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(b) I can also supply (by air) the weekly edition of our Baghdad
daily press summary in Arabic derived from Reuters and the London
hress Service. Feature articles supplied to the Iraq press would
be included. ^
F r ? pos ® P ubli sh an Arabic magazine in Baghdad. We
tiope that this will appear shortly.
?r ^ ^- L ^ ls will be the subject of a separate report by
pr0 ^ c ^ or T s T are in store. Two unused are to be sent to
aghdad addressed to H.B.i^'s Ambassador for listing. Two are tc b^
sent to Cairo. All are marked accordingly.
R T- re aiviae ^ into three:- (a) to be retained in
(o) xo be scrapped and thwown into the sea and (c) to
be sent to Cairo for copies to be made.
, v /! '-^se films to be retained will be hired out to local cinema^
and constitute a library for future official use if and when the
mobile unit is received.
10. 6s Services
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(a) il.M.G. may decide that Bahrain (and Kuwait) should receive-
daily Reuters and tne London Press Service.
^ I understand that Messrs. Cable and Wireless could undertake
he reception given Hell machines and the additional staff required.
11. bro adcastinp (from Bahrain)
_ (a) If the local service is revived it should be in H.H. the
Euler's name, his service In fact.
for ( H ) .H-s m use OUld ^ purchased b y from Cable and Wireless
(t) iwo microphones and a transformer are available in the I O't!
sCaUor 8130 ^ 0rigiMl " Studi0 " #t the Cab^e and Wire^ss
nittPP i ^n?H S v re ?00 - ^ the Island a medium wave trans-
dlstant areas of r the Gulf. Sh0rt W0Uld also be for -re
/ . r "" "ould be advised to instal cheap communal receivine set.q
on a fixed wave-length in the villages on the Island to pick ul
masters. 3 n " lhey might be su P e rvised by the local school-
dail y programme from say 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. or 8 d t , mioht
consist ^oi readings from the Koran, talks by local notibl ' Zr-
riiubic i,: or whi ch^a turntable and records would be renuiredl'anr 1 *'
news service to be prepared under the supervision of the I 0 and
derived from local sources, Reuters and the Lor don Press ^rvicef
ADDENDA
Q^v,o^i' d0 - J s ; iould . be asked to supply "suitable material for the 4 eirls
schools in Bahrain and also for the boys Technical School.
j" 1116 ^^itish Council no longer sends books tc the Hostel librarv
cMnf e +' t 1 f olitica l Resident approach the British Council'
asking them to rescind the order.' The books are most valuable?
Mr.^Belgrave^tvide^8(a) train ^ Ar8blC Edit0r & Com P oslt °r for
Urabfc^ress? to ?he B8ghcisd press Extracts •
Reading Cm!' al^ev^T? ^ ^
for limited circulation amongst British people onlv. ' nded