Resistance to militarism continued, 1963

After National Service ended (the last conscript was demobbed from the British armed forces in 1963), the focus of anti-militarism changed in the direction of subverting the recruiting efforts of the state, and trying to persuade those who had already been lured in to see through the propaganda.

Letter and leaflet references: RON01519, RON01520, RON01521

http://www.thesparrowsnest.org.uk/collections/ron_marsden/data_rons_collection_info.html

The letter-writer (whose name and address have been trimmed from this image) was not being excessively paranoid in emphasising the risk involved in publishing and distributing such material. “Sedition” and “incitement of troops to disaffection” were taken very seriously.