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PZ 5749/39(1) 'Propaganda: Articles forwarded to Persian Gulf, Kabul & Katmandu for dissemination' [‎240r] (479/715)

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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Circulation:-
Copies to be sent to Political
Resident, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Political
-Agent, Bahrain, by Air Mail on 27th
October, 1939.
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i&I GLAIR.
P.S. to U.SoS.
Mr. Crombie
Mr. Gibson
Burma Office
P.d J. Department
Sir C. Kisch
Walton
H.V. Hodson
J.F. Gennings
L.P. Rushbrook Williams
Billcliffe
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Mr.
Mr.
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Mr.
“Bpares
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COPY OP 'i'MLKGRAa ij^oa feac^QaryJof State to
Government of Inal'S LU1 "nax Affairs
Department, iio.2 604, dated 27th October,
1939.
Addressed by Secretary of State for India
to Government of India and repeated to H.M. ! s
Minister at Kabul and Governor of Burma,
Defence Department, Ro:439.
Following from Ministry of Information for publicity.
Begins . According to report September last by Malysheff Soviet
Commissar for the construction of heavy machinery plan of
production has not been achieved either during 1938 or since.
Inadequate utilisation of capacity of locomotive building works,
waste of raw material and machinery, quality of turnout below
minimum standard, lathes worked only 45 percent of capacity,
percentage of spoiled work high equivalent at Mu dal Kinoff works
to value 20 million roubles 1938-39 Equivalent sum estimated
value of rejected scrap lying about works yard. At Kolomna
works spoilt output valued 900 thousand roubles and waste of work
on lathes 300 thousand hours equivalent to eighty locomotives.
Lathes out of action for 62 thousand working hours. Out of
1867 engine builders at Kolomna about thousand occupied on
repairing defective work. Mouldings case whole not assembled
percentage condemned castings and v/astage enormous. Twenty
percent rails useless Foregoing facts indicating Russia's transport
difficulties significant commentary on Soviet-Hazi Pact. Ends .
Government of India asked to send to Katmandu and to inform
Air. Hennessy.
COPY SEN
of
SENT BY AIR MAB.

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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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PZ 5749/39(1) 'Propaganda: Articles forwarded to Persian Gulf, Kabul & Katmandu for dissemination' [‎240r] (479/715), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/303, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100061940184.0x000052> [accessed 30 March 2024]

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