The official G.I. guide to Germany tells U.S. doughboys how to deal with skeptical Germans. When a German says: "It is all a lie, all democratic propaganda," the G.I.'s officially approved answer is: "Okay, chum, you'll find out soon enough."
Just how, and through whom, the Germans are to find out was a subject of much controversy last week. OWI's Director Elmer Davis, back from SHAEF, took the view that the free, contentious press of the U.S. and Britain would be a bad thing for the Germans to get a look at. Accordingly, said Davis, U.S., British and other Allied newspapers...
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