PZ 7715/39 'Middle East Intelligence Centre: Anglo Egyptian Censorship; information summaries'

Content

This summary, compiled by the Middle East Intelligence Centre, uses information received through Anglo-Egyptian censorship to provide a picture of various subjects relating to Nazi Germany including:

• Germany. Internal Conditions;
• conditions in neutral territories;
• military information;
• economic warfare;
• evasions of censorship;
• hostile Arab agents.

The information on each subject is largely drawn from intercepted correspondence, and excerpts are quoted or paraphrased throughout as evidence. It is noted at the beginning of the file that the information contained within aims to give an idea of what 'the people, as distinct from the government, are thinking'.

There are five attached appendices labelled A-E (folios 8-18). Appendices A, B, D and E are translations of intercepted letters which have previously been quoted. Appendix C is a report from the Deputy Chief Postal Censor which provides a general outline of European opinion on the Second World War based upon information read in intercepted correspondence.

Extent and format

1 file (17 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 19; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/320

Former external reference(s)

PZ 7715/39

History of this record

Date(s)

27 Nov 1939-11 Dec 1939 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Second World War (1939-1945)International relationsPublic opinionCensorship

People & organisations

Middle East Intelligence Centre

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PZ 7715/39 'Middle East Intelligence Centre: Anglo Egyptian Censorship; information summaries', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/320, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x0002c3> [accessed 26 April 2024]

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