“BBC” PASSWORD TO FRATERNITY
A Frenchman who escaped from France a few months ago told the 8.8. C. that 8.8. C. listening is a bond in itself among Frenchmen. “It extends to radio repairs. I myself.” he said, “managed to get a burnt-out valve replaced in three or four days because my dealer knew me to be a 8.8. C. listener. A ‘collaborator’ would have had to wait a very long time.” Furthermore he told the 8.8. C. that listening to London is a kind of password among resisters in his country. In many of the cafes the proprietor will go round to clients he is sure of and give them a hint when it is time for a 8.8. C. bulletin. And one by one they disappear into a little back room. “When.” the informant added “one knows a man is a 8.8. C. listener one knows one can be sure of him. that you are both on common ground.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 13 January 1944, Page 4
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