INDIANS ADAMANT
Ban On 8.8. C. Enforced (N.Z.P.A.-neuter— Copi/riffht) NEW DELHI, August 31. India last week confirmed that there would be no reprieve for the British Broadcasting Corporation, which has been told to close its offices today. At the same time it has interfered with a British commercial television team also filming in India. Customs men have confiscated the still-unexposed film of a Thames Television team, apparently with the aim of stopping them from filming more scenes in riot-stricken Calcutta. It follows rejection by the 8.8. C. of Indian demands that it stop televising its present series of films by the French director, Louis Malle. The Deputy External Affairs Minister, Mr Surendra Pal Singh, told Parliament that the 8.8. C. films depicted Indian life and culture in “a tendentious and distorted manner.” Since the 8.8. C. had refused to suspend the series, the corporation and the British High Commissioner have been told that the order for the 8.8. C. to cease operations in India on Saturday would now be enforced, he said.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32391, 2 September 1970, Page 6
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