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George R. Leftwich.

As a Telegraphist with Cable and Wireless (C & W) I was earning 12 shillings a day but when I was called up it went down to 4 shillings a day with the Royal Air Force, National Service.

During the 1950s at the London Office of C & W we received long messages from a secret source which were transmitted to the 大象传媒 Cavesham in Kent. They were mostly press stories regarding things like the Notting Hill riots and anything going on that could be made detrimental to the well being of our country. In other words in the worse possible light.

This was all carried out on wireless frequency that were always subject to good and bad conditions including stoppages. On one occasion the condition was so bad we lost contact and the 大象传媒 asked why they weren鈥檛 receiving any signals. Our operator said 鈥淭he station is 鈥榖lown up鈥欌��. This was a regular telegraphic slang but the 大象传媒 took it literally and contacted the British Foreign Office who at the highest level contacted C & W and the operator was duly admonished.

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