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considerably larger scale than has been possible hitherto.
Recommendations are being put forward for:
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(a) increased finance and personnel for overt British
publicity, including publications;
(b) the development of a considerable volume of material
published by indirect means, i.e., either by
(c)
confidential approaches to editors by Information
Officers or Public Relations Officers who are in a
position to make such approaches, or through
intermediaries arranged by friends;
improved propaganda intelligence facilities;
(a) the terms of reference of the investigator, who is to
be sent to look into the utility of films in the
Federation of Malaya and in Singapore and the
potentialities of the Malayan Film Unit, being widened
to allow him to make recommendations for a film policy
for South-East Asia generally; he should also be
instructed to work cut his recommendations in
co-operation with the Regional Information Office.
As regards the individual foreign territories, the
situation, briefly, is as follows:
(a) Burma. Quite a considerable volume of publicity is
being achieved by indirect means in the Rangoon
press: physical difficulties prevent development
beyond Rangoon. There is a great need, however,
for cheap pamphlets in Burmese. This demand must
be met by the R. 1.0. Singapore.
(b) Siam. The considerable organization for direct
publicity run by the Information Office, Bangkok,
distributes a fair volume of anti-Communist material.
In addition, channels are now being opened for the
placing of material in the local press indirectly.
(c)/