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2 Hugh Carleton Greene Mr. Carleton Greene was appointed Director General of the BBC in 1959 on the retirement from that post of Sir Ian Jacob. He first joined the organization in 19^0 as German editor in the European Service, after an earlier newspaper career. After World War II, he was in charge of broadcasting in the British Zone of Germany for two years, returning to the BBC as head of the East European Service in 19^9. Since then he has held many positions within the organization. He organized psychological warfare against terrorists in Malaya in 1950, and later served on an efficiency committee set up by the BBC to examine its organization and make economies. He was named Assistant Controller and then Controller of the Overseas Services, and in April, 1955, became Chairman of a commission of inquiry into future broadcasting in Rhodesia and Nyasaland. In 1956 he became the BBC’s Director of Administration and in August, 1958* was appointed as the BBC’s first Director of News and Current Affairs. Mr. Carleton Greene lives in London with his American-born wife, Mrs. Elaine Greene, a former journalist. He was co-editor with his brother, novelist Graham Greene, of an anthology called "The Spy's Bedside Book." NBC-New York, 10/25/61