Far Eastern Liaison Office Propaganda Leaflets
Item
- 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
- Keywords
- translation
- Creator
- Far Eastern Liason Office
- Current holder
- State Library of Queensland
- Period of reference
- 1945 – 1945
- Series number
- OM90-79
- Item number
- 99247813402061
- 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
- Japanese
- English
- 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
- Related resources
- Mamesensuikan
- Kôgun shôhei ni tsugu
- Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO) Leaflets
- Propaganda FELO [Far Eastern Liaison Office] Leaflets[II] - Translations etc by ATIS [Allied Translator and Interpreter Service]
- Propaganda FELO [Far Eastern Liaison Office] Leaflets[I] - Samples
- Propaganda [Far East Liaison Office] Leaflets[IV]
- Japanese pamphlets, Cairns
Linked resources
| Title | Class |
|---|---|
| Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO) Leaflets | Text |
| Far Eastern Liaison Office Propaganda Leaflets, 1945 | Text |
| Kôgun shôhei ni tsugu | Text |
| Propaganda [Far East Liaison Office] Leaflets[IV] | Text |
| Propaganda FELO [Far Eastern Liaison Office] Leaflets[II] - Translations etc by ATIS [Allied Translator and Interpreter Service] | Text |
| Propaganda Report on Activities of Far Eastern Liaison Officer for Period June 1942 to September 1945 [Exact copy of T3/B] | Text |