In the 1940s, the only, and moreover, extremely difficult way to get audio from Armenia to any corner of the world was radio. The Communist Party also used that route and through the voices of artists and scientists living in Soviet Armenia appealed to Armenian communities in the diaspora. In Avetik Isahakyan\u2019s, Yervand Kochar\u2019s, and Vahram Papazyan\u2019s personal archives, there are texts that are titled \u201cRadio message to diaspora Armenians.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Public Radio Armenian Wiki<\/a> notes that the first message directed to the Diaspora was broadcast in 1947. Yet calls to diasporan Armenians were sent from Armenia through radio messages during WWII (1940\u20131945), sometimes employee of Public Radio\u2019s art and literature section and radio \u201cold-timer\u201d Clara Terzyan informed us in conversation. <\/p>\n The Soviet policy toward the Diaspora had clear goals.<\/p>\n First, diasporan Armenians\u2019 financial support was expected during the war. It\u2019s well known that it was through diasporan Armenians\u2019 efforts that the Sassuntsi-Davit Tank Regiment<\/a> with its 21 tanks was established in 1944.<\/p>\n The Paris-based newspaper Zhoghovurd<\/em> in its August 15, 1945 issue printed Avetik Isahakyan\u2019s radio message to diasporan Armenians:<\/p>\n \u201cWe know that your patriotic views are directed toward Armenia. The Armenian people devotedly participated in the sacred Patriotic War, against facism and reaction. Standing beside its older brother, the heroic Russian people, it fought like the brave, defending the great homeland and its culture. The great Soviet Union won.\u201d<\/p>\n