formation was set up and this was, for the next six years, where the Australian Government was able to control what the Australian public should hear. The amount of censored information included troop movements or military plans, soldiers' letters and telephone calls monitored. Along with censoring news the Government also had the power to dismantle signs, which they did to confuse the Japanese, and to close down radio stations. Radio station 2HD was closed down because the owners who were members of Jehovah's Witnesses and their views were considered to be pacifist. The censorship bill did not sit well with most of the Australian public and people became distrustful of the information supplied by the Government, a minority of people believed that censorship was just as bad as what the enemy was doing. Many incidents that occurred throughout the six years of the war were not reported in the press. One such incident involved a fight between American and Australian soldiers in Sydney in which one soldier was killed. This incident also is important as it points to the sometimes strained feelings Australian soldiers had for their American allies. On leave in Australia they had more money than the Australians and were popular with the local girls. The bill for censorship was passed for mainly boosting the moral of the Australian public though many people now believe that censorship was introduced to serve the governments own purposes.
             At the start of the War, feelings of patriotism for Australia led people to suspect anyone in Australia who had come from enemy countries. Even though these people had lived in Australia for many years or even been born here, they were classified as enemy aliens and placed into internment camps around Australia. The National Security Act 1939 gave the Commonwealth Government power to intern anyone with questionable motives. Enemy aliens were placed into three categories A, B, C and D. C...