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Adnan Harun Yahya

nessmen and even leaders of media outlets. The people who carried out the

propaganda behind closed doors were called the 'invisible government'. The
goal was to manipulate the masses in line with the desired direction by means

of propaganda. To achieve this, words, phrases and rhetoric were carefully
developed to appeal to the emotions, beliefs and expectations of people. Lies

were repeated as if they were simple truths.

Wellington House didn't only manipulate British public opinion during

WWI, but carried out projects for the people of other countries, as well. On
September 19, 1916, the British PM Lloyd George confirmed this truth with

the following words:

The public know only half the story. They read of the victories; the cost is con-
cealed. 264

During WWI, Wellington House propaganda bureau published 400 ar-
ticles weekly, printed in 17 languages, and produced countless books, book-

lets, and brochures. By June 1915, the number of materials printed and dis-
tributed reached some seven million. When the war ended, the bureau had

distributed 106 million pieces of material. Wellington House never had any
budget problems as the British deep state sufficiently provided it with funds.

While the initial budget was only £ 10,000 when the office was first estab-
lished, it swiftly went up and reached £ 145,000 by 1917. 265

Towards the end of the war, some British MPs began to criticize this ex-

ploitation of the media. For instance, British statesman Austen Chamberlain
said that press lost its freedom and with its freedom, it also lost its power. 266

During WWI, the main targets of this ugly propaganda were Germans
and Turks. After the war ended, both British and Belgium authorities denied

the reports that German soldiers had hung priests by church bells in Holland,
or that they had stabbed babies with bayonets. The source of this wartime
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propaganda was once again Wellington House.

Wellington House wasn't only disseminating propaganda-laden publi-
cations. It was also acting as a censorship authority overseeing the informa-

tion offered by the media. For instance, the news from the battlefield could