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BBC, 1941-1945

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8251/V

Scope and Contents

Papers and correspondence re Grant's service in the Overseas Division / Spanish Section of the BBC, 1941-45. Cyclostyled and typescript; some duplicates. 178 pp.



Including: contract letter, 10 Feb. 1941; Jorge Marin, 'Comentario de la Semana', text of Spanish broadcast, 5 Nov. 1944; 'Paginas de la Mujer', nos 4, 6-9, texts of Spanish broadcasts, 14 Dec. - 26 Apr. 1945; 'BBC Surveys of European Audiences: Spain', European Intelligence Papers, Series 1j(a), 30 Dec. 1944, classified Confidential; Grant, 'El Congreso del partido Liberal', text of Spanish broadcast, 5 Feb. 1945; Grant, 'The British parliament at work - XXVIII', text of Spanish broadcast, 19 Feb. 1945; 'Conclusions and impressions of the Spanish Editor [Charles Guyatt] after his recent visit to Spain', 28 Feb. 1945; 'Evidence on the Spanish audience for British broadcasts', nos 2-5, 10 Apr. - 7 Sep. 1945; 'VE Programme', text of Spanish broadcast, 8 May 1945; 'The Observer on Franco's interview', text of Spanish broadcast, 17 June 1945; Jos‚ Yuste, 'Commentary of the week', text of Spanish broadcast, 2 Sep. 1945; papers re criticism of BBC by Foreign Office and by Spanish government, Sep. and Oct. 1945; BBC weekly programme summaries, 7 Jan. - 13 Oct. 1945, incomplete series; correspondence with W. J. Haley (director general), Harman Grisewood (acting controller, European Services), Col. S. Casado, F. Maynard, J. Dundas, Charles Guyatt, Leonard Woolf, C. D., and Gordon Yates, re Grant's dismissal from the BBC, Oct. and Nov. 1945.

Dates

  • Creation: 1941-1945

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Letters in Section VI: General Correspondence, are restricted for fifty years.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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