Independent Media? What A Joke
UK government secretly funded Reuters in
1960s, 1970s
By Joe Concha
January 14, 2020 "Information
Clearing House" -
The British government
secretly funded Reuters in the 1960s and 1970s
at the direction of an anti-Soviet propaganda
organization with links to MI-6, according to
unclassified documents unveiled Monday.
The government used the BBC to conceal funding in
making payments to the international news group.
"We are now in a position to conclude an
agreement providing discreet Government support
for Reuters services in the Middle East and
Latin America," reads a 1969 redacted secret
British government document entitled "Funding of
Reuters by HMG," or Her Majesty's Government.
The document was declassified last year.
"HMG's interests should be well served by the
new arrangement," it continues.
A Reuters spokesperson said in a statement on
Monday that it was common for news organizations
to receive some form of state subsidy at the
time.
