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h Press Department Berlin W 8, 9 June 1944 4 of the Reich Government Wilhelmplatz 8-9 in the Reichsministerium Telex: 11 00 14 for People's Enlightenment and Propaganda Mohay btut Department Deutsche Press Main Unit Schnelldienst m.t. b tu tanturuaf Business Sign: D.P. 409 (In reply) Various imperial propaganda offices have expressed the desire to obtain a list of the most important foreign newspapers, in which each newspaper is more closely characterized, indicating its political direction, its possible attachment to interest groups, its meaning, its volume, etc. I have had the accompanying provisional compilation of important foreign newspapers and periodicals, which is still incomplete in some parts, drawn up in accordance with these wishes. It is intended to enable the individual press officer to recognise and estimate the importance of the foreign press bodies cited in the confidential information, in the news review and in other press material. It is also intended to be a complementary means of information to the press he is responsible for. In the political characterization, the enclosed compilation goes beyond the information contained in e.g. in the "Handburch of the World Press" and is, in contrast to this, tailored to practical journalistic use. However, I expressly stress that this information is often still incomplete. MXL/33 Heil/Bitler! hans bam Wn, Aut Oberregierungsrat (aa Mpot) Maerben ceor Ghhebces C/1022 St.M. x H-128/44 37F1o6 C