Show headquarters army air base office of the public relations officer salt lake city utah april 9 1942 the lite ot at your son boni brother oi or husband may depend on secrecy colonel hubert V li A army amy air base basa commander said today in explaining war department restrictions lor for safeguarding military information dont talk Is a warning applicable alike to soldier and civilian colonel hopkins said the station and location of a soldier fiddler outside the united states is a military secret upon which the alyes of mati men and the success of the tha war effort may do depond depend the air base commander warned your letters written britten to men in the service may tall fall into enemy hands ho said bald and should not con tala information of value to the enemy he urged that letters be written often to soldiers eold lers providing them with information about family and friends but not about subjects of military importance colonel hopkins announced ahe the following suggested of the war department with reference to ao correspondence let get the correct mailing address from the soldier sold leri including his serial num i bor and the city through which malt mall adar addressed essed to him Is to bo hi hand handled lerl it this information la Is not available after the soldier has left the country then you may inquire of the tha adjutant general war department washington D C for the ahe correct mailing address only the army post office address will be furnished not tho the f foreign deign station of the ille soldier avoid unnecessary writing to the war department part ment here are some precautions to ito bo be observed 1 include your return address in upper pe eleft left hand corner ot of envelope and allow plenty of white space on envelope tor for forwarding data by postmaster I 1 12 2 write witte on one side of page when letters are censored the material is actually cut out with a pair ot of scissors ors thereby destroying unnecessarily harmless material on the e reverse side 3 always write in plain visible text preferably english never in secret writing of any typo 4 never include in your letters information concerning training troops movements or production of military equipment or mention of any specific employment of that equipment it your son includes t that information within his letter keep the date data confidential 6 dont discuss security measures taken to protect plants local utilities or 6 never include any information about the weather 1 7 dont discuss adver adverse conditions which affect your farm or occupation I 1 I 1 8 dont include criticism of the conduct of the war your views may not be based upon facts 9 when sending pictures makei make certain cartain that no information of a military nature la Is included in the beene 10 remember the purpose of censor ship Is not to place hardship on corres correspondents poll dents but instead it Is to ito collect information from mall mail coming from foreign countries while at the same time preventing important information irom reaching the enemy dont be discouraged by long do lays in receiving mall mail colonel hop flop king said ahls Is a world wide wi dewar war and remember the war department considers your mall mail important enough to include a shipment ot of mall mail on every ship thit that leaves the country N C christensen major Majo air corps public relations officer |