Sta,—Having just spent a most enjoyable summer visiting Slovenia, Croatia,
Istria and Serbia, meeting and discussing politics freely with many people, I must protest very strongly about the letters you have published regarding the BBC Yugoslav service. The people of Yugoslavia are not oppressed and do not live in a Police State. The majority tolerate the Communists, much the same way as we tolerate the Conservatives; they also like and admire Tito and despise the Russian Communists. Nearly everybody admires the English, but thought our actions, such as Cyprus, Suez, Nyasaland and Notting Hill Gate, regrettable. The BBC Yugoslav services are respected and appreciated by all. The only complaints 1 heard were that they were too highbrow for the majority of ordinary Yugoslays. An English professor did also say that the standard of the English lessons had deteriorated, but that it was still quite high.
All your correspondents, so far, seem to think that the BBC Yugoslav service should be used for either subtle or straightforward propaganda purposes. Per- haps they do not realise it, but the reason why the BBC is respected is that with the news it does report it is impartial. It is a welcome change in this day of mass propaganda to listen to an uncorrupted source of news.--Yours faithfully,
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