PRESS AND RADIO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25849, 21 May 1945, Page 3

PRESS AND RADIO

RESTRICTIONS EASED NEW AMERICAN CODE (Rec. 7 p.m.) WASHINGTON, May 18. The Office of Censorship has modified the press and radio code, removing many restrictions of news within the United States, Europe and the Atlantic. It has issued a new code, applying mainly to the Pacific and Asiatic theatre. This is defined as the Southwestern, Alaskan Peninsula, land and water, areas of the entire Pacific except South American coastal waters, and extending westward on land and sea I to and including Aden and Capetown. The new code eliminates restrictions on all weather information, news of sabotage, air raids, troop movement except to the Pacific, ship construction, plane movements except in the Pacific, production figures except specialised military material, exports, imports, prisoners of war, internees, enemy aliens, the location of art treasures, movements of diplomatic missions, and the President’s movements. The new code retains restrictions on the location and movement of naval and merchant ships in the Pacific and Atlantic but Atlantic movements may probably be soon published. The censorship director. Mr Byron Price, said that every provision still in force was based solidly and sensibly on visible security requirements relating to the war against Jarian. Mr Price .emphasised that the relaxations do not, modify war correspondents’ obligations to clear despatches through the army and navy censorship even if they refer to subjects free from restrictions under civilian regulations.