مجموعة ٢٩/ ٦٣ "مفوضية طهران: تعيين ملحق عسكري ومساعد؛ الوضع، شروط التعيين، إلخ" [و‎‎١‎٩] (١٠١/٣٨)

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DrtAFT LliTTEit
C./V. Baxter, Esq., C.M.G., M.C.,
Foreign Office,
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JUN 1941
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18 JUN mi
Would you^iplease refer to the Government of
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India's telegram cjf the 3rd June, No.2613, on the subject
of propaganda in Afghanistan and Iran, a copy of which
was sent to you ori the 4th June under this Office
No. Ext.3063/41. ; This correspondence arose originally
from an enquiry addressed to the Government of India on
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the 29th March by the Secretary of State, who desired to
be assured that the Minister in Kabul now had at his
disposal all the funds necessary for propaganda purposes,
and asxed for a brief telegraphic report on the
situation generally. The Government of India in their
I’gply of the 4rtii April, No.1550, said that they had
sanctioned extra finds for Fraser-Tytler to the extent of
1,39,000 Rupees peb annum and in addition had sanctioned
the sum of 3^ lakhs for their new Foreign Information
Bureau> mainly for the supply of propaganda literature
etc. in French, English and Persian, which owing to the
present attitude od the Afghan Government would have to
be distributed at ihe outset across the frontier from
India.
2. The Government of India's present telegram takes
the matter further. The Foreign Information Bureau is
now working and material is being produced which is
designed not only for Afghanistan but also for Iran. The
main difficulty ini both countries is that of distribution,
and in order to buy our way against opposition, the
Government of Indict are prepared to increase the 3i lakhs
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which they had sanctioned for the Bureau to 10 lakhs per
(10337) Wt.l40D4/P.164 10,000 3/39 A.& E.W.Ltd. Gp.685
(11764) Wt.2Q696/P.282 10,000 9/39
annum/