The Archive · 1939

Chungking, Sune 7

In order to centralize press censor~ ship, the Chinese National sfilitary [Council on June 5 established 9 /"War-Time Press Censorship Bureau."

General Hsiung Ping has been appointed Director of the Bureau, Mr. Pang Kung-chang has been made Vice-Director and Mr. Peng Keh-chin thas been given the post of Secretary-General.

Press censorship in various cities has hitherto been carried out by the headquarters "of the local garrison commander, thus lacking a unified policy and centralized supervision.

These defects, it is stated. will be eliminated with the creation of the pew bureau—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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