BBC World Service by Gordon Johnston & Emma Robertson

Author:Gordon Johnston & Emma Robertson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781137318558
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

January 1948: Future Foreign Publicity Policy

In January 1948, Bevin circulated a series of papers on foreign policy to the Cabinet. These included ‘The First Aim of British Foreign Policy’ and a companion paper entitled ‘Future Foreign Publicity Policy’. Having demonstrated in ‘The First Aim’ that the Soviet Union constituted a threat to Western civilisation, Bevin argued that there was a need to develop an effective response to the propaganda machine of the Soviet Union and its allies. He characterised the current approach, except in the Middle East, as ‘non-provocative’ but:Something far more positive is clearly now required. If we are to give a moral lead to the forces of anti-Communism in Europe and Asia, we must be prepared to pass over to the offensive and not leave the initiative to the enemy.

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