PRESS ARRANGEMENT

Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 4, 29 September 1944, Page 6

PRESS ARRANGEMENT

British Army Criticized (Received .September 29, 12.5 a.m.) NEW YORK. September 28. ‘■Though General Eiscnhowep has welded the Allied forces into a smooth fighting machine there is as much difference between the arrangements and facilities for correspondents on the British and American sectors as if they were in different wars,” says the Rondon correspondent of the “New York Times.” ‘•The British since D-day have lagged behind the Americans in arrangements for reporting the war, and now that the inevitable result has become apparent the British public is demanding to know why there is such a paucity of information about the exploits of their troops. Questions were asked in the Commons today about what the Ministry of Information is doing to correct the impression that the Americans are doing most of the l ' g “The British on D-day permitted only eight American correspondents with the British forces. Recently three more were accredited. but the American correspondents who visited the British sector 'Creived a distinct impression that they were not welcome. Indeed, in the early (lavs of the operations some were even threatened witli military arrest. ‘•furthermore, the British have not provided for Press coverage in the territory their troops have liberated, including northern Erance and Belgium, for example. the correspondents are still liarred from Brussels, whereas there are more than 109 British and American correspondents in Paris, housed, fed and transported bv American public relations officers.”