Radio: Enemy Voices

The weirdest listening point in all the world of radio is probably Chungking.

Propaganda ranging from the slick to the grotesquely inept pours in there virtually 24 hours a day. This mad ethereal menu was described last week by George ("Smiley") Grim, Mutual Network and XGOY (Chungking) broadcaster, on loan from the U.S. Department of State to the Chinese Ministry of Information. Items : Items:

¶ Japan seldom lets 15 short-wave minutes go by without a trumpet fanfare and the announcement: "This is the Broadcasting Corporation of Japan."

¶ A brassy-voiced girl Japcaster called "Little Orphan Annie" goes on every after...

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