Minami Taiheiyô Shûhô dai 13 gô [South Pacific Weekly No.13, 17 June].

Accession Number RC05075
Collection number Leaflets Collection (Far Eastern Liaison Office Leaflets) J92
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 20.5 x 27 cm
Object type Leaflet
Maker Far Eastern Liaison Office
Date made 26 June 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

A propaganda newspaper produced by the Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO) during the Second World War. The item is written in Japanese and was distributed to Melanesia. An English translation of the text is attached. Dated 17 June 1943, this issue covers the dissatisfaction among Japanese residents in China about the progress of the war, the funeral of Admiral Yamamoto, strategic errors concerning the campaign on Attu Island, the espionage case of Richard Sorge, the success of the Mitsubishi Group thanks to government subsidies, the decline of Germany and the approval of the additional expenditure of 650,000,000 yen at the 82nd session of the Diet.