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III.
FCO Evidence to the Perry Review Committee September 1984
a)
Countries of political importance to Britain and to the West generally where factual news and impartial comment about Britain and the world is not available from domestic sources.
Somali
Mandarin
Cantonese
Arabic
Spanish (Latin America) Portuguese
Serbo/Croat
Slovene
Czech/Slovak
Vietnamese
Persian
Pashto
German (GDR)
Bulgarian
Romanian
Russian
Hungarian Polish
b) Other areas of political and commercial importance to Britain where the BBC can contribute something additional, useful and effective to a wide spectrum of British involvement, complementing and supporting the work of the Diplomatic Service, British Council etc.
Somali
Swahili
Hausa
Japanese
Malay
Indonesian
Thai
Hindi Bengali
Urdu
Tamil
Arabic
Spanish (Latin America) French (Europe)
German (FRG) Serbo/Croat
Slovene Greek
Portuguese
(Europe)
Turkish
Finnish
c) Countries of relatively low political priority where other foreign policy instruments are not, or only weakly, represented and where the BBC represents a cheap, effective way of maintaining a "voice" and presence.
Somali Burmese
Portuguese (Africa)
Nepali
Arabic
Spanish (Latin America)
French (Africa)
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