Scarce Ephemera (1 results)

Scarce ephemera from the Pacific WWII China theater. Two page APO 627 (Army Post Office 627, Kunming, China) typescript English language document (34 x 22.5cm) dated May 10th 1945 together with a small news leaflet (14 x 11cm) dated 5 days earlier with the same text in Chinese printed on both sides. The size of the Chinese leaflet suggests it was designed to be dropped from aircraft over Occupied China. The feature article is titled "Hitler is dead" in English and in Chinese ?????! The other news: Mussolini Executed After Trial by People's Tribunal; Rangoon Freed of Japanese and San Francisco Conference in Session. The English language document appears to have been written as the file copy to accompany the Chinese news release/newsletter. The information at the top of the first page gives details of the Target audience: Occupied China as well as Leaflet ident cation number - "OWI/CN-109"; Language - "Chinese"; Time: "Immediately" and Purpose: "To report the latest developments in the European and Pacific theatres of war to the Chinese in Occupied territory, and give them news of the progress of the San Francisco Conference". A little creasing, pin holes and tiny tears at edges of the evenly browned English language document, the Chinese leaflet lightly foxed. Overall very good.