'File 6/23 Communism (Including Soviet Broadcasts, Anti-Communistic Policy and Stalinism, etc)'

Content

This file contains copies of anti-Communist publications and briefings that were produced by the Foreign Office and sent to British diplomatic posts throughout the Middle East including the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and Consulate in Muscat. It contains copies of the following documents:

• 'Foundations of Stalinism' Foreign Office Memorandum, 1948 (folios 5-13)
• 'Renewal of Atheist Propaganda in the U.S.S.R.' Confidential Foreign Office Note, 1948 (folios 15-16)
• 'The Practice of Stalinism' Foreign Office Memorandum, 1948 (folios 24-29).

On folio 3 the file contains the thoughts of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , William Rupert Hay, on anti-Communist propaganda policy in the Gulf.

On folio 19 the file contains a letter in Arabic that was written to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Muscat by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa'id bin Taymur Al Bu Sa'id, in response to a letter concerning 'atheist propaganda' in the USSR.

Extent and format

1 file (29 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 31; 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 and Arabic in Latin and Arabic 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/R/15/6/162

Former external reference(s)

File 6/23

History of this record

Date(s)

21 May 1948-24 Jul 1948 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

CommunismPropaganda

People & organisations

Foreign Office

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