'BETTY CRANSHAW' BROADCAST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04864A000100090010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: February 12, 1949
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO
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COUNTRY Hungary
SUBJECT "Betty Cranshaw" Broadcast
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SOURCE British Broadcasting Corporation
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
The following item broadcast from Budapest in English on a Thursday may or
may not be related to the Triday "Betty Crenshaw" broadcast.
Budapest in English at 1820 EST, 13 January 1949
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CPYRGHT
"We had a very interesting letter from Mr. 0. gall of 32 John Street,
Brighton. Mr. Hall very correctly points out that, as he puts it, it is only
possible to get the very beat out of many things from nationalization, and men
with small areas of land must be very happy to join together and so make prac-
tics' use of machines, impossible on small holdings. But, says Mr. Hall, what
of the small concerns? What, he asks, is going to happen to your restaurants,
for instance? Will they be nationalized, and, if so, how will this improve their
service? Well, Mr. Hall used not worry. The Hungarian Government has nationalized
only those factories employing over 100 workers. Everything smaller than that,
and that, of course, includes most restaurants, has been left in the hands of
the owner. Of course, that does not mean that that will be always the case.
We reported in Tuesday's bulletin that the Budapest municipal food stores are
setting up eight new large people's restaurants in Budapest. Then it will be
up to the people to choose which they like best,
"The second question Mr. Hall asks is about our old friend, the iron curtain.
Re says, "Why is it so difficult for me to go to Hungary? Many countries,are
open to me to travel to, why not Hungary?" Well, we are very surprised indeed
to hear that from Mr. Hall. The only explanation we can think of is that he
just hasn't tried to come here. Hungary is certainly no more difficult to come
to than any other country in these days. We feel sure that if any of our
listeners will turn to the Hungarian Legation at 46 Eaton Place, London, SW 1,
they will find out for themselves that it is not at all that difficult to go
to Hungary. The only real difficulty for British people is that Sir Stafford
Crippe doesn't allow them so much as a penny's worth of foreign currency to come
to Hungary with, And that, unfortunately, we cannot help. Now, Mr. Hall, there
is no iron curtain, at least none of our making, and the rest of our listeners,
too, can make sure of that. Write and ask us what you want to hear and know
about Hungary, and the address is Radio Budapest, Hungary."
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