The immunity of the German Freedom broadcasts, which disseminate the most violent anti-Hitler propaganda inside the confines of the [Reich itself, has been a puzzle to most observers who are familiar with the many devices now in use for "spotting" broadcasting stations. This immunity may, of course, be less than is generally believed, as the German Secret Police may have rounded up various stations from time to time and have said nothing about it, in order to maintain their own prestige, since the oper ions of such stations even for a short period re-fleets badly upon the efficiency of those who are responsible for their suppression. The news comes through the mails from Britain, however, that' there seem to be several such stations working in Britain. Various cities have reported that they have heard over the wavelength used by the Hamburg broadcasting station, that they are to be bombed. They have not been unduly perturbed by this information, since most of them expected bombing a long time ago. But the mystery is, who has been doing the broadcasting? The Hamburg official broadcasts have mentioned nothing about these bombings, and the broadcasts have been heard only in the localities threatened. The problem has therefore been set for the British police to locate these illicit and obviously enemy stations inside Bri-in the same way as the Germans have been set the task of finding the anti-Nazi stations working inside their own boundaries, The importance of the business which has to be done by the British police cannot, of course, be compared with that facing the Nazis, since the warnings of coming bombings have been taken in a friendly spirit by the inhabitants of the threatened cities. Far from being alarmed by the threats, they have been thankful that they have been forewarned, Of more importance, however, is the fact that various Government movements appear to have been known in Germany almost as soon as they were secretly carried through in Britain. An instance in point is the establishment of the out-of-town offices of many of the Government ministries, No one in the British Isles was supposed to know about these new establishments, but the night they were carried out, the German broadcast in English inquired solicitously about the welfare and happiness of the personnel of the branches which had been transferred. And the addresses of the different offices were given—often corctly! This makes it obvious that there are enemy radios operating in the British Isles which. are in communication with Germany, For which information the British intelligence service owes the German broadcasters many thanks. The stations will not be operating long.
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