ECCI AND USSR OFFICIAL RADIO BROADCASTING TO FRANCO’S SPAIN DURING EARLY PART OF WORLD WAR II

The author of the article looks into the problem of the contribution made by the Executive Committee of the Communist International to Radio Moscow official broadcasting to Francoist Spain in September 1939 - June 1941. Firstly, he analyzes how Radio Moscow organized broadcasting to Spain in this period, what sort of people worked in the Spanish language editorial office of Radio Moscow and what informational materials they needed to perform. Secondly, the author examines how the ECCI organized radio propaganda within its apparatus. Basing on the analyses’ results, the author makes it clear that the Executive Committee of the Communist International provided Radio Moscow with native Spanish-speaking staff, as well as with the corresponding informational materials, radio news, articles etc.

the ECCI, the Communist International, Radio Moscow, radio broadcasting, World War II, Francoist Spain