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PZ 5749/39(1) 'Propaganda: Articles forwarded to Persian Gulf, Kabul & Katmandu for dissemination' [‎83r] (165/715)

The record is made up of 1 file (357 folios). It was created in 10 Aug 1939-27 Dec 1941. It was written in English, French and Arabic. 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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Coi-'I UP i'AIjJGRAM Prom Secretary of State
to Director General of Information,
Home Department, Government of India?
No3533, dated 23rd December, 1939.
Addressed by Secretary of State for India
to Government of India and repeated to
HoM.'s Minister at Kabul and Governor of
Burma, Defence Department, No M, 604, and
by Government of India, to Katmandu-
Copies air-mailed to 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. and Political .Agent,
Bahrain.
Following from Ministry of Information for pu.olic.ityo
Begins. Observed London today that whereas British Navy
has been hitherto operating quietly and has only come to
light as result some specific incident news now released
permits full scope extent her power to stand revealed.
Not only as Manchester Guardian observes referring scuttling
Graf' Spee attack on Koln class cruiser can "neutrals now see
at mouths two rivers in two hemispheres how we have once more
well proved our claim to be supreme at sea" but also British
Davy has been successfully engaged in gigantic task conveying
first contingent Canadian forces across Atlantic. A navy
which can successfully carry out three such diversely arduous
tasks over wide area .is clearly master of the sea. Mnds.
RECd. POL. DEPt.
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The file contains correspondence, mainly telegrams, relating to British propaganda forwarded to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for dissemination.

It largely consists of weekly telegrams from the Secretary of State for India, London, to the Government of India and others. The telegrams contain Ministry of Information news items about the war in Europe (Second World War) and how to communicate them in press, publicity and public relations work overseas. Recipients include the Government of India’s Bureau of Public Information; the Publicity Officer, Bahrain; and HM Minister, Kabul.

The file also includes an extract (in Arabic translation and French original) from the book Redressement économique et Industrialisation de la Nouvelle Turquie , by Orhan Conker and Emile Witmeur, published Paris, 1937. The title is also referred to in English as 'Economic Recovery and Industrialization of New Turkey'.

The file includes two dividers, which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (357 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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English, French and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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