(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT). TO BE KEPT UNDER LOCK & KEY. It is requested that special care may be taken to ensure the secrecy of this document. S E C R E T. [P.R.(40) 17.] J.I.C.(40) 241. COPY NO. 25 14TH AUGUST, 1940. WAR CABINET. JOINT INTELLIGENCE SUB-COMMITTEE. PROPAGANDA SUGGESTIONS. Memorandum by the War Office. The Germans are being told continually by their Press and Wireless that Britain is completely blockaded, that no British shipping can sail the narrow seas because of the power of the German Navy and Air Force, and that consequently the British people are on the verge of starvation.