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1383 POLITICAL
WARFARE EXECUTIVE: AIRBORNE LEAFLETS, FRENCH ALLIED (RAF), 1943
Donor:
Accession Number(s): NB
168
Date: September 2001
Extent: 1 folder
Condition:
Access open
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POLITICAL WARFARE EXECUTIVE:
AIRBORNE LEAFLETS, FRENCH ALLIED (RAF), 1943 |
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INTRODUCTION
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Custodial history prior to
deposit is unknown. |
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The Political Intelligence Department was established as a secret
Foreign Office Department at the outbreak of the Second World War, and
provided cover for the Political Warfare Executive, which was formed in
August 1941 to undermine enemy morale and resistance by various forms of
propaganda. It was constituted by an amalgamation of parts of the European
sections of the BBC and of the Foreign Publicity Department of the Ministry
of Information with Special Operations 1, part of the Special Operations Executive,
which was subordinate to the Ministry of Economic Warfare. Special Operations
1 had itself been preceded by Department EH, which had included a Department
of Publicity in Enemy Countries responsible for propaganda by means of
leaflets dropped from the air.
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DESCRIPTION |
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Two copies of the French “Revue de la Presse Libre”
No. 45 dropped during in the nights 4./5. April until 15./16. April 1943. |
1943 |
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French |
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INDEX TERMS |
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France |
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R.A.F. |
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War propaganda |
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Allied Powers |
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Leaflets |
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