In which department of Oceana's central government does Winston work?

In which department of Oceania’s central government does Winston work? He works at the Ministry of Truth. In George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the Ministry of Truth is responsible for producing propaganda, altering historical records, and controlling information available to the public.

Winston Smith’s specific job is in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth. He revises newspapers and other documents so that the past always agrees with the Party’s current claims. When Oceania changes its enemy, for example, Winston helps replace old references so the official record appears never to have said anything different.

The ministry’s name is deliberately ironic: its work is not to discover objective truth but to manufacture whatever version of reality the Party requires. The other ministries are similarly misleading. The Ministry of Peace handles war, the Ministry of Plenty manages scarcity and rationing, and the Ministry of Love enforces loyalty through surveillance, interrogation, and punishment.