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PZ 7261/39 'Kabul Mail: inclusion in India Office bag of papers, etc, for members of Legation Staff, etc' [2r] (3/48)
The record is made up of 1 file (22 folios). It was created in 20 Nov 1939-10 Feb 1943. 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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Ext, 693/43.
DRAFT LETTER
C* Drew, Esq.,
Finance Division,
Ministry of Information,
Malet Street, W*1.
4^%.. 194,3
Will you please refer to your letter of
14th January, regarding certain periodicals
To Kabul No. 17 dated 19th
January.
From ” No. 27 dated 2nd
supplied by your Office to the Legation at Kabul.
2. I now enclose a copy of telegrams exchanged
with H.M. Minister from which you will see that
the supply of periodicals may be discontinued
forthwith. I shall be grateful if you will
pass on this information to the right quarter.
3. I am returning the quarterly account foZ
December 1942, enclosed with your letter^ for
adjustment by you as agreed by Prof. Sushbrook
X
Williams in his demi-official letter to Mr.
Crombie at this Office, unnuiabered^'dated 23rd
November, 1940.
iSd.) C. ROLFE
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This file contains correspondence relating to the acquisition of 'certain periodicals' for the British Legation at Kabul for 'propaganda purposes' during the Second World War (1939-1945). The correspondence mainly details the dispute over which department should be liable for purchasing the periodicals. The earlier letters discuss procedures for ensuring the prompt arrival of the periodicals in Kabul to enable the British Legation to keep abreast of the latest news.
The main correspondents are HM Minister at Kabul, the Ministry of Information, the 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. , and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (22 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 24; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/316
- Title
- PZ 7261/39 'Kabul Mail: inclusion in India Office bag of papers, etc, for members of Legation Staff, etc'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:16v, 19r:23v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence