The Archive · 1940

Derogatory Remarks" In Local Broadcast

Shanghai, June 22, Reference to "a certain broadcasting station in the Settlement, which. hae had on its staff a member in whose speeches expressions or words derogatory to other nations have been od," wat made at the Japanese ress conference yesterday by an Embassy spokesman. "The Japanese authorities cannot but get the. im~ session," the spokesman added, "that Such broadcasts are prejudicial to the It was further stated that the Japanese authorities view is shared by officials of the nation to which the station belongs. No steps had been taken as yet to check these broad~ casts, the spokesman stated, but should future developments lead the Japanese {0 believe that steps were necessary, they would be promptly taken. 'The' spokesman concluded by. saying that "this statement had" been made because the Japanese Consulate-General had received numerous letters complaining of the nature of these

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