FOREIGN BROADCASTS
RECORDED BY 8.8. C.
(BY CABLE —PBESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.]
LONDON, November 1. Every broadcast by leading foreign ' stations is heard by expert linguists in Britain, who maintain a 24 hours’ service in relays. Details of this great activity have been revealed by the 8.8. C. Since the war began, the 8.8. C. has been recording everything that is said by leading broadcasting stations in their foreign bulletins. Throughout the day, forty expert linguists, called monitors, listen to the programmes of every transmitting station outside the British Empire. They note what they hear, and the notes are made into summaries, which are taken every day to 25 Government t agencies. These include every department directly concerned in the prosecution of the war. About 250,000 words are handled daily. Important foreign speeches are mechanically recorded word for word.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 3 November 1939, Page 8
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