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8/26/41
”The importance of listening-in on foreign transmissicn s is attested in the fact that all propaganda instigated abroad al¬ most invariably follov/s the example set in sha? t-wave broadcasts, but follows it with a lag. Consequently, it is necessary for our Government to have knov/ledge of the short wave "’model”. Speed here is the essence, in order that counter-measures may be taken,
’'At the same time, a considerable amount of nev/s and intelligence information canes over the short-wave which is not available from other sources, and vfnich must be transmitted im¬ mediately to tin proper Government officials,
”Today almost every move is presaged by shifts in propa¬ ganda treatment. Consequently, through study of propaganda trends it is often possible to predict such moves, A new course in policy can be reflected in broadcasts long before it is announced official¬ ly, or rumored in the press. Indeed, the altered tone of certain foreign broadcasts gave the first indication tliat Germany v; as about to invade Russia, and that Japan intended to occupy Indo-China,
”With foreign censorship becoming sterner and ordinary news sources abroad drying up to an alarming degree, it is pertinent that the llonitorlng Service probe the great volume of recorded foreign radio pronouncements for clues to transpiring events,
”The foreign Broadcast Service operates in a sort of "belt line" process, which can be described in the following steps;
"Four ’listening posts’ of the FCC’s National Defense Operaticns Section are exclusively attuned to foreign broadcasts. They are so located that each may hear transmissions from a parti¬ cular region of the world. Thus, a listening post at Portland, Oregon, coicerns itself with Far Eastern broadcasts; another at Kingsville, Texas, has to do v;ith Latin American events; the third, at Santurce, Puerto Rico, v\ratches Eastern European trends, vtiile the fourth, at Guilford, liaiyland, covers the rest of Europe and all of Africa and the Near East,
"Ilonitors listen to all of the major broadcasts, and information about content significant either from the Intelligence or propaganda point of view is flashed imiiiediately to appripriate Government officials. In the case of the field offices, such items are transmitted first to the ’dashington office, from whence they are relayed to other Federal units. In the case of the adjacent lis¬ tening post, telephonic lines can ’pipe’ a short-wave broadcast as received there direct to the ..’ashing ton office, where the same is scanned for significant developments to flash various Government offices by te let ^rpev/r iter,
"Concurrently, broadcasts are recorded in the field offi¬ ces, As each cylinder is finished, if it is in a foreign language, it is turnved over to the Translation Section, Vfnen the translators have made a rough draft, such transcript is typed and duplicated.
If the broadcast is in English, the cylinder goes to transcribers who similarly prepare verbatin copy oh duplicating sheets,
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