Reported New Drive By West To Counter Soviet Propaganda

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27389, 15 May 1950, Page 5

Reported New Drive By West To Counter Soviet Propaganda

NZP A—Copyright Rec. 8.20 p.m. NEW YORK, May 13. The United States and Britain have agreed on a new drive to counter Russian propaganda in the cold war, according to the New York Times diplomatic correspondent in Washington The major points already decided on are: — 1. Increasing the number of radio transmitters beamed on the Soviet from 73 to about 100. 2. The possibility of dropping leaflets from balloons to the peoples of Russia and her satellites, and ■putting powerful medium-wave transmitters on ships ■that could be sent into the Baltic, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf or wherever else they might be effective. 3. Making transmitters more powerful to thwart Soviet jamming of the Voice of America and the British Broadcasting Corporation. 4. The United States and Britain must re-define their propaganda themes and establish working committees to inform each other on the themes to be developed on major foreign policy trends. 5. New outlets fordnformation in various languages and dialects must be introduced into the programmes for China and South-east Asia. 6. The United States, Britain and France must create technical committees to step up the number and power of transmitters broadcasting to the Soviet. These major points have been approved by the United States Ambas-sador-at-Large, Dr Philip Jessup, and British officials. Mr Edward Barrett, Assistant Secretary of State, will go to London on May 19 to complete negotiations. The other North Atlantic Treaty nations may be asked later to join in the drive.'