Empire Correspondents Resent British Gag
(Received 11 a.m.) LONDON. May 3. The Association of Overseas Empire Correspondents sent a letter to the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) and other Ministers, and to High Commissioners, strongly protesting against the Service Department’s censorship activities. The association expressed deep resentment at the order that all comments or speculation on military operations in Norway or even political criticism of the Government relative to the general handling of the Norwegian campaign, should not pass to the cable offices without reference to the Ministry of Information. Correspondents Walk Out. All the English and American war correspondents at the R.A.F. headquarters in France have walked out and come to London to protest against the proposed new method for the release of news from the R.A.F. on the Western Front, under which the Air Ministry officials compile all bulletins, and forbid correspondents to visit aerodromes, interview pilots, or send eyewitness’ despatches. The correspondents complained that the system would destroy the effectiveness and objectivity of the coverage of the war.
By special arrangement, Reuter's -world service in addition to other special sources of information is used in the compilation of overseas intelligence published in this issue and all rights therein In Australia and New Zealand ark •eserved. *
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19400504.2.94
Bibliographic details
Northern Advocate, 4 May 1940, Page 8
Word Count
207Empire Correspondents Resent British Gag Northern Advocate, 4 May 1940, Page 8
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Northern Advocate. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in