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GROWING USE OF PROPAGANDA
surver of world bread reveals that Britain is now alone among the Powers in only one- grammes.
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Foreign countries are broadcast- ing in the languages of other nations to an ever-increasing extent, though not all such broadcasts can be class ed as propaganda.
Apart from the intensive activity on short waves, 12 European coun tries are each using several lan
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The growing demand for the Executor short-wave channel is evident from terms, which the fact that 61 countries have in Agies and formed the International Telecom- 021 munications Bureau that they have reserved short wave-lengths for their use.
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