Rome, Jan. 3, Arabic-speaking stenographers in the service of the an Gove: ment will be among those listen in to the first Arabic broadcast the British Broadcasting Corporation from London at 6 o'clock this afternoon.
They will take down a report for the popular Minister of Culture, Signor Alfieri. who controls the gigantic machinery of Fascist propaganda and counter-propaganda.
The BBC. reply to the Arabic broadcasts from the Italian station at Bari is described here the opening of a war of the ether against Italy, which has been one of the mos! active nations broadcasting te foreign countries, employing four-tee tot languages daily for a ation of 11% hours.
This does not take into account programmes for Italian Colonies and Italians resident abroad Arabic broadcasts from Bari last 39 minutes, while those of the B.B.C, will last only fifteen minutes, —Reuter
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