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.
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