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Coll 35/25(4) 'Telegraphs, Postal and Wireless. Arabic broadcasts by B.B.C. and All-India Radio (including minutes of Persian Gulf Radio Listeners' Ctte)' [175r] (349/523)
The record is made up of 1 file (259 folios). It was created in 11 Jan 1940-13 Jul 1945. 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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by an ardent m % mtara'm irbareas na sail ba
aup^osel that tha British paid 'funis JHri) and Berlin are
turned on, and they receive a fair amount of attention ahen
1 m present and a good deal raore when I am absent* I believe*
I think all listeners in Kuwait like 'Berlin mm though they
know it is inaccurate after the story of the Dosbing of u^aiti
women end ohii-iren, (note play on mvim and children a^aln)*
The *tmm\ also listen for X hear the oall sign oosin^ t rots
their quarters* tt is unfortunate that we have no news at
about this hour to counteract Berlin and Bari^ broadoaats
^hioh are oonveaicntly timed before the evening aeal with the
result that their news is discussed nt the coffee-drinking
before and afterwards* Up to a point this discussion is only
natural for it 1© based on the other side of %m picture, but
listeners try to hide this from m sill quote only apolo^iti-
cally* nevertheless they sire always quoting and I cannot help
thinking that .;aore is taken in they would have sso believe*
4. 2 think a number of sen remain in the -ajlis to
listen to T.on&on whan 1 as not tnors t but I doubt if tne women
lt$%m for I have never heard the interval signal comine fro^a
their 'part of the camp* The B*.^*0 broadcast is late for ^u-^ait
and chile the mm listen attentively for s tlma while I am
there, they seldom sit the whole nmm out. 'tost of them return
to their gaaas* or cease to pay attention* when cosr-servtu on
the British and foreign press are broadcast* They cannot see
the value in these t^ugh I have done my best to explain. iy
ia^asslco 1® that the length of the mm bores them, as well
a© those eomasnta which they ooasider quit# Irrelevant* T hc
following incident serves to shat they do like* acyond
stories of raid etc. Their sttantioa mm onught bo-m two
night© ago when a^axspitc * *havi^ig been reportsd sua4 by Berlii
or lasl^» we were inforoad by lendon tliat she was actually
in Ucxandrim# The announcer and# an apt quotation from the
^oran/
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This file contains correspondence and documents related to the monitoring of local reaction to BBC Arabic radio broadcasts, notably in Bahrain. This correspondence is between officials 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. , the Ministry of Information, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait and the BBC.
In addition to this correspondence the file contains the following:
- A list of notables in Bahrain (folio 10)
- Minutes of meetings of the Bahrain Radio Listeners Committee (folios 35-36, 61,77, 90-91, 94-95, 97 ,101 ,103-104, 117, 119, 141, 145, 154, 172, 178, 197, 202, 213, 217, 226, 228, 230, 238, 248, 258)
- 'Script on Manamah, the Capital of Bahrain' (folios 241-244).
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.
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- 1 file (259 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 (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 261; 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/12/4134
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- Coll 35/25(4) 'Telegraphs, Postal and Wireless. Arabic broadcasts by B.B.C. and All-India Radio (including minutes of Persian Gulf Radio Listeners' Ctte)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 6r:15v, 17r:80v, 82r:111v, 113r:120v, 123r:124v, 126r:149v, 152r:162v, 164r:168v, 171r:178v, 180r:184v, 186r:197v, 200r:202v, 212r:213v, 216r:218v, 225r:230v, 234r:239v, 241r:261v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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