| Item title: | South Pacific Weekly No.22, 18 October |
| Title (romaji): | Minami Taiheiyô Shûhô dai 22 gô |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (7/9/12 J130) 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 J130 |
| Inst. series: | Various |
| Inst. sub-series: | |
| Item: | J130 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 7 pages, mimeographed and carbon copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Leaflet |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 1/11/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | PROPAGANDA, LEAFLET DROPPING |
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| Allied unit names: | FAR EASTERN LIAISON OFFICE |
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| Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Area: | Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands) Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) |
| Content: | This item is a Japanese-language propaganda newspaper produced by the Far Eastern Liaison Office during the Second World War. An English translation of the text is attached. Events covered by this issu, which is dated on 18 October 1943, includes the death of Court Lady Yanagiwara Nii no Tsubone, mother of Emperor Taishô, the submarine attack on Kongô Maru, the sentencing of both foreign and Japanese spies, outcomes of the domestic reinforcement policy, the massive Allied air raid on Rabaul on 12 October, the retreat of the Japanese forces from Vella Lavella and Kolombangara Islands and the advance of the Allied troops towards Madang. It also reports the declaration of war on Germany by Italy. 40,000 of them were printed. |
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| Last modified: | 01/29/2002 12:16:20 PM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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