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[[Peter Broderick]] became the head of Army information in Northern Ireland in 1973.<ref>Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace, Pan Books, 1989, p.20.</ref>  
 
[[Peter Broderick]] became the head of Army information in Northern Ireland in 1973.<ref>Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace, Pan Books, 1989, p.20.</ref>  
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On 12 August 1974, he wrote a paper called 'The Information War' calling for a 'strong, determined psychological operation' under the cover name 'information policy'. It envisaged a range of techniques from political speeches to 'at the extreme - front organisations, rumor etc.'<ref>P. Broderick to B Webster, 'The Information War', 12 August 1974. National archives file CJ 4/887.</ref> 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 18:52, 13 February 2015

Peter Broderick became the head of Army information in Northern Ireland in 1973.[1]

On 12 August 1974, he wrote a paper called 'The Information War' calling for a 'strong, determined psychological operation' under the cover name 'information policy'. It envisaged a range of techniques from political speeches to 'at the extreme - front organisations, rumor etc.'[2]

Notes

  1. Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace, Pan Books, 1989, p.20.
  2. P. Broderick to B Webster, 'The Information War', 12 August 1974. National archives file CJ 4/887.