20 NOVEMBER 1999, Page 40

Radio yimes

From Lady Mosley Sir: The radio concession we got from Ger- many in 1938 was copied from Mr Plugge MP's concession from the French govern- ment in the Thirties, Radio Normandie. It was to have been purely commercial: the protocol signed by both parties excluded pro- paganda, and even news, so easily slanted.

It would have broadcast sweet music, housewives' choices and, of course, adver- tisements. Furthermore, my original letter (6 November) ended 'He [Mosley] was an extremist'. The adverb 'not' crept in. You could hardly be more extremist than to advocate 'Europe a Nation'.

Diana Mosley

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