Black propaganda is propaganda that purports to be from a source on one side of a conflict, but is actually from the opposing side. It is typically used to vilify, embarrass or misrepresent the enemy. It contrasts with grey propaganda, the source of which is not identified, and white propaganda, in which the real source is declared. The term is also sometimes used as a synonym for particularly malicious wartime propaganda or falsification of information that is captured by an enemy. An Australian anti-conscription propaganda poster from World War One U.S. propaganda poster, which warns against civilians sharing information on troop movements (National Archives) The much-imitated 1914 Lord Kitchener Wants You! poster Swedish Anti-Euro propaganda for the referendum of 2003. ... This article is about the type of communication. ... White propaganda is propaganda which truthfully states its origin. ...

Black propaganda may also be used on one's own side, generated by altering genuine enemy propaganda in such a way as to distort its message. This is a particularly powerful tool if the target audience has a poor understanding of the language of the enemy, and is often used to insult the intended recipients, leading to a rallying effect.

Black propaganda in World War II

British

In Britain, the Political Warfare Executive operated a number of black propaganda radio stations. Gustav Siegfried Eins (GS1) was one of the first such stations — purporting to be a clandestine German station. The speaker, 'Der Chef' purported to be a Nazi extremist, accusing Hitler and his henchmen of going soft. The station focused on alleged corruption and sexual improprieties of Nazi Party members. During World War II, the Political Warfare Executive (PWE) was a British clandestine body created to produce and disseminate both white and black propaganda, with the aim of damaging enemy morale. ... Gustav Siegfried Eins was a British black propaganda radio station during World War II operated by the Political Warfare Executive. ...

Another example was the British radio station Soldatensender Calais, which purported to be a radio station for the German military. Under the direction of Sefton Delmer, a British journalist who spoke perfect Berliner German, Soldatensender Calais and its associated shortwave station, Kurzwellesender Atlantik, broadcast music, up-to-date sports scores, speeches of Adolf Hitler for "cover", and subtle propaganda. Soldatensender Calais was a British black propaganda broadcaster during the Second World War operated by the Political Warfare Executive. ... Denis Sefton Delmer (May 24, 1904-September 4, 1979) was born in Berlin, Germany. ... Hitler redirects here. ...

David Hare's play Licking Hitler provides a fictionalised account based on the British black propaganda efforts in World War II. David Hare (born June 5, 1947) is an English dramatist and director. ...

German

German black propaganda usually took advantage of European racism and anti-Communism. For example, on the night of April 27, 1944 German aircraft under cover of darkness (and possibly carrying fake Royal Air Force markings) dropped propaganda leaflets on occupied Denmark. These leaflets used the title of Frihedsposten, a genuine Danish underground newspaper, and claimed that the "hour of liberation" was approaching. They instructed Danes to accept "occupation by Russian or specially trained American Negro soldiers" until the first disorders resulting from military operations is over. Manifestations Slavery · Racial profiling · Lynching Hate speech · Hate crime · Hate groups Genocide · Holocaust · Pogrom Ethnocide · Ethnic cleansing · Race war Religious persecution · Gay bashing Movements Discriminatory Aryanism · Neo-Nazism · Supremacism Kahanism Anti-discriminatory Abolitionism · Civil rights · Gay rights Womens/Universal suffrage · Mens rights Childrens rights · Youth rights Disability... This does not cite its references or sources. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ...

American

The Tanaka Memorial, a document describing a Japanese plan for world conquest, beginning with the conquest of China, is now believed by most historians to be an American forgery. The Tanaka Memorial was heavily used in American World War II propaganda as a justification for a protracted war against Japan. The Tanaka Memorial is allegedly a Japanese war planning document from 1927, in which Prime Minister Tanaka Giichi supposedly laid out for the Emperor of Japan Hirohito the strategy to take over the world. ... Global domination, global conquest, taking over the world, world conquest, or world domination is an ambitious goal in which one government, one ideology or belief system, or even one person, seeks to secure complete political control of the entire planet. ...

Japanese

The following message was distributed in black propaganda leaflets dropped by the Japanese over the Philippines in World War II. It was designed to turn Filipinos against the United States:

Guard Against Venereal Diseases

Lately there has been a great increase in the number of venereal diseases among our officers and men owing to prolific contacts with Filipino women of dubious character.

Due to hard times and stricken conditions brought about by the Japanese occupation of the islands, Filipino women were willing to offer themselves for a small amount of foodstuffs. It is advisable in such cases to take full protective measures by use of condoms, protective medicines, etc.; better still to hold intercourse only with wives, virgins, or women of respective character.

Furthermore, in view of the increase in pro-American leanings, many Filipino women are more than willing to offer themselves to American soldiers, and due to the fact that Filipinos have no knowledge of hygiene, disease carriers are rampant and due care must be taken.

