| FELO J101 (Australian War Memorial) This leaflet was produced by FELO in January 1943. It reports an air raid on Japanese warships at Rabaul, the sinking of a Japanese fleet bound for New Guinea, the defeat of the Japanese troops in Buna area, the deteriorating situation in Lae and Salamaua, and the inability of the Japanese Navy to support the ground troops. The message also stresses that the military leaders in Japan are caring nothing for the lives of soldiers and are concerned only about concealing their blunder in the South Pacific campaign. |  |
| FELO J101 (Australian War Memorial) This is a translation for a leaflet produced by FELO in January 1943. This type of leaflet gave an account of recent operations to inform the Japanese that the tide had turned against them. It was considered important that such news be at all times accurate so that other unverifiable information be believed by the Japanese. |  |
| FELO J106 (Australian War Memorial) This leaflet was produced by FELO in August 1943. The message on this leaflet compares the resignation of Mussolini and the imminent downfall of Hitler and TÔJÔ to falling leaves from a paulonia tree. The text on the reverse side also mentions the capture of 290,000 prisoners of war in North Africa alone and the landing of the Allies on Sicily. |  |
| FELO J106 (Australian War Memorial) This is a translation of a leaflet that aimed to weaken the Japanese resolve to fight by portraying the fortunes of Japan's Axis allies. The state of the war in Europe was often a topic of leaflets directed to the Japanese in the Pacific to show that Japan's position was becoming more and more isolated. |  |
| FELO J108 (Australian War Memorial) This leaflet was produced by FELO in August 1943. The message compares the war situation for Japan to the ageing geisha who hides pock-marks and wrinkles by heavy make-up. The message then warns that such temporary cover-ups will not last for long. It touches on many of Japan's defeats and inaccurate accounts of lost battles given by Japanese authorities. The leaflet blames the dishonest military clique for driving millions of Japanese men to useless death. |  |
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