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Flying-Bomb Censorship May. Affect Morale QUESTION* IX COMMONS Rcc. 11 a.m. LONDON, June 29. "The flying bomb is more than a nuisance "and must be dealt with by all practical means as soon as possible," said Lord Strabolgi in the course of a speech. "The liberation of France and the Low Countries therefore is all the more urgent." Captain H. Longhurst (Con., Acton), in the House of Commons, asked whether the Government was in a position to relax the censorship on localities mainly affected by flying bombs. The Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Information, Mr. Ernest Thurtle, replied that the Minister of Information, Mr. Brendan Bracken, was satisfied that there was at present good reason, on grounds of security, for maintaining the existing rule. "Is Mr. Bracken aware," asked Captain Longhurst, "that public morale is very much lowered not by the bombs, but by the secrecy prevailing about them? The public is b5 r no means satisfied, because of this secrecy, that arrangements are adequate, for the time the Germans promise us may be coming shortly." Mr. Thurtle replied that there were most valid reasons for maintaining the rule.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 153, 30 June 1944, Page 5
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 153, 30 June 1944, Page 5
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