# Claim 879

A legal decree issued by the Tsolakoglou government on May 8, 1941, transferred press review authority to a new Directorate-General for Press and Radio under the government's president.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

- Statement: A legal decree issued by the Tsolakoglou government on May 8, 1941, transferred press review authority to a new Directorate-General for Press and Radio under the government's president.
- Field: announced_by
- Value: Directorate-General for Press and Radio established
- About: [incident 1941-greece-directorate-general-press-radio](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1941-greece-directorate-general-press-radio)
- Source: “Rejected by the German Embassy”: The Directorate-General for Press and Radio under the Greek collaborationist governments and film censorship during the Occupation of Greece by the Axis powers (1941-1944). https://filmiconjournal.com/blog/post/83/rejected-by-the-german-embassy
- Publisher: Filmicon: Journal of Greek Film Studies
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-26
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2013-10-02

## Quotation from the source

> By virtue of a Legal Decree issued by the Tsolakoglou Government on 8 May 1941, the authority of the Under-Secretariat was transferred to the Directorate-General for Press and Radio that was set up as an Office under the President of the Greek collaborationist government.

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