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'Complaint regarding repetition of "Most Secret" Foreign Office telegram' [2r] (3/12)
The record is made up of 1 file (4 folios). It was created in 28 Oct 1939-17 Jan 1940. 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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Thanks for your letter P*Z*6776/39 of November 1st* we
agree that the issue of our telegram 192 of the 27th October was
unnecessary and are sorry for the trouble that has been caused, but
as a matter of fact it was not based on the un-numbered Foreign
Office telegram of the 10th of October, but on a separate report
dated the 24th October which we received from the Director, Intelli
gence Bureau* This report was a paraphrase of an item of information
which Director, Intelligence Bureau had received from his London
link and regarding which no injunction for more than normal secrecy
had been given* I am afraid we overlooked the fact that the
Director, Intelligence Bureau*s report had already appeared almost
word for word in the long Foreign Office telegram of the 10th of
October* It was not intended to address the telegram to the India
Office, but only to repeat it, so that you might have it on record
in case Chungking or Shanghai referred to it*
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FUT.Peel, Lsquire, C*B*£*, M.C.,
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.
, London*
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INDIA OFF ICE
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The main focus of the file is a deciphered telegram (folio 5), sent from the Government of India External Affairs Department to the Secretary of State for India, which contains intelligence relating to a potential threat to British interests in Asia from Germany and Russia. The next letter, from Roland Tennyson Peel, Secretary for the Political Department in 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. , complains that this telegram repeated information which his office had already received, and that this repetition could 'compromise the intelligence source'. The final letter in the file (folio 2), from Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe in the Government of India External Affairs Department, apologises for the repetition and any trouble caused. The file was previously marked secret.
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- 1 file (4 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 6; 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/12/313
- Title
- 'Complaint regarding repetition of "Most Secret" Foreign Office telegram'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence