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In the course of a short discussion it was
pointed out that the logical result of the line
taken by the Liberal Party would be that the more
the Opposition in the House of Commons was divided
the greater would be the facilities given to it by
the British Broadcasting Corporation, and the
less relatively would be the facilities available
to the Government on whom the responsibility for
the conduct of affairs rested.
The
The Cabinet agreed
That the original proposal of the British Broadcasting Corporation, that the Government should be given time for time with the other two Parties, except during the period of a General Election, was accept- able, but that no other proposal could be agreed to; and that a hint should be given privately to the appropriate authority in the British Broadcasting Corpora- tion that if any other course was decica on the permission for the broadcasting of controversy would be withdrawn.
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