| 1935 |
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| October |
14th |
Committee for Imperial Defence meet. Sub-committee formed to plan for establishment of the MOI. |
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Robinson/Leeper & Reith produced papers. |
| 1936 |
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| December |
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Sir Stephen Tallents appointed D.G. Designate of MOI |
| 1937 |
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| November |
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Preparatory work for publicity division of MOI – expected to be easy to form at short notice. |
| December |
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BIPO & Mass-Observation formed |
| 1938 |
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| July |
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Planning of the Home Publicity Division commenced. |
| September |
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Government Information Bureau formed => forerunner to MOI. |
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MOI mobilised for 2 days over Munich |
| December |
Late |
Tallents produced 6 stage plan for CID Committee to avoid unpreparedness of Munich. Felt to be unacceptable so resigned |
| 1939 |
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| September |
4th |
Lord Macmillian – MOI (formed) |
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9th |
RAF leaflet ‘bombing’ raid on Germany |
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19th |
Sir EWM Grigg – Parliamentary Secretary, MOI |
| October |
20th |
War Office recommends soldiers read Mein Kampf and The Communist Manifesto |
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30th |
‘The Lion Has Wings’ 1st shown |
| November |
22nd |
National Savings Scheme – ‘Lend to Defend the Right to be Free’ |
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26th |
Chamberlain’s first broadcast |
| 1940 |
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| January |
5th |
Sir JCW Reith – MOI |
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30th |
Waste Collection Campaign |
| February |
6th |
Fougasse’s Careless Talk posters |
| March |
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Home Intelligence Division formed |
| April |
3rd |
No Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information |
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6th |
Leaflet raids on Germany suspended |
| May |
12th |
Duff Cooper – MOI (with Cabinet status) |
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17th |
Harold Nicolson – Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information |
| August |
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Frank Pick dismissed as D.G. of MOI, replaced by Monckton with Radcliffe as DDG. |
| December |
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Campbell Stuart resigns from MOI – what was deemed suitable for WW1, was not for WW2 |
| 1941 |
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| March |
9th |
Bevin appealed for 100,000 women to work in factories – not to wait for instructions |
| April |
14th |
Churchill instructs MOI to stop publishing demoralising weekly figures for shipping losses |
| June |
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Wartime Social Survey: Regional panels of correspondents recruited. |
| July |
20th |
Brendan Bracken – MOI |
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21st |
Ernest Thurtle, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information |
| September |
17th |
British to eat more potatoes -‘Potato Pete’ |
| 1942 |
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| November |
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No longer regular summary of morale/public opinion to War Cabinet |
| December |
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Extensive VD Campaign begun |
| 1944 |
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| July |
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Home Intelligence reports considered superfluous |
| 1946 |
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| April |
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MOI becomes Central Office of Information |