| Description | Correspondence relating to Simon's relations with the BBC including invitations to deliver broadcasts.
The file consists of:
Correspondence from 1949 relating to a talk by Simon, "Aussicten der Energieerzeugung in Atomkraftwerken" (Energy from Atomic Power Stations) for the BBC German Service (including a draft of the talk).
Correspondence on Simon serving on the Oxford University / BBC Advisory Committee, a body established to advise the BBC on suitable broadcast material. Minutes of Advisory Committee meeting are included (they include discussion on the 1954 Television Act and the development of commercial TV).
Also correspondence on Simon's talk broadcast on the BBC Third Programme (and published in 'The Listener' ), 'The Soviet Bid for Technological Leadership" and on a proposed television programme on developments in science and industry (1956). |