U.S. BROADCASTS TO RUSSIA
JAMMING BY MANY TRANSMITTERS
(Rec. 9.30 a.m.) MANILA. March 20. Mr Truman’s speech to Congress and other “Voice of America” broadcasts to Eastern Russia are being jammed by high-power transmitters. American direction finders in the Manila area have been ordered to locate the source of the interference. It is believed many' transmitters, including ships at sea, are participating in the jamming. Russian-language programmes are being prepared in New York for rebroadcast over a powerful transmitter 24 miles north of Manila. Jamming occurrs while programmes are being relayed here from the United States. The United States State Department has asked Russia to stop jamming the department’s “Voice of America” broadcasts beamed to Eastern Russia and the Orient.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 137, 22 March 1948, Page 3
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