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PZ 5749/39(1) 'Propaganda: Articles forwarded to Persian Gulf, Kabul & Katmandu for dissemination' [‎336v] (672/715)

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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she is not subjected to pressure from outside. In this period of two or three years
it is essential that she should be able to proceed unhindered to the development
of the resources of the regions she has occupied, if she is to extricate herself
successfully from her present economic difficulties.
It will therefore be seen that the margin by which Japan may yet hope to
achieve success in China is a narrow one and that there are factors which may
tend to upset her plans. In fact, there seem to be recent indications that she is
more anxious about the future than the above estimate of her position would
lead one to assume. To extend the zone of hostilities and to increase her economic
commitments would endanger her position still further.
As regards morale, the Japanese people have been undergoing considerable
emotional strain for nearly eight years, and that strain has been intensified
during the past two years. They are a people of brief enthusiasms, and there
seems to be evidence that the proportion of the population which is heartily sick
of war, and which would view any extension of it with the utmost dismay, is
steadily increasing. This is not to say that the people would not obey if they
were directed to engage in war with any additional Power or Powers. But it
does mean that there is a gradual weakening of the will to fight, and consequent
decline in the prestige of the military extremists.
In any hostilities which she might contemplate in the south, Japan could
not for one moment afford to disregard the U.S.S.R., with whom she is on the
worst possible terms, and at times in open, if limited and local, conflict. A
certain proportion of her naval, military and air forces would therefore always
have to be kept in reserve, even should Russia remain neutral, and the proportion
(at any rate of military and air forces) would have to be vastly increased in the
event of war. .
The attitude of America, to whom Japan sends a large proportion ot her
exports and upon whom she is dependent for certain imports, would be bound
to have an overwhelming influence on Japanese policy. Unprovoked aggression
in the south would result, at the least, in the loss of American friendship, and
Japan cannot rule out the possibility of actual hostile action.
The result of a conflict with the democratic Powers would therefore be a
total loss of trade (including essential supplies of oil and rubber and certain
metals) with those countries, and probably with America, and the dispersal of
Japanese forces to such an extent that it would be difficult for her to achieve
more than local or tactical successes. As against that, her possible allies,
Germany and Italy, while they might contain for a time forces otheiwise destined
for the Far East, could be expected to render no material assistance, nor to
replace the trade and raw material lost to Japan by her conflict with the
democracies.

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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' [‎336v] (672/715), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/303, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100061940185.0x00004b> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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