# British Press Bureau (Hansard, 27 August 1914)

British Press Bureau (Hansard, 27 August 1914), 1914-08-27

- Address: https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1914/aug/27/british-press-bureau
- Kind: primary document
- Last checked: 2026-09-26
- Archived copy: none yet

## Cited by

- [Britain's Official Press Bureau controls newspaper coverage of the First World War](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1914-britain-press-bureau-controls-wartime-newspaper-coverage)
- [Claim 949: Prime Minister Asquith described the Press Bureau's role to the House of Commons on August 27, 1914.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/949)
- [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.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/950)
- [Claim 951: Asquith said the principle governing release of information was that everything that could be given without harming the public interest would be given fully and promptly.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/951)
- [Claim 952: The government decided not to add trained journalists to the Bureau's own staff, instead associating them with the work of the cable censors.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/952)

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