The American Spectator

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blockquote>In general they [the press] were not to release military information that might prove helpful to the enemy, unauthenticated, inaccurate, or false reports, or reports likely to injure the morale of the Allied forces. The following items were among those which could be cleared only by SHAEF censors: p>(1) all matters of high policy involving SHAEF or the Supreme Commander; br> (2) the release of information on troops of various nationalities taking part in actions; br> (3) casualties and troop strength; br> (4) cipher work and code words; br> (5) civil affairs; br> (6) confirmation of enemy allegations, atrocities and the like; br> (7) escapes; br> (8) gas and chemical warfare; br> (9) military equipment; br> (10) strength and morale of troops; br> (11) high-ranking officers at SHAEF; br> (12) changes in command and movement of high-ranking officers; br> (13) stories concerning prisoners of war involving harsh treatment; br> (14) psychological warfare;

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