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Britain Launches Arabic Broadcasts Monday; Arab Envoys to Open Talks

December 28, 1937
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THE FIRST OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS PLANNED AS AN ANTIDOTE TO ITALY’S ANTI-BRITISH PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN WILL BE BROADCAST NEXT MONDAY FROM 6 TO 6:15 P.M., THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORP. ANNOUNCED TONIGHT.

THE BROADCAST WILL BE IN ARABIC, WITH A NEWS REVIEW FOLLOWING INAUGURATORY SPEECHES BY PRINCE SEIL AL ISLAM HUSSEIN, SON OF THE IMAM OF YEMEN; THE EGYPTIAN CHARGE D’AFFAIRES HERE, THE MINISTERS OF SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAQ; AND SIR BERNARD REILLY, GOVERNOR OF ADEN.

Daily programs will be broadcast thereafter during the same period.

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