SHARP ATTACK.
8.8. C. AND FOREIGN STAFF. SOME ALIENS NECESSARY. ” { (Received This D!ay, 11.25 a.m.) LONDON, June 12. A sharp attack on the 8.8. C. was made by Lord Elibank in the House of Lords. He said the 8.8. C. employed aliens, pacifists, Communists, and conscientious objectors. The 8.8. C. should be under direct Government control without delay. Lord Devonshire, replying, said the Government would consider a suggestion to take over the 8.8. C., and added that it was necessary to employ a number of foreigners. The proportion was only 5 per cent., of whom oneseventh were Austrians and Germans. The credentials of everybody were submitted to the Government Security Department. The B.B.C’s. established staff and supervising staff were exclusively British.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 210, 13 June 1940, Page 6
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