§ The following publicity material was made available for use by United Kingdom Information Offices throughout the Commonwealth in the months preceding the Conference:—
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Publications:
A wide range of reference pamphlets covering all aspects of Education in the Commonwealth and in the United Kingdom Dependencies, including copies of a booklet specially written for the Conference called "Commonwealth Education—The United Kingdom Contribution".
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Press Articles:
A series of Articles by eminent British educationalists and special correspondents.
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Television:
Interviews with the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations and the Minister of Education. (For Canada and Australia). The Conference has been given special coverage in the British Television News.
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Radio Recording:
Tape recordings of interviews with the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations and the Minister of Education together with recordings of special talks by correspondents. A recording of an interview with the Under-Secretary of State for Scotland.
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Films:
Prints of the film "Learning in Britain
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PRESS RELATIONS
The Conference was introduced at a Press Conference held in London by the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, the Minister of Education and the Under-Secretary of State for Scotland at which a wide range of background material was also made available.
A Press office was established in Oxford and close liaison with all sections of the Press, radio and television both at home and overseas has been maintained throughout. Daily coverage of the Conference has been given in the
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official Overseas Press Services. Other sections of the overseas side of the Central Office of Information have maintained a flow of feature articles, photographs, radio tapes and films to all posts.
Radio and television agencies, particularly the B.B.C., have made many recordings of interviews with delegates, mainly for use overseas.
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Conclusions of the Conference:
Plans are in hand to make available to the Press, radio and television full information on the results of the Conference. There will be special coverage of the Conference in the magazine "Commonwealth Today" which has an oversea distribution of over 340,000 copies per issue, and in the official newsreel called "British News". "Commonwealth Survey" is including reports on the Conference.