Governments in South-East Asia:
they are in a position to
exert an influence on their press and publics much greater
than is the case in western countries.
11.
The propaganda task in Malaya is to be carried out
in accordance with a directive agreed between the Colonial
Office and the Foreign Office, a copy of which is attached at
Annexe "A".
Machinery.
12.
The present machinery for anti-Communist publicity in
the area consists of:
(a)
the Information Officers at our Missions in foreign
they are supplied with
territories and their staffs:
I.R.D. material from London.
(In additiontto I.os. at
capital posts, there is a locally engaged Assistant
I.0. at Mandalay.)
(b) the Public Relations Officers in British territories,
i.e. Singapore, Federation of Malaya, Borneo (a part-
time officer), Sarawak, Brunei (no officer) and
Hong Kong;
(c)
in the British territories, the organization of Radio
Malaya (medium and short wave) and Radio Hong Kong;
and the commercial Rediffusion (wired relay) services
in Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong.
(a) covering the whole area, but under. remote control and
at low power, the B. B. C. relay station in the Far
East known as the British Far Eastern Broadcasting
Station (short wave) and (temporarily) the 100 kw.
short wave station in Ceylon, which also relays
certain B.B.C. services. The first named station
is to develop into two 100 kw. short wave transmit-
ters which will give a powerful signal in the whole
area in not less than a year;
(e)
a Regional Information Office in Singapore, serving
both Missions and colonial administrations;
(f)/