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PZ 8239/33 ‘Persian Gulf: Qn [Question] of supply of Press Cuttings to Bushire’ [‎43r] (100/106)

The record is made up of 1 file (43 folios). It was created in 8 Dec 1933-22 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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BUSHIRE, Rth December 1933.
D.O.No.1P83-3 of 1933.
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Vith reference to the famous Evening *
Standard paragraph which has caused such a rumpus
in Tehran. Do you think that you could send me a
copy?
2. We have not been subscribing to a Press
Cutting Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , partly on financial grounds and partly
owincr +o the extra labour involved in sorting out the
amount of trivial matter with which such Agencies
generally inundate one. Now, however, that the Gulf
is becoming ’news* and receiving the attention of the
Press it might be worth our while subscribing to a good
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . Could you very kindly recommend one t o me
with their rates: doubtless the Information Department
of 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. are in touch with several.
J.G.Laithwaite Esquire,
'Die 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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The file contains mainly correspondence and notes by 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. officials in London, relating to their enquiries and arrangements for the subscription, payment and supply of British press cuttings containing news coverage of Persia and the Arab States of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in 1934-1935 and again in 1940-1941. The press cuttings service was requested by 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. . In addition to the correspondence between 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. , London 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. at Bushire, there are a few letters from the Accountant General at 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. in London to the Accountant General, Government of India, Central Revenues, New Delhi regarding method of payment for the press cuttings service. There are also exchanges of letters between the Information Officer at 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. in London and the manager of Durrant’s Press Cuttings, Holborn, London, who provided the service to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. on both occasions.

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1 file (43 folios)
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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 commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 43; these numbers are written in pencil 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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