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PZ 5749/39(1) 'Propaganda: Articles forwarded to Persian Gulf, Kabul & Katmandu for dissemination' [348r] (695/715)
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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were launched early in 1939 and will be completed next year.
Another battleship of the same class (of the 1937 prograrane)
T)uke__qf York will be launched by Her Kajesty the f.ueen
on September 16th. The two remaining 35,000 ton battleships
of the 1937 programme H.!.. Jellicoe and H.LuS. Beattv will
toe launched shortly aftero
Meanwhile the 30,000 ton battleship H.Ii.O. li'arsnj te
(with eight 15" guns) completed her modernization in 1937 and
has been entirely re-engined and re-boilered. Anti-aircraft
armour and protection wa£ very greatly increased and hangars
and catapults were added to enable her to accomodate three to
four aircraft.
The sane process of complete modernization is toeing
carried out on her sister ships Valiant (to be
completed January, 1940,) and Queen Elizabeth (to be completed
toy the middle of 1940)
Battlecruisers.
The complete modernization of H.If.S. Rennl se and
mii-.S. Henown, thirty knot battlecruisers of 32,000 tons
mounting eight 15" guns, has also been carried out. These
vessels are to all intents and purposes new ships and it may
be noted that on the modernization of H.K.3. Renown as much
as £3,088,008 we« spent as compared with an original
cost of £3,117,204.
These two vessels form part, with the 42,000 ton
battlecruiser H.K.3. Hood, of the battlecruiser squadron of
the Home Fleet.
In addition to these new vessels the construction of
four 40,000 ton battleships mounting 16" guns is progressing
well.
Air-craft
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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)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Written in
- English, French and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/12/303
- Title
- PZ 5749/39(1) 'Propaganda: Articles forwarded to Persian Gulf, Kabul & Katmandu for dissemination'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:110v, 112r:115v, 118r:318v, 322r:357r, 358v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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