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Loose lips might sink ships poster

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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'.

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Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: Eph-D-WAR-WII-1941-02
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any reuse of this image.

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Loose lips might sink ships poster, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/loose-lips-might-sink-ships-poster, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated