The World : Soviets Jam Radio Liberty

Moscow has stepped up its jamming of U.S.-funded Radio Liberty after ending its blocking of British Broadcasting Corp. transmissions to the Soviet Union, Radio Liberty President Gene Pell said. He reported that engineers at the station, based in Munich, West Germany, have determined that the Soviet Union is blocking Radio Liberty broadcasts with at least eight transmitters previously set aside for jamming BBC transmissions. “Jamming is illegal,” Pell said. “It violates international agreements the Soviet Union has signed.” Radio Liberty broadcasts in Russian and 11 other languages to the Soviet Union.