The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-07-08
Tells What S
Not Safe To
Write or Say

Here is a detailed guide to proper
and patriotic wartime subjects OF
conversation distributed by the
Great Falls Army Air Base 1t is
based on the Code of Wartime
Practices for the American Press
and Rrdio" Readers who follow ii
may save our soldiers and sailors
lives.
What Is Is Not Safe to Print, 1t Is
Not Safe to Say!
l. A remark about an individual
soldier may seem harmless, but
when the enemy spy puts it to-
gether with other remarks picked
up, he may discover where and how
troops are to be moved. An attack
on a boat or the wreck of a train
may be the result.
Therefore. Never tell where any
soldier is located unless he is at
a training camp or on police duty
in the United States.
Never tell when soldier is
leaving a place, where he is going,
or how he will travel.
Never mention the name, desig-
nation, or number of men in any
company, division, corps, or regi-
ment, or of any other body of
troops which you have seen or
heard about.
Never mention the clothing, guns
oE--any other equipment of any
particular soldier, as it may indi-
cate where he is being sent and
for what purpose.
Never mention the gathering of a
body of troops at specific point
which may suggest they are pre-
pairing to sail overseas.
Never give the name of any sol
der known or thought to be IN a
foreign country until official an
nouncemnet of American troops in
that area has been published. Even
then, do not mention the soldiers
company, regiment Or division.
Never tell what kind of work or
duty specific soldier is engaged in.
Ships and Cargoes
The most casual remark about a
ship, its movements or construction
or provisions for its defense, may,
heard or overheard by an enemy
spy, give the enemy just the in
formation he needs in order to
know where to intercept or attack
a ship carrying soldiers or their
supplies.
Therefore. Never tell where any
vessel of the United States or the
Allied Nations has been seen, the
direction it is sailing or what it
carries.
Never refer to a person sailing
on a transport or convoy, or give
any other information about a con-
voy or transport.
Never tell anything abut a mine
field or harbor defense.
Never repeat an instruction given
about lights or bouys.
Never tell where or when new
ship is being built or mention the
size or kind Of any ship under con-
struction.
Never give any information about
ship launching until official an
nouncement of it has been made.
Never tell what work anyone is
doing in shipyard or how he does
it, or under what conditions, or
anything about the arrangements
and physical set-up of shipyard.
I'LL. Ship Sinkings and Damages
To keep the enemy guessing as to
the strength of the army for avail
able forces at any point, or the
availability of its supplies is es-
sential
Therefore: Never mention the
sinking by the enemy of any war
or merchant vessel in any water
until it is officially announced.
Never mention any damages to
dock, railroad, airfield, public
utility or industrial plant, through
an enemy air or sea attack.
Nv. Planes
The enemy is eager to know how
many planes we are building and
where, all he can discover about
new models and changes in de-
sign, where our planes are going
and what used for To find out, he
assemblies the chance remarks re-
ported by his spies.
Therefore, never state the num-
Der of planes or other aircraft of
the United States turned out by any
factory or plant or by any mill
taryy group
Never tell anything about new
military aircraft and equipment and
the armament they carry.
Never discuss reports of how
good they are or rumors Of faulty
performance.
Never mention any changes in
military craft or new characteristics
seen OF heard about
Never mention the location of
any military craft or air forces.
Never tell when or where air
planes take off or the direction they
are going
Never tell of troops being moved
by plane or of any war materials
being carried by plane.
Never mention the name or plans
or orders of a member of the Air
Transport Command.
Never tell where he is going,
when he goes or what he is trans
porting, except or until the facts
L.