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Originally Posted by ian@huth
The BBC World Service has had significant political and strategic uses over the years and still has.
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That's an interesting line of thought and certainly justified in the years before the end of the Cold War, web reference below clarifies the FO position:
http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?...=1007029395267
There is a view that the World Service should remain under FO funding and perhaps should be formally separated from the main BBC services.
