Results 41–60 of 163 for speaker:Sir John Reith

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force.: Incoming Letters (Censorship). (24 Apr 1940)

Sir John Reith: The letter was opened in Australia.

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force.: Incoming Letters (Censorship). (24 Apr 1940)

Sir John Reith: I should certainly want notice of that question.

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force.: Incoming Letters (Censorship). (24 Apr 1940)

Sir John Reith: That may be so in war-time.

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force.: Incoming Letters (Censorship). (24 Apr 1940)

Sir John Reith: At the present moment letters from the Empire are not opened in the United Kingdom, and the United Kingdom does not control what happens to letters in any other part of the Empire.

Oral Answers to Questions — Broadcasting (German Propaganda). (25 Apr 1940)

Sir John Reith: I would refer my hon. Friend to the answers given on 20th March to the hon. and gallant Member for Peebles (Captain Ramsay) and on 3rd April to the hon. Member for Putney (Mr. M. Samuel). This is a German station, located eastward of this country. The enemy propaganda emanating from it, together with that from other German sources, is countered in many ways. It would obviously be difficult to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Broadcasting (German Propaganda). (25 Apr 1940)

Sir John Reith: Yes, Sir. I will ask the British Broadcasting Corporation to make that clear.

Oral Answers to Questions — Norway.: German Propaganda. ( 1 May 1940)

Sir John Reith: Yes, Sir. German claims are so exaggerated as to evoke sarcastic comment in neutral countries. Special machinery exists in the Ministry for dealing with enemy misstatements. When these are not designed to elicit valuable information immediate corrections are issued through channels which assure wide publicity, especially in South-East Europe. A number of such statements have been issued in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Norway.: Broadcasting (Unconfirmed Reports). ( 1 May 1940)

Sir John Reith: Yes, Sir, though I should like to assure the hon. Member that it is the practice of the British Broadcasting Corporation to emphasise, where necessary, that particular reports are unconfirmed and should be treated with reserve. The effect of an inaccurate rumour can best be counteracted by the publication of an ample supply of truthful information, and this it is our constant endeavour to secure.

Oral Answers to Questions — Norway.: Broadcasting (Unconfirmed Reports). ( 1 May 1940)

Sir John Reith: I think I indicated to the hon. Gentleman that the B.B.C. do, in fact, when broadcasting a report which is not confirmed, indicate quite clearly that that is so. I am sure that the B.B.C. are fully alive to the dangers to which the hon. Member refers.

Oral Answers to Questions — Norway.: Broadcasting (Unconfirmed Reports). ( 1 May 1940)

Sir John Reith: I should like to assure hon. Members that the B.B.C. are at great pains to secure confirmation or otherwise of news before it is broadcast.

Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Information.: German Propaganda, Cuba. ( 1 May 1940)

Sir John Reith: The Germans are, indeed, endeavouring to influence the Cubans in their favour, but my information about the effect of their propaganda does not quite accord with that of the hon. Member. If he has evidence which would help us I should be very glad to have it. As to the second part of the Question, we are making our own case known in Cuba, but this is not a matter in which we can properly...

Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Information.: German Propaganda, Cuba. ( 1 May 1940)

Sir John Reith: No, Sir; in fact I did not know that, and I am glad of the information.

Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Information.: Armed Forces (Official Photographers). ( 1 May 1940)

Sir John Reith: Seventy-two photographs of operations in Norway have so far been received and distributed by the Ministry, of which 21 were taken by professional photographers officially employed by the War Office, and the rest by Service personnel in the course of Service duties. Other negatives supplied were unsuitable for issue. The arrangements for obtaining these photographs were described by my hon....

Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Information.: Armed Forces (Official Photographers). ( 1 May 1940)

Sir John Reith: I agree with the hon. Member and the matter is under discussion with the Service Ministers.

Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Information.: Sir Nevile Henderson. ( 1 May 1940)

Sir John Reith: I understand the purport of the Question and I will consider it with my Noble Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Information.: B.B.C. Foreign Broadcasts. ( 2 May 1940)

Sir John Reith: The British Broadcasting Corporation is subject in its foreign broadcasts to the normal censorship requirements applying also to the Press. As to the second part of the Question, all machinery is frequently under review and on the whole it operates satisfactorily.

Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Information.: False News Dissemination. ( 2 May 1940)

Sir John Reith: Comments, corrections and denials with regard to untrue statements are made in official communiqués, in information suppled to the Press on inquiry, or at Press Conferences, and in broadcast news bulletins and talks. There is a special section of the Ministry whose duty it is to watch for false statements put about by the enemy or otherwise and to supply the true facts at any hour of the day...

Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Information.: False News Dissemination. ( 2 May 1940)

Sir John Reith: Yes, Sir. I will try to have that done.

Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Information.: Broadcasting (Illicit Advertising). ( 8 May 1940)

Sir John Reith: I am not aware that the B.B.C. has acted contrary to the powers vested in it, but I should be glad to have any information that the hon. Member may have.


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