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PZ 2123/40 'Wartime censorship: intercepted letters' [8r] (15/22)
The record is made up of 1 file (9 folios). It was created in 12 Apr 1940-5 May 1941. 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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COPY of letter from :•
to
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COPY. -
Banque Ottomane #
Boite Postale No«1385«*G#
(j&lat& 9 Istanbul*
Direction della B^ nke Millie Af|hW|
Kal
Dated January 4 f 1940*
Confidential#
Sirs,
We have the honour^b send you under this cover, a
telegraphic key for use in verifying the despatches we shall
have'to exchange mutually#
, By a subsequent mail we shall indicate the conventional
cipher which should enter into the composition of this xxey,
which will be put in force from January 30 1940#
The import nee and confidential character of this document
make it superfluous for us to insist on the n'-ces ity of taking
precautions thfct it shall be entrusted only to persons
authorized by you f
Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter and accept
our best greeting#
BAN IK OTTOMANS.
Per Cor r espondent!,
Acknowledge receipt of the key
* • " Cipher
IsUJibul*
Gtelata, le 4 Janvier 194
ifllairr phio Key*
In force fran January 30, 1940 rteciprocal between
The Ottomane .Bank, Gte.le.ta, Istaiioul and
The Bank Uillie 'f^han at Kabul.
Plaaae keet t ia k 9 v a fe fra» QVcry
•[‘*Wra hie Acu-.resa .
•OTTOffiANKS"
ISTANBUL
" BANK M T XI * .
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- Content
This file contains various excerpts from, and full translations of, letters sent during the Second World War and intercepted by the Government of India. The file includes:
- a letter from a member of staff from LM Ericsson relating to the sale and shipping of fuses to the Royal Ministry of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones in Kabul
- an excerpt of a letter from an employee of the Ministry of Public Works in Kabul about the working experience of European staff
- a letter from Willi Berger of Kabul regarding the export of goods after the war
- a letter from the Ottoman Bank to Banke Millie in Kabul which includes a telegraphic key and cipher.
The letters are forwarded between government officials including the Chief Censor for India; the General Staff Branch (Censor Section) at the Army Head Quarters in India; Cecil Arthur Grant Savidge (the Under-Secretary to the Government of India); and HM Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkey.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (9 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 11; 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/12/368
- Title
- PZ 2123/40 'Wartime censorship: intercepted letters'
- Pages
- 8r:10v
- Author
- Ottoman Bank xx Imperial Ottoman Bank
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