It looks as if RNI's plans changed after the booklet had been written: The station DJs did not “comment in several languages” - just English and German in 1970. Nor was the news “given
in several languages” - just English that year. Programmes and news bulletins in Dutch began in 1971. No programmes were recorded in the “four ... studios in Zurich” as far as we know and religious programmes were
not transmitted on the 31 metre short wave band.
The longitude and latitude given above, 52° 5' 2" N, 3° 55' 9" E, relate to a position off the Hook of Holland. For most of its broadcast life, the Mebo II was anchored further up the coast than that, off Scheveningen. In
May 1971, during the fire-bomb attack on the ship, DJ Alan West gave the position as 52° 11' N, 4° 16' E.
As mentioned above, there was a poster which accompanied the booklet. Click on it to enlarge:
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