Coll 35/25 'Broadcasting of anti-British propaganda in the Middle East, Persian Gulf, NWF and Central Asia, etc. Broadcasts in Arabic by B.B.C.' [‎103v] (211/866)

Content

This file contains correspondence regarding broadcasts made by Radio Bari (the Italian Government's Arabic language radio station) and their reception in Bahrain and Kuwait. It also contains discussions concerning the proposed establishment of a British Government Arabic language radio service, based in Cyprus. Much of the earlier correspondence in the file relates to Soviet radio broadcasts in the Middle East. The correspondence is primarily between British Government officials in India, Britain and the Gulf, but also includes correspondence with BBC officials.

In addition to this correspondence, the file contains the following:

• 'Notes on a Meeting Held in the Council Chamber, Broadcasting House, on Wednesday 11th August, 1937, At 3.00 p.m., to Discuss the Use of Foreign Languages in the Empire Service' (folios 43-45)
• 'The British Broadcasting Corporation, Suggested Use of Languages Other Than English in the Empire Service. Report of the Sub-Committee on the most convenient method of introducing news bulletins in foreign languages into the Empire Service' (folios 55-61)
• 'Memorandum on the possibility of introducing an Arabic Broadcast News Service for the Colony and Protectorate of Aden' 1937 (folios 67-68)
• 'Note on propaganda in Eastern Countries and Foreign Activities in the Near and Middle East' War Office, 1937 (folios 89-102)
• 'Notes on a Meeting Held in the Council Chamber, Broadcasting House, on Tuesday 13th April 1937, At 2.30 p.m., to Discuss the Use of Foreign Languages in the Empire Service' (folios 106-108)
• General Catalogue of Arabic Recordings of Odeon Records (folios 126-199) in French
• 'The British Broadcasting Corporation, The suggested use of languages other than English in the Empire Service' (folios 202-236)
• 'Record of a broadcast from the Trades-Union Radio Station, Moscow (Monday 17th July 1933, 11 p.m. Moscow Time, Tuesday, 18th July, 1.30 A.M. I.S. Time.)' (folios 339-347)
• Minutes from several meetings of the Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East.

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.

Extent and format

1 file (428 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 (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 430; 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.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

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