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Press Supplements: Information of Value to an Enemy. Report.

1 Jun 1937

This system depends for its success on the co-operation, rather than the coercion of the Press, and generally speaking, may be said to work satisfactorily, so far as exclusion from the press is concerned. It is a matter of grave concern to note that these "D" notices do in fact reach the hands of foreign press agents with the obvious result that matter which it is desired to exclude from press publication is directly available to foreign intelligence services. The Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee understand that this matter is under consideration by the Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry Press Committee but it is urged that a remedy for this serious leakage of secret information should be sought at the earliest opportunity.
security censorship newspapers second world war secrecy official secrets act joint intelligence sub-committee british domestic security committee of imperial defence press reports d-notice roger evans
Collection ID
CAB56
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
CAB 56/3/35
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 56/3
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab56.0003.035
Keywords
Press Reports Newspapers Censorship Security Secrecy Official Secrets Act D-notice
Languages
English
Organizations
Committee of Imperial Defence Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
5
Persons Discussed
Roger Evans
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Committee of Imperial Defence. Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. Memoranda. June 1937 - June 1938. Papers Numbers JIC 36-70. Volume II
Themes
British Domestic Security

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