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Show "ds Reports Are Propaganda The people of this country should not pay much attention to war news that originates in Berlin, Tokyo or Rome. While there is no censorship to prevent these broadcasts from reaching the United States, the record of past events has shown them to be entirely untrustworthy. An example is the recent broad cast from Berlin, asserting that 38 out of 45 ships in a convoy to Russia were sunk and that six: naval vessels were destroyed at the same time. London admits that an undisclosed number of vessels was sunk. The British are handicapped because they will not give out the complete details of the engagement. en-gagement. This helps the enemy but the British Admiralty says that Berlin's claims about the convoy were "even more exaggerated" exag-gerated" than usual. The same observation applies to communiques broadcast from Tokyo. The Japanese have repeatedly re-peatedly claimed the destruction of the United States fleet, even pronouncing Coral Sea and Midway Mid-way as Japanese victories. It would be a foolish American to believe what the Japanese claim. Undoubtedly, the purpose of these enemy broadcasts is to worry and alarm the people of enemy countries. By persistently claiming great victories and reporting re-porting "enormous losses" for enemies, the Axis hopes to create doubt in the minds of the Allied peoples and to couee them to wonder whether their governments govern-ments are telling the truth. Aside from the necessary delay which must accompany admission admis-sion of losses, the communiques issued by the Navy. Department have been correct and there is every reason to believe that of-fical of-fical statements made in London are based upon the truth. Even Soviet Russia has a good record, in regard to the war with Germany. Ger-many. Every American can assist in maintaining national morale by disregarding exaggerated reports from enemy sources. There is no need to worry about what Tokyo and Berlin say; if there is any truth in their claims, the United Nations will, at the proper prop-er time, reveal the facts. |