'BETTY CRANSHAW' BROADCAST

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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 18, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION FOR THE RESEARCH
USE OF TRAINED INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS
SOURCE British Broadcasting Corporation
Budapest in English at 18 ES?, 17 December 1948.
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Here is Betty Cranshaw, a British girl studying in Hungary, to read you her
weekly letter to her mother at home.
"Dear Mother: Thanks for your letter, dear, and do you know that I've had
an avalancta.of mail from home this week? A lovely long one from Uncle Bob and
Jim, another from nary, one from Jean ands of all things, even a hasty scrawl
f r o m Dad. I am so g l a d your C h is promising to be a nice one and, to let
you in on a secret, Dam, don't worry about not having enough sugar for the sets
and cake for I sent you a parcel a fortnight ago containing a couple of pounds of
sugar, some chocolates, two tins of canned goose liver, and some of the Hungarian
salami I remember telling you about. I do hope this reaches you in time for
the holiday.
"Oh, Mum, I forgot to mention in my last letter that the radio here broad..
cast a program of light nusia yesterday which was relayed by the BBC. (Editor's
Note: Monitors believe that the voice announcing this light rmxsiv program was
that of "Betty Cranshaw".) I do hope you caught eight of it in the Radio Times
and managed to listen in. I wasn't at the University since I have a slight chill
and there was only one lecture on which I should have attended,: so I listened to
the program which included some light tunes by Hungarian composers and some very
good folk music. Since the program was relayed by the BBC for, their 'Going
Places' aeries, the announcer welcomed listeners to Budapest andgave a. picture.
of the city during the Christmas season. Before I forget, I read in a magazine
that another of these broadcasts is being planned for the 13th of January, 1130 to
1200 AN British time, so do make a note of it and listen in and write. and te3-1 me
what you think of it. J
"OBI, dears I am almost forgetting to put your fears at rest with regard
to my spending a lonely Christmas. You certainly need not worry. As a matter
of fact, the number of invitations I have received made me laugh. Five in all.
It was hard to decide where to go and still harder to refuse without offending
the people who invited me. Well, to give you my detailed schedule, I an spend-
ing Christmas Eve with the Rorvaths, Jane Burton's friends. You see, the Kovacs
will be going to their mother's then, so I'll be with them on Christmas Day for
lunch and dinner, and on Boxing Day I'm having lunch at Esther's and dinner at
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"As r have already written,here the tree is lit and presents distributed
on Christmas Eve anywhere between 5 and 8 PM. The kids are told that baby Jesus
brings the presents, a little bell is tinkled to herald his arrival, and then
children and grvanupe troop in to where the lighted tree stands with the presents
laid around it.
"After gifts have been unwrapped, admired, and played witka, comes the family
dinner and pionty of good cheer. I am so glad I'm spending the evening at a place
There there are kids. You know the !orvatha have three, two boys of 10 and 8 to
whom I teach Ingliah, and a darling little mite of four.
"Though it's long past my bedtime, I moat write you a few words on shopping
and the Christmany atmosphere here. To begin with, shopping hours have been
lengthened and shops are open until 6 instead of the usual 5. Also, here it is
the custom for shops to be open on the Sunday preceding Christmas. That certain
Christmas bustle is to be noticed in the streets here for the pest 10 days.
Most women are loaded down with parcels and people in general hurry on, in and
out of shops, window shopping, etc. The sweetest group are the children, who
stand and gaze at the toy shop windows, where all their dreams come true are on
display and at reasonable prices. It's goad to see the shop windows and shelves
inside stocked with goods and everything is to be had, and I rust confess for
me, it's still the delicatessen stores with their luscious hams, sausages, canned
goods, cheeses, goose liver, fruits, chocolates, etc., which hold the greatest
attraction.
"Oh! Before closing tins had the loveliest, our second, snowfall yesterday,
and it looks as if our blanket of snow will last until Christmas.
"Mother dear, my love to you, rather and Jim. A very merry Christmas to
you all. Plenty of presents. You ray be sure I'll be thinking of you especi-
ally hard on Christmas morning. A hug and kisses, Your daughter, Betty"
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