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considerably larger scale than has been possible hitherto.

Recommendations are being put forward for:

15.

(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)/