The Albert G. Brauer Psychological Warfare Propaganda Leaflets Collection consists of 638 United States Army leaflets from the Korean War, twenty-four propaganda leaflets produced by the communist forces, various Psychological Warfare School course material, and a number of publications related to psychological warfare. 

The Propaganda Leaflets Series is divided into two subseries:  those produced by the Eighth United States Army Korea (EUSAK), Psychological Warfare Section, and those produced by the General Headquarters (GHQ), Far East Command, Military Intelligence Section's Psychological Warfare Branch which was located in Japan.  Each series is in turn divided by language: Korean or Chinese and then by the leaflet serial number assigned by the section or branch.  Each leaflet has been placed in a separate folder along with the documentation sheet prepared at the time by the section or branch staff.  These documentation sheets give the following information:  date, leaflet title, language, serial number, target, audience, remarks, art work, and an English translation of the text.  From these sheets the leaflet title, serial number and date have been recorded in this finding aid.  Only a very small number of the leaflets and documentation sheets are not original but rather photocopies.  A number of the GHQ leaflets were also issued by the EUSAK under a different serial number.  When found this was noted by the term Companion Leaflet and the other serial number.  Also, a small number of the GHQ leaflets were issued by the 1st Radio Broadcasting & Leaflet Group of the 8239th U.S. Army.

Mr. Brauer wrote some commentary for a small number of the leaflets.  Those leaflets with his notes are indicated by the symbols *, +, or #.  The * symbol indicates general notes made by Mr. Brauer, the + symbol for those leaflets intended for South Korean civilians in areas controlled by the communist forces, and the # symbol for leaflets intended for the South Korean civilian population.

The Communist Propaganda Series contains six original and eighteen photocopies of leaflets issued by the communist forces.  There is also a short commentary by Mr. Brauer on them. 

The Extension Course Series includes a number of course workbooks issued by the Army Extension and the Psychological Warfare School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  They deal with such topics as the Geneva Conventions of 1949, propaganda, leaflet writing and artwork, radio programming, propaganda analysis, psychological warfare staffs and operations, and other related topics.  The Subcourse 14 folder contains a copy of The Kazakhs:  a Background Study for Psychological Warfare, by Lawrence Krader and Ivor Wayne (1955).

The Publications Series includes a variety of miscellaneous pamphlets including several issued by the Committee for a Free Asia, Inc.  There is a book report by Tsun-chun Chang on Paul M.A. Linebarger's Psychological Warfare (2nd ed.), a 1952 article from Officer's Call titled "Psychological Warfare," and Study of Tactical Leaflets issued by The Psychological Warfare School.  Finally, there is a copy of Mr. Brauer's paper for a 1953 Georgetown University course on international relations entitled "Psychological Warfare Korea 1951."  It gives a good summary of the psychological warfare operation in Korea, techniques used, a critique of United Nations leaflets, and his conclusions on the effort in Korea. 
 

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