According to the
Ministry of Information, over 7 million books were wanted by the over 7 million books were wanted by the
Service Central Book Depot by the end of 1944.
"Good modern fiction is most urgently needed. The books we receive together with new books bought by the government are sorted by experts into field instituted libraries which we want to establish wherever they are needed. 75% of these books are fiction but they also include books on current affairs, reference and encyclopaedia's and so on. These
Libraries have already been set up in Europe and even most isolated units receive books just as they are supplied with rations. We've got books to be dropped by parachute, we besieged Malta by submarine. If you happen to go by plane or submarine all you do is to hand over as many books or magazines to your Post Office, it's not necessary to wrap, stamp or address them and you can be sure that they will reach the services and will they be welcome. Don't do it just once, keep it up regularly."
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