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Originally Posted by The Mouth of Sauron
Consider what Beregond said to Pippin at Minas Tirith, before the siege : "Things move in the East beyond the Inland Sea, it is reported ; and north in Mirkwood and beyond ; and south in Harad".
How did Beregond get this information ? Certainly not via Denethor's use of the Palantir, which was secret. There must therefore have been some travelling to and from Gondor and these other parts of Middle Earth.
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Though the ultimate source of Denethor's knowledge was indeed secret, I think he did have counsellors with whom he met to discuss intelligence and strategic matters. I can see rumours emanating from those meetings filtering down to the citizenry.