The first British news broadcast in Arabic, beginning a series designed to counteract Italian propaganda in the Moslem world, was formally Inaugurated at 6 p.m. here today by the British Broadcasting Corporation in cooperation with the British Government.
Among the Arab notables participating in the broadcast was the Emir Seif at Islam Ahmad, son of the Imam of Yemen. The charges d’affaires at London of Egypt and Saudi Arabia also took part. After the formal speeches of inauguration, the first news bulletin was read into the microphone by John Reith, president of the B.B.C., who promised that future broadcasts would never contain anything but exact and certain information, and expressed the hope that they would increase friendship between great Britain and the Arab countries.
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