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at the issue and did not present controversial views in accordance with the
preferences of the state information bureau.
The state information bureau tried to act to reduce the disaffection caused by the
issue among Finnish soldiers and in society. The bureau's main method for
influencing society was by giving directives and circulars to the press and by
censorship, which provoked dissatisfaction. As relationships become more
common from year to year however, the original intention of the state information
bureau to direct public opinion along more suitable lines largely failed. As a result,
the bureau finally adopted the strategy of remaining silent. On 20 November 1942,
it resolutely forbade newspapers to publish anything on relationships between
German soldiers and Finnish women. The reason was the large amount of public
attention paid to the phenomenon.
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