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Far Eastern Liaison Office propaganda leaflets

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Title
Far Eastern Liaison Office propaganda leaflets
Subject
Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea)--History
World War, 1939-1945--Sources
War stories
Military history
Propaganda
Papua New Guinea--History
Japan--History--20th century
Category
4. World War II
Creator
Far Eastern Liason Office
Current holder
State Library of Queensland
Date
1945
Link
https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99247813402061
Series number
OM90-79
Item number
9.92478E+13
Access rights
Open access
Rights
Out of copyright, free to use without permission. Please attribute the State Library of Queensland.
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Bougainville
Language
English
Japanese
Description from source
1 folder

Propaganda leaflets issued by the Far Eastern Liason Office (FELO) in Bouganville during the Second World War. The leaflets, written in English, Japanese, and Pidgeon were dropped over parts of Papua New Guinea in a bid to reduce the morale of the Japanese and to stop the local Papuans from assisting them.
The collection also includes a confidential report by Captain Russell, Officer in Charge, FELO, Bougainville titled 'FELO propaganda campaign on Bougainville' 20 August 1945, to which is attached a leaflet in Japanese advising that Japan had surrendered and the war had ended, with a translation; and another which was dropped in combat areas after news of the surrender, addressed to 'Japanese soldiers on Bougainville' advising that Japan had agreed to the Allied terms for peace and that all hostilities would cease; with a translation; signed by Lieutenant General Stanley George Savige, Commander, 2nd Australian Corps.
Physical format
Pamphlets