Claim

Claim 950

Asquith said the Official Press Bureau was the sole channel through which the Admiralty, War Office and other departments made naval and military information public.

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

Statement: Asquith said the Official Press Bureau was the sole channel through which the Admiralty, War Office and other departments made naval and military information public.
Field: action
Value: Bureau was sole mouthpiece for war information
About: incident 1914-britain-press-bureau-controls-wartime-newspaper-coverage
Source: British Press Bureau (Hansard, 27 August 1914)
Publisher: British Press Bureau (Hansard, 27 August 1914)
Method: primary document
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 1914-08-27

Quotation from the source

Official Press Bureau is the mouthpiece through which communications relative to the progress of naval and military operations are made public by the Admiralty, the War Office, and other public Departments concerned.