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‘File 28/7 II War: Propaganda – Local Opinion’ [‎14r] (27/686)

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The record is made up of 1 file (341 folios). It was created in 12 Mar 1942-12 Aug 1944. 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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understood voice using the local dialect of Arabic-and
therefore preferable, by local standards, to the machine-
gun tempo of an unfamiliar accent.
6. In all publicity centres visited, the dispensing
of hospitality as a means of cultivating friendly public
relations was a regular and popular Institution. In Cairo,
at Miss Freya Stark’s house, I attended a coclrtail-party
at which a hundred or more guests, mostly Egyptians,were
invited to listen to a lecture on ’Pre-Islamic Arabian
Poetry* by a professor of the University (an Egyptian).
In the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , parallel activities, less
elaborate and suitably modified - e.g. ’tea-parties with
film-showing’,would be a useful innovation, especially if
youth can be attracted: for it Is the rising generation
that seems generally to be regarded as illdlsposed to the
British cause: and, in a long term view, merits our interest
now.
Post instruments of propaganda are in one way or
other of foreign design > and values as between Middle East
countries vary. There Is one instrument which Is Indigenous
to Arabia - the Majlis. It is perfectly adapted^ for
propaganda purposes,and has a disproportionate importance
in societies such as ours with roots in a patriarchal
culture, and where opinion is fashioned by the few . In
the development of the Majlis there Is wide scope. Inadequ
ate offices in Bahrain would alone heve made It impossible
for my predecessor to set aside a Majlis room - a carpetted
room furnished with coffee appurtenances to provide
welcome reception in the time honoured Arabian manner.
Adequate office premises should also have a sizable public
room on the street level, where Arabic posters, magazines,
newspapers, and the latest news-bulletin In Arabic would
be displayed - the last-named subject to the agencies of
monitoring being available, (vide para 4)

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The file, a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 28/7 I War: Propaganda: local opinion’ (IOR/R/15/2/687), comprises reports and correspondence concerning: the dissemination of pro-British and Allied propaganda in Bahrain and the wider Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region, as prepared and coordinated by the Publicity Office in Bahrain; the reception and impact of propaganda (Allied and Axis) on local public opinion in Bahrain. The propaganda covers events from Germany’s advances in Russia and Japan’s advances in the Indian Ocean in early 1942, to the Allied Landings in Normandy in June 1944. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Public Relations Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Bertram Sidney Thomas); the 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. at Bahrain (Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban; Edward Birkbeck Wakefield; Major Tom Hickinbotham); and 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior).

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1 file (341 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 315-342) mirror the chronological arrangement.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 343; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-314; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 315-342.

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