US Army

Black propaganda in domestic politics

Racist black propaganda

Anti-Semites and white-supremacists have often used black propaganda to further their causes. For example, the The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a discredited work which claims to be the secret protocols of a vast Jewish conspiracy, was often used as "evidence" by conspiracy theorists and anti-Semitic groups. Another example of anti-Semitic black propaganda was the book A Racial Program for the Twentieth Century, which was purported to be proof of a Jewish/Communist plot against White Americans, but was actually an invention of Eustace Mullins. The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster. ... White supremacy is a racist ideology which holds the belief that white people are superior to other races. ... 1992 Russian edition of the Protocols, adapting Eliphas Levis portrayal of Baphomet. ... A conspiracy theory is a theory that defies common historical or current understanding of events, under the claim that those events are the result of manipulations by two or more individuals or various secretive powers or conspiracies. ... A Racial Program for the Twentieth Century (occasionally A Radical Program for the Twentieth Century) is an anti-Semitic forgery whose existence was alleged by Eustace Mullins in It is often cited as proof of a Jewish and/or Communist plot against white Americans, in much the same way as... Eustace Clarence Mullins (born 1923 in Virginia) is the last living student (aka. ...

More recently, racists campaigning against immigration have produced black propaganda supposedly by the immigrant groups concerned, which describe immigration as a method of conquering a country without war. In Dreux in 1982 the National Front distributed anonymous fake letters, supposedly from an Algerian living in France to a brother living in Algeria. These fake letters were instrumental in the National Front victory in the 1983 local council elections in Dreux. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An invasion is a military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory, or altering the established government. ... Look up war in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Dreux is a town and commune in northwest France, in the Eure-et-Loir département. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Front (FN, French: ) is a French far-right, nationalist [1] political party, founded in 1972 by Jean-Marie Le Pen. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wikisource. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Also, a map broadcast during Lou Dobbs Tonight, in which the Southwestern United States had been labeled "Aztlan" and returned to Mexico, and which had supposedly been created by Mexicans, was actually a concoction of the white-separatist Council of Conservative Citizens. Lou Dobbs Tonight is an editorial and discussion program on CNN, anchored by journalist Lou Dobbs, who is also its managing editor. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... Aztl n is the Aztec/Mexica place of origin in Northern Mexico — perhaps in the area of the present-day southwestern US states or perhaps an island in part of the modern Mexican state of Nayarit. ... White separatism is a political movement that promotes a separate homeland for white people. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Other black propaganda examples

• The Zinoviev letter was a fake letter published in the right-wing British newspaper The Daily Mail. It claimed to be a letter from the Comintern president Grigori Zinoviev to the British Communist party. It called on Communists to mobilise "sympathetic forces" in the Labour Party and talked of creating dissent in the armed forces. The Zinoviev letter was instrumental in the Conservative victory in the 1924 UK general election.
• During the 1972 U.S. presidential election, Donald H. Segretti, a political operative for President Nixon's reelection campaign, released a faked letter, on Senator Edmund Muskie's letterhead, falsely alleging that Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson, against whom Muskie was running for the Democratic Party's nomination, had had an illegitimate child with a 17-year-old. Muskie, who had been considered the frontrunner, lost the nomination to George McGovern, and Nixon was reelected. The letter was part of a campaign of so-called "dirty tricks", directed by Segretti, and uncovered as part of the Watergate Scandal. Segretti, went to prison in 1974, after pleading guilty to three misdemeanor counts of distributing illegal campaign literature.
• The Secret Circular of the Brahmin Samaj of Balaghat is claimed to be a secret document produced by the Brahmin elders of Balaghat, India. It has been produced as evidence by Christian missionaries in India that Brahmins are conspiring against Dalit (outcaste) and Adivasi (tribal) communities.

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See also

• False flag
• White propaganda
• Grey propaganda
• Information warfare
• Information warfare against Ukraine after Orange revolution

False flag operations are covert operations conducted by governments, corporations, or other organizations, which are designed to appear as if they are being carried out by other entities. ... White propaganda is propaganda which truthfully states its origin. ... This article is about the type of communication. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

External links

• Sefton Delmer -Black Boomerang: Sefton Delmer was head of British Black Propaganda during WWII. His book Black Boomerang tells the story of his work.
• PsyWar.Org - Black Propaganda and propaganda leaflets database: A website with various articles on black propaganda and psychological warfare. The site has an extensive library of propaganda leaflets from WWI to the present day.
• WW2 propaganda leaflets: A website about airdropped, shelled or rocket fired propaganda leaflets. Has slideshow with many black propaganda leaflets of WW2.
• Gray and Black Radio Propaganda against Nazi Germany Extensively illustrated paper describing the Allied effort in WW II to undermine Germany through unidentified or misidentified radio broadcasts.