Subject	Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea)–History
	World War, 1939-1945–Sources
	War stories
	Military history
	Propaganda
	Papua New Guinea–History
	Japan–History–20th century
Category	4. World War II
Keywords	translation
Creator	Far Eastern Liason Office
Current Holder	State Library of Queensland
Period Of Reference	1945/1945
Series Number	OM90-79
Item Number	99247813402061
Access Rights	Open access
Rights	Out of copyright, free to use without permission. Please attribute the State Library of Queensland.
Country Of Origin	Australia
Place	Bougainville
Language	Japanese
	English
Description From Source	1 folder Propaganda leaflets issued by the Far Eastern Liason Office (FELO) in Bouganville during the Second World War. The leaflets, written in English, Japanese, and Pidgeon were dropped over parts of Papua New Guinea in a bid to reduce the morale of the Japanese and to stop the local Papuans from assisting them. The collection also includes a confidential report by Captain Russell, Officer in Charge, FELO, Bougainville titled ‘FELO propaganda campaign on Bougainville’ 20 August 1945, to which is attached a leaflet in Japanese advising that Japan had surrendered and the war had ended, with a translation; and another which was dropped in combat areas after news of the surrender, addressed to ‘Japanese soldiers on Bougainville’ advising that Japan had agreed to the Allied terms for peace and that all hostilities would cease; with a translation; signed by Lieutenant General Stanley George Savige, Commander, 2nd Australian Corps.
Physical Format	Pamphlets
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