Ext 5317/41(S) 'Co-ordination of sabotage + subversive activities in the Middle East'

IOR/L/PS/12/570

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The record is made up of 1 file (31 folios). It was created in 18 Aug 1941-29 Sep 1941. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .

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This file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, many of which are annotated by hand, between the Foreign Office and the Ministers of States stationed in Cairo, Ankara, Baghdad, Moscow, Tehran, and the Government of India. The correspondence is regarding the Sub-committee of the Middle East War Council to Co-ordinate Sabotage, Subversive and Other Secret Operations in the Middle East. Topics discussed include:

• British-Soviet relations in the Gulf.

• German threat to the Caucasus.

• Raising a Kurdish military for defence of the frontier lands with Iraq and Iran.

• The Armenian Revolutionary Federation, referred to as the Dashnaks.

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1 file (31 folios)
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Arranged by chronological order from back to front

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; 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.

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English in Latin script
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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.
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IOR/L/PS/12/570
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Ext 5317/41(S)

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18 Aug 1941-29 Sep 1941 (CE, Gregorian)

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Ext 5317/41(S) 'Co-ordination of sabotage + subversive activities in the Middle East', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/570, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000517.0x000120> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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