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whare the German information media have become direct instru-
nonta of Soviet propaganda. In recent months they have been
made the vehicles of a coordinated propaganda campaign principally
directed against the policies and prestige of the US. (See
OBGUS papers, Control of Press and Redio, p. 5 (21) and (22), and
S.
Soviet Propaganda Practices in Germany, Parta 1 and 20)
AND
RECORDS
(e) Exchange of Publications and Other Cultural Materials
Implementation of Directive No. 55 has been delayed until
September 15, 1947 by order of the Postal Committee of the Inter=
nal Affairs and Communications Directorate, Allied Control
Authority (see OMGUS paper, Free Exchange of Information, po 3 (5) do
It is therefore too early to svaluato the effect of the directive.
(See Interim Report on Effects of ACA Directive No. 55: Frae Exchange
of Information, Annex B.)
It is nevertheless evident that implementation of Directive
No. 55 will raise & number of important probloms. The effects of the
entry into the US zone of quantities of published material originat
ing in the Soviet zone bear close watching, in view of the eurrent
predominance of anti-US propaganda (including mieropresentations of
US policies in the US sone) containing in these publications (sce
B, (7), above). Secret information received by the Department
confirms that the SMA plans to utilise Directive No. 55 as a basis
for "flooding" the western sonea with anti=US and anti-British
propaganda.
US sone modia are furthermore put at a disadvantage by the
scarcity
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