| Item title: | Leaflet address to the Japanese commanders on Morotai |
| Title (romaji): | Morotai-tô Nihongun shikikan ni ateta chirashi |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (7/9/26 MXJ1) 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: | 7/9/26 MXJ1 |
| Inst. series: | Various |
| Inst. sub-series: | |
| Item: | MXJ1 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 2 pages, mimeographed copiy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Leaflet |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | ?/?/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | PACIFIC WAR, PROPAGANDA, LEAFLET DROPPING |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | FAR EASTERN LIAISON OFFICE |
| Japanese unit names: | 210th Infantry Regt 2nd Diversionary Unit |
| Names: | ÔUCHI, Col; KAWASHIMA, Maj |
| Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Area: | Morotai [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), Moluccas (Maluku), Halmahera] |
| Content: | This Japanese-language propaganda leaflet was produced by the Far Eastern Liaison Office at the end of the Pacific War. An English translation of the text is attached. After notice of the defeats the Japanese Army experienced in the Phillipines and the surrender of Iwojima, the leaflet urges the Japanese troops to surrender to the Allied Forces. |
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| Last modified: | 07/08/2002 10:04:16 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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