NEWS OF BATTLE
ACCELERATION OF DESPATCH MINISTER ANSWERS CRITICS (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrlglit) LONDON, Au*. 21 Replying to complaints, particularly from America, about delays in British news of air battles, Mr A. Duff Cooper, Minister for Information, said in the House of Commons that German propagandists had two considerable advantages. First, they had previous knowledge of when a raid was occurring, and, second, a complete disregard for the truth, enabling them to begin sending false accounts to America before their machines reached Britain. The Minister added that he was arranging to accelerate the despatch of news.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21199, 23 August 1940, Page 5
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