Civil Information and Education Section

Summary

Civil Information and Education Section Implementation of Second War Guilt Information Program… (1948)

Particular attention has been paid, through the War Crimes information program, to obtaining for Japanese press all possible information on the trials, particularly on details of the prosecution's case and the testimony of prosecution witnesses. Coverage has been extended to newsreels and the radio several times monthly, but widespread press coverage has also resulted daily. While it is true that because of the extremay critical newsprint situation full stories have not often been feasible, the coverage has been constant and top display has often been given.
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Civil Information and Education Section Implementation of Second War Guilt Information Program… (1948)

Through the activies of the CIC, Press and Publications Unit, press and magazine executives have become aware of the fact that the economic, social and human waste of war is such that no civilised person can countenance it as a method of resolving conflicts between nations; that a free press manned by journalists of integrity is feared by all tyrants, bosses, and dictators, who would impose one will upon the many.
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Civil Information and Education Section Implementation of Second War Guilt Information Program… (1948)

During the Yokohama trials semi-weekly recordings through the "Man On The Street" program have been presented, to give the "average man" in attendance the opportunity to express his views of the trials.
4. In addition to these programs an undetermined numbers of references, examples discussions, roundtables and news items have been presented. Each has been concered with direct quotations of, or reference to, Japan's war guilt, or indirect reference to the trials or the defeat which ultira-nationalistic leaders brought upon Japan.
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