16 AUGUST 1940, Page 13

THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION

SIR,—" 1917 " in your issue of August 9th has mixed up Lord North- cliffe's- British War Mission to the United States with his Department for Propaganda in Enemy Countries. They were entirely distinct and separate. The Department did not come into existence until Lord Northcliffe had returned from the U.S.

I know the facts because I was with him in both enterprises. A lot could be learned from their efforts and results, especially in the matter of propaganda among enemy populations. German generals from Hindenburg downwards gave it high praise—by complaining