"Experience has shown that the best distraction is atrocity propaganda directed against the enemy."
"Your cooperation is therefore earnestly sought to distract public attention from the doings of the Red Army by your wholehearted support of various charges against the Germans and Japanese which have been and will be put into circulation by the Ministry."
The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 14 Dec. 1937, Page 12
Japanese Pair Tied In Race To Be First To Kill 100 Chinese
TOKIO, Dec 13(AP)―The two Japanese lieutenants racing to see which first could kill 100 Chinese soldiers ...