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‘File 4/3 (1.a/51) Propaganda’ [‎3r] (7/194)

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The record is made up of 1 file (95 folios). It was created in 14 Dec 1940-23 Jul 1949. 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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Telegram "Q"
No
From ^ Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain.
To 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. , Bushire
No. ^ 6 1
To
Dated
17th December 1940
I am anxious for periodical cinema performances
to be held in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. with a view to contacting the
right type of younger Arabs here. Publicity Officer is
however without cinema and the one fortnightly news reel
offered by Middle East seems inadequate. Perhaps His
Majesty's Government night be approached to place at
our disposal adequate sum for purchase of standard cinema
and for hire of suitable films direct from distributors
in India.
P. If sanction reaches Bahrain by January 1st
equipment can be obtained at nearly 50^ saving from
the United States of America. A grant of Fs 15,000
for this purpose and for hire and purchase of films
should suffice in first instance.
3. Films offered by Middle East seem inadequate
and performances might consist of news reel, propaganda
film and full length film of pro-British tendency.
Ministry of Information might also be asked to s end a
good supply of war films for use by Publicity Officer.
Government of India may have a number of these in their
possession v/hich could be sent at once.
- Political -
Copy to Publicity Officer
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The file contains exchanges of secret and confidential letters, memoranda and telegrams, mainly between Major Reginald George Evelyn William Alban and his successor Cornelius James Pelly (British Political Agents, Bahrain); Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior ( 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. , Bushire); Major Tom Hickinbotham and his successor A.L.A. Dredge, (Public Relations Officers in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bahrain); Captain J.B. Howes (Publicity Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bahrain then Deputy Secretary, Government of India Information and Broadcasting Department, New Delhi).

File correspondence discusses: the script and arrangements for making a British public information film about the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , by an Indian film unit, in 1945; requests for funds to develop a recreation ground and provide a cinema in Bahrain, in order to promote social contact between the British, Arabs and Persians, 1940-1941; and compiling a list of Sheikhs in Bahrain and Qatar and also Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Rulers, who would appreciate a supply of Arabic literature from the Public Relations Office in Bahrain, 1949. There is also a copy of the minutes of a meeting of the Public Information Committee held in the Public Information Office, Bahrain on 12 January 1941 (ff.6-8).

The file also contains policies, plans, information and guidance relating to publicity work in the Middle East which were circulated to British officials in the region by the Ministry of Information in London and Cairo. These include British propaganda policy and planning for Persia 1944-1945 by the Overseas Planning Committee; information about British publicity work in Palestine; notes for making public statements about the political assassination of Lord Moyne (British Minister Resident in the Middle East) in Cairo on 6 November 1944; French claims in the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. , 1945; and participation by Syria and Lebanon in the United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, 1945.

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1 file (95 folios)
Arrangement

File papers are arranged chronologically. The notes at the end of the file contain two lists of file contents. The first list (ff.93-94) records the reference numbers 1 to 44 (with gaps) which have been written in pencil or blue crayon on most of the documents, starting at the front of the file. The second list (ff.94-95) records reference numbers that refer to papers at the end of the file. The reference numbers help to identify and locate these documents in the file.

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Foliation: numbered 1 to 95 in pencil in the top right hand corner. The numbering starts at the front of the file, on the first file enclosure (f.1) and ends on the last file enclosure (f.95) at the back of the file. The front file cover is not foliated.

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