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Title
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Letter of Instruction to the People of the Philippines
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Description
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A letter from General Douglas MacArthur to the people of the Philippines. This letter was probably airdropped to the Filipino people soon after General MacArthur's return to the Philippines in October, 1944. The letter informs the citizens of his return and gives them a set of instructions. The letter calls for the hoarding of food and the obedience to the leaders that will soon be in place. It also instructs the Filipino people to engage in sabotage of the enemy. It gives several examples of how to harass the Japanese troops. This is one item from a scrapbook of propaganda leaflets and related materials that was compiled by the Psychological Warfare Branch of the Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II. The scrapbook belonged to Colonel Karl F. Baldwin of the United States Army, who helped establish the propaganda program. It contains approximately 200 pieces of propaganda, mostly in Japanese, that were intended for distribution in the Philippines, Japan, and other nearby areas.
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Creator
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MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
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Date
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1944
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Is Part Of
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Psychological Warfare Branch Scrapbook of American Propaganda Leaflets (MS.70)
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Language
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English
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Identifier
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PUA_MS70_004
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Subject
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Leaflets dropped from aircraft
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World War, 1939-1945--Philippines--Sources
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Rights
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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Spatial Coverage
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Philippines
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Type
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Still Image
