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Loose lips might sink ships poster

Loose lips might sink ships poster

The German raiders' strikes against shipping in the South Pacific fuelled fears that enemy spies were operating in local ports. Posters, like this one, warned the New Zealand public not to talk about shipping movements to anyone - as the popular wartime saying went, 'loose lips might sink ships'.

Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: Eph-D-WAR-WII-1941-02
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