European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Vor cd of Germany broadcasts All Over the world in dozens of languages from us Headquarters in Cologne. Germany s Long foot Forward by Don Tate staff writer the voice of  says Wolff runs plumes with undisguised satisfaction exists in a Little journalistic Ivory Tower the director of the voice s North american service Rolls out ringing words like autonomous.  Independent ,. Not a propaganda incl of the  they Art not used just because i hey sound at says Pleines All Loo aware  once the Poison of nazi propaganda contaminated German airwaves Pleines stresses thai in is .1 Point of deep conviction in his country  such  slanted voices should never speak Lor germans again indeed that government itself slice ult St by As much is possible Nul at German International   Short wave stations ire government owned government controlled. But our rounding fathers made sure that we arc not. Though the non profit Public-service1 voice or radio Deutsche Welle German wave As it is known in Germany is funded by parliament says plumes we operate under a special Law that stipulates we have to present an objective picture o Germany s social cultural economic and political lift to the outside world expressing a diversity of political opinion we Are not to be Laken Over by the government nor any party nor Trade Union nor Church nor whal have you. That is our Mission and for More than to years we have tried to do it and so far government interference has thank the lord been my from the soundproof  of the Little he journalistic Ivory lower in fact the latest Short wave Structure in the world located in Cologne and staffing some 1,400 people the voice comes in the air with a few distinctive notes from Beethoven. Then it begins to speak its piece rather its Many pieces Over More than 50 frequencies in 34 different tongues including urdu and sanskrit. Powerful transmit i ers in Germany and six relay stations abroad from  to a Liqun and beyond enables it to reach every Corner of the Globe and one broadcast or another is Komi on around the clock. A visitor moving up through the lower s 31 technically sophisticated floors sees chinese indians africans and others leaning Over studio microphones lips moving earnestly. We try to be As in1ernallon.il As we can even though the Law stipulates that we Are basically Here to Tell the world about  Deutsche Welle is thus much More limited in its world coverage Pleines says than the bbl s world service whose own correspondents cover news events everywhere though the voice was founded in 1953 broadcasting Only in German the North american service did t sign on until 1 %2. Our Job is to convey reality As Best we can. Not just a piece of it like some group protesting the deployment of misses or whatever which is whal the commercial Media will surely pick up. Bad news Sells but we Are trying to portray As honestly and straightforwardly As possible the whole  Pleines identifies closely with the Independent. Objective spirit of the bbl a voice of America Europe spokesman asked to continued an Page 8 Wolfgang Pleines director of voice of Germany s North America soviet. Photos by Dave Didio november 17, 1986 a Riff mini in