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PZ 5749/39(1) 'Propaganda: Articles forwarded to Persian Gulf, Kabul & Katmandu for dissemination' [‎334v] (668/715)

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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Appendix to Circular Despatch 062/1939.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[F 4802/1860/40] O
Viscount Halifax to Sir J. Crosby (Bangkok).
(No. 99.)
Sir, Foreign Office, June 7, 1939.
I HAVE read with interest your despatch No. 236 of the 10th May on the
subject of the pressure which the Germans and the Japanese appear recently to
have been applying to Siam. I agree with the opinion you express in paragraph 4
that the probability of a Japanese attack on Burma, or even on Tonkin, is highly
remote and I also share your view that the Japanese are scarcely likely to have
furnished the Siamese with authentic information as to their secret military plans.
I am, however, inclined to suspect that the reports of such plans which were
mentioned by Prince Aditya to M. Lepissier may, none the less, have emanated
from Japanese sources. Indeed, it seems probable that Japan may be adopting in
the Far East the same policy which Germany and Italy have been pursuing with
success in Europe. Japan, in fact, would seem to be engaged in the deliberate
and systematic circulation of rumours as to her predatory intentions with a view
to disturbing the international atmosphere and creating a general state of nervous
apprehension and exasperation. By this means she not only hopes in the long run
to succeed in wearing down the resistance of the Powers opposed to her, but also
to be able to judge from the degree of credence accorded to these rumours just
how high to pitch her demands at any particular moment.
2. I would suggest that you might take an early opportunity to convey
informally to Prince Aditya and M. Lepissier that we have some reason to suspect
that Japan is adopting these tactics. At your discretion you may invite them
to inform you of any other similar rumours that reach their ears, saying that your
Government would like to collect and collate as many of these reports as possible.
3. At the same time, I feel that active steps should be taken to counteract
the effect produced by the circulation of these rumours by the Japanese. Such
action might take the form whenever opportunity offers of emphasising and
drawing attention to the weaknesses inherent in the^position of Japan and of her
ideological associates. I enclose a memorandum compiled in this department
setting out some of the principal difficulties facing these three Powers at the
piesent time and I hope that this will be of use to you in your endeavours to
dissipate any exaggerated fears that may be engendered by the propagation of
alarmist stories.
You will, of course, recognise that the picture of the situation presented
i xt, 18 memoran d u p is necessarily incomplete. No mention is made there either
of the factors making for the strength of the Anti-Comintern Powers or of the
difficulties inherent m our own position. The latter are both palpable and obvious

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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' [‎334v] (668/715), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/303, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100061940185.0x000047> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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