gen, Sit Percy Sykes, formerly General. Officer. Commanding, Southern Persia; Lt.-Col. Sir. Arnold Wilson, into of the Indian. Politico Department; "high. officials of the Colonial Office, and leading Near Bast businessmen "Messages of greeting were read by representatives of Arabic-speaking. peoples.
Yemen Prince Speaks Pringe Hussain of Yemen present-his deepest respects to "my Lord, the King", now listening in. his palace at Sanaa, 'The broadeast,'he said, was a new step In the propagation of the Arabic a'development which they Tnngunge, and marked "ow era in +Would be continuous. He wished 'Success to' everytiving that, conduced 16 the promotion of friendly understanding between Great Britain and all the Atable-speaking world.
the Charge d'Affalres of the Exyp-{lan "Embassy gave expression to similar sentiment. Tt was Ils frm dellef, he said, that the project proadeasting in the Arabic language would bear' good fruit.
Speeches were then made by the Minister for" Saudi Arabia and the Minister for Iraq.
Chimes of Bie Ben Western musie was rendered By a Jady violinist, together with Arable 'Avmoment of high interest, was me' chiming. of. 6 o'clock by Big one This wil henceforth be daly "Gir Jobo' Reith, Director-General of the BBE. introduced the frst British sews bulletin in Arabi 'The bulletins in Arable, he said, would follow the 15 years' established iwaditions of the BBC. news broad-east in English. They would sumimarlze world events of particular terest to Arab listeners, They would be accurate and impartial:
"List evening's bulletin contained Arat flems from Cairo, the Persian Gulf, London, Palestine, Spain and the Far
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