| Item title: | Military police intelligence report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/14) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS enemy publications |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 5/14 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-161 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 12 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Intelligence report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 31/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | PROPAGANDA, NATIVES, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 18th Army HQ Military Police Sect KAMI Organization |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Sepik River [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, WewakâMadang Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Humbolt Bay (near Hollandia) on 2 May 1944 during the Allied attacks on Japanese positions in northern Dutch New Guinea, which were intended to isolate the 18th Army at Wewak. This item contains a report entitled "Military police intelligence reports", dated 5 December 1943 to 3 March 1944. It contains information about Japanese interaction with the native population, reports of a "native mystic cult", a sketch of the upper areas of the Sepik River, and details of Allied propaganda tactics, including an Australian leaflet. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:20 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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