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Socialist Organiser1983 1983-02-03Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 2 →
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26th, we decided agreed to circulate the following model resolution: 'This.., expressing alarm at the alleged reports that unilateral policy has been watered down in the campaign document, calls for the full policy to be inclued in the document" NEWS that the Government intends to spend £1 million on a propaganda campaign to make nuclear weapons more acceptable to the average householder have of course been welcomed by the editorial board of Socialist Oganiser.
We expect to get a considerable fall out from this decision in terms of whole page advertisements especially aimed at the 'hard left' (Slogan: 'Wanna seé the whole world red?......)
But J Walter Thompson the US owned PR agency which is best known for its ads for Uniever soap powders, and Pepsi Cola, has so far only drawn up sample ads for TV. Some of these have been exclusively leaked to our team of reporters. 1. The Soft Sell:
Soft music in a red sunset. Camera pans across the skyline of Birmingham's famous bullring. An American voice heavy with masculine assurance eases its way onto the screen.
'Hello there, indigenous population. All your life you have longed for security. The security which means you don't worry about your children flunking at school. The security which means your wife doesn't have to go out looking for work. The security that your family is exactly where you know you can find them.
'Now you can have all this and still win yourself the Cruise of a lifetime. Just four minutes - yes, that's right, four minutes - after hearing this noise your worries will be at an end.' (Camera focuses in on loudspeakers in public square. - The loudspeaker alerts the attention of passers by with a two tone bell like sound.
A woman's voice, dripping with charm delivers the message.) • 'Hello everyone. Those of you with nuclear shelters within easy reach should now go there and wait for further instructions. Those of you who have not yet bought a shelter are asked to wait exactly where you
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