ABSTRACT
Soviet international radio broadcasting is an important instrument of Soviet foreign policy — a means of propagandizing domestic achievements and influencing opinion in order to further the USSR's interests abroad. Clandestine radio broadcasting is an integral part of Moscow's international broadcasting operations to which the Soviets devote approximately 150 hours per week of air time. This chapter deals with the three clandestine radio operations currently run by the Soviets, the National Voice of Iran, Radio Ba Yi, and Voice of the Turkish Communist Party and Our Radio. National Voice of Iran’s (NVOI) attempts since the early 1970's to defend Soviet policies while posing as the voice of the Iranian people have led to and often necessitated noticeable and sometimes sharp divergences between clandestine and official Soviet media commentary on the same issue. NVOI devotes equal time to vitriolic criticism of Iranian domestic issues.
