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Civil Censorship Detachment
The
Civil
Censorship
Department
was created within the Civil Intelligence Section of the
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
. It exercised considerable
influence
over the
operation
and
administration
of the
American Occupation of Japan
after
World War II
.
Much of its
records
are housed in the
Gordon
W.
Prange Collection
in the
Hornbake Library
at the
University of Maryland
.