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Coll 6/78 'Italian propaganda amongst the Arabs.' [161r] (323/461)
The record is made up of 1 file (228 folios). It was created in 2 Jul 1936-2 Sep 1938. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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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iuiclosure Ho. 1 to Mi" F.M. Roberts* despatch Ho. 273 of 22nd Dec. 1936
The ao-callet; Fascist schools In Addis Ababe are not
schools In reality, but have bean established for propaganda
purposes, as the following facts will explain:-
v
At the time when the "Scuola del Littorio" for adults
was opened by the w Fascio di Combatt linen to di Addis Abeba"
come 2500 men were accepted and registered. The reason why
so many men registered themselves in the school at once was
to ©scape imprisonment for minor offences and evade compulsory
enlistment for military services. But after a month or two
they were forced to go to the various military quarters to
be trained as soldiers, or as auxiliaries to the carabineers.
Those who were trained as soldiers were sent to various
places to fi^ht, and those wh^Yere trained as auxiliaries
to the carabineers were employed as traffic police and can
be seen on the streets with red bands around their waist
and across their shoulders.
There are at present 150 boys in the school, who
are only given oral lessons from time to time. No books
etc. are supplied. No regular attendance is made by the
boys.
The following was the programme for the school, but it
is not carried out:-
P. N. F.
Fascio di Combattlmento di Addis Ababa.
Souola dal Littorio.
.......
Programme to be carried out - Pupils knowing Amharic.
(1) political Kducatlon . Supreme authorities t His
f^ajesty the King tefciperor, His Kxcellency the Due©.
Constituted authority, political, civil and
military.
(8) scholastic Programme . Practical spoken language with
/ elements
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This file documents steps considered and taken by the British to combat reported Italian anti-British propaganda and disseminate pro-British propaganda in the Middle East and beyond.
The file's principal correspondents are the following: His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (Eric Drummond); the British Consul-General, Addis Ababa (Hugh Stonehewer Bird); His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires, Addis Ababa (Patrick Maxwell Roberts); the British Consul-General, Batavia (Henry Fitzmaurice); His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Reader William Bullard); officials of the Foreign Office, 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 Government of India's External Affairs Department.
Included in the correspondence is discussion of the following:
- Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] views on Italian activities in the Middle East.
- The movements of Shakib Arslan of the Syria Palestine Islamic League, including his reported visit to Rome in November 1936.
- The Italian regime in Ethiopia (including its education system) and the effect of Italian propaganda on Ethiopia's Muslim population.
- Reports of the publication of a manifesto in Libya that claims for Mussolini the title of 'Protector of Islam'.
- Accounts of speeches and statements given by Mussolini regarding Italy's attitude towards Muslim populations.
- Reported Italian sympathies amongst the Arab population in Palestine.
- Reports of Italian-inspired anti-British propaganda in the Dutch East Indies (mainly in Java), and the possibility of counteracting its effect on the local Arab population by sending pro-British Arabic periodicals to influential Arab residents there (also considered is the possibility of sending visitors from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to deliver pro-British lectures).
- Italian propaganda regarding the financial assistance provided by the Italian authorities for Ethiopian Muslims to make the pilgrimage to Mecca.
- Steps taken by the British authorities in Alexandria to combat anti-British propaganda in Egypt, which include establishing a pro-British magazine named Zahrat el Sharq .
The Arabic language material consists of a copy of the first issue of the aforementioned magazine, Zahrat el Sharq , dated 18 July 1938 and mainly consisting of pro-British propaganda. The French language material consists of several items of correspondence and a copy of a text which translates into English as 'Islam Policy of Italy'.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 2).
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- 1 file (228 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 229; 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 2-229; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- Coll 6/78 'Italian propaganda amongst the Arabs.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:11v, 12ar:12av, 12r:47v, 50r:55v, 59r:66v, 71r:71v, 73r:89v, 91r:93v, 97r:105v, 108r:109v, 112r:112v, 127r:134v, 136r:200v, 203r:214v, 226r:229v, back
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