'File 4/10 B.B.C. broadcasts' [5r] (11/20)
The record is made up of 1 file (8 folios). It was created in 10 Aug 1947-17 Sep 1947. 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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COKFIDEKTIAL
P.O. Ho.l514-a
THE
RESIDENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
,
BAHRAIN
the 17th August, 1947.
My Dear Donaldsnn, (-
\> •
l^f^lose copy of a demi-official
letter O .C/RS4, dated the 10th AugHst, 1947, from Ranee
on the subject of a statement recently broadesst in the
Arabic service of the B.B.C.
The Shaikn or r^uwait is the only Persisn
Gulf Ruler who has visited Ibn Saud recently and while it is
iuito probable that the activities of Jews in Palestine and
counter-measures were freely discussed (vide correstondence ^ ^
connected with
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Printed Letter No.1356-S7^dated
fZjHl
i,; 1 - 1 1^47), you may wish to draw the attention
oi the 1:0 the fact that the statement broadcast was
far from accurate. The B.B.C. has a high reputation for the
reliability of their broadcasts, and for them to broadcast
news which in the area to which it relates is so obviously
known to be inaccurate is damaging to this reputation.
^ours sincerely,
3d/- A.C. Galloway.
E.P. Donaldson, Esquire, C.M.G.,
Commonwealth Relations Office ,
King Charles Street,
WHITEHALL,
I
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The file contains an investigation into a news report on the radio, transmitted by the British Broadcasting Corporation (B.B.C.) Arabic Service on 10 August 1947, concerning the Sheikh of Kuwait’s visit to Saudi Arabia.
The file includes: an English translation of the news broadcast, reporting an agreement between the Sheikhs of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and others to boycott Zionist goods and prohibit their transit through Saudi Arabia; a confidential exchange of letters about the inaccuracy of the news report, between Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway ( Acting 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. , Bahrain) and the Commonwealth Relations Office, London; a letter from Donald Stephenson (Director of Eastern Services, B.B.C.) stating that the Arabic News Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Cairo had failed to indicate the speculative nature of the information provided.
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- 1 file (8 folios)
- Arrangement
File papers are arranged chronologically. At the end of the file is half a page of file notes listing all documents in the file. The list also records the reference number ‘3’ which has been written in red crayon and encircled, on one of the items of correspondence in the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: numbered 1 to 9 in pencil in the top right hand corner and encircled. The numbering starts at the front of the file, on the first file enclosure (f.1) and ends on the inside cover at the back of the file (f.9). The front file cover is not foliated.
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- IOR/R/15/2/931
- Title
- 'File 4/10 B.B.C. broadcasts'
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- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:6v, 8r:8v, back, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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