BARRAGE OF LIES
TQKrIO RADIO TALES RAIDS ON AUSTRALIA MINISTER’S COMMENT (2.30 p,m.) CANBERRA, Aug. 27. The Japanese radio in recent weeks, lias intensified its barrage of lies, about ,the war, particularly in relation to air operations, says .the Minister of Air, Mr. A. S. Drakeford. The Tokio radio broadcasting in several languages, had reported the devastating havoc wrought by Japanese raids on Townsville when not a vestige of damage was actually done. A recent broadcast in Dutch from Tokio claimed that Allied air resistance had been smashed, quoting as the authority the Sydney Times, a mythical newspaper. Japanese broadcasts to Australia still consist of a series of cordial invitations to join their new order — followed by grim threats that Australia would be destroyed of she did not break off relations with the United States and England. The statements of Australian Parliamentarians were being broadcast and twisted out of all recognition,
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20874, 28 August 1942, Page 5
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151BARRAGE OF LIES Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20874, 28 August 1942, Page 5
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