Goebbels And “Peace Proposal” Stories

Northern Advocate, 22 January 1944, Page 4

Goebbels And “Peace Proposal” Stories

(Rec. 1 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 21. Goebbels is obviously trying to make capital out of the recent ‘Travda’’ incident, says the Press Association's diplomatic correspondent. Commenting on the issue by the German news agency, without comment, today, of a series of reports published in neutral newspapers of “peace proposals submitted to Britain by German diplomatic representatives in various neutral countries." the correspondent says that; since the Teheran conference Germany has persevered with futile attempts to sow discord among the Allies. Part of this campaign is to circulate periodically these stories which purposely alternate between a separate peace between Germany and Russia and a separate peace between Germany and Britain. When “Pravda” published one of these peace rumours, Goebbels seemingly was encouraged to continue his efforts. A second more remote purpose behind the German propaganda is an attempt to instil into the minds of the British and American public a suggestion that the war is nearly over, that peace proposals are floating around, and consequently, that the time has arrived when war efforts may be slackened.