| Item title: | South Pacific News Bulletin No.36 |
| Title (romaji): | Minami Taiheiyô Jihô dai 36 gô |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (7/9/12 J220) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial leaflets |
| AJRP series: | Far Eastern Liaison Office propaganda leaflets |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | 7/9/12 J220 |
| Inst. series: | Various |
| Inst. sub-series: | |
| Item: | J220 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 8 pages, print and mimeographed copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Leaflet |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 25/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | PACIFIC WAR, PROPAGANDA, LEAFLET DROPPING |
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| Allied unit names: | FAR EASTERN LIAISON OFFICE |
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| Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Area: | Central Pacific Guam [Central Pacific, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati)] Saipan [Central Pacific, North Mariana Islands] Tinian [Central Pacific, North Mariana Islands] China–Hong Kong Burma [Burma–Thailand] |
| Content: | This is a Japanese-language propaganda news bulletin produced by the Far Eastern Liaison Office during the Second World War. An English translation of the text is attached. Major events covered by this bulletin include the emergency convocation of the Japanese Diet to consider the problems caused by Allied air raids in Japan, China and elsewhere. It also outlined Allied gains in France and the north of Italy. Continued Allied air raids and the establishment of bases in the Central Pacific are also described in the leaflet. The leaflet contains a sketch map of Europe depicting Allied and Soviet pushes towards Germany. 100,000 of them were printed. 47,000 of these leaflets were dispatched to Darwin on 12 September 1944 and total of 50,700 of them were dispatched to Hollandia on 14 and 22 September 1944. |
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| Last modified: | 05/07/2007 04:28:32 PM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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