Priestley Attacks British Censorship
Received Monday, 9.40 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 16. Mr. J. B. Priestley, broadcasting to the United States, declared that the British censorship was a mixture of timid officialism and faulty co-ordina-tion, also that the service had a prejudice against publicity and a general lack of understanding of the value of public opinion, prestige and morale. ”1 would not be a Minister of Information unless empowered to release all the news and information I please. I would consult experts, but tho decision to release news or not would be mine except for a direct veto from the Prime Minister.” Mr. Priestley complained that the British people were kept too much in the dark.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 308, 17 December 1940, Page 7
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