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1. IOR/L/PS/12/397

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/397
Title:
PZ 3506/40 'Inauguration of Tehran broadcasting station'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding Radio broadcasting in India and Iran. Included are two telegrams (folios 2 to 3) from Edward Walter Fletcher, Secretary. One is addressed to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department, to HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1940-10 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/511

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/511
Title:
PZ 2556/41 'Anglo-Iraq Hostilities. German broadcast on Afghan attitude'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, HM Minister at Kabul, the India Office and the Ministry of Information, regarding French and German radio broadcasts which stated that the Government of Afghanistan had warned Britain that they would enter the w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1941-4 Jun 1941
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/4131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4131
Title:
Coll 35/25 'Broadcasting of anti-British propaganda in the Middle East, Persian Gulf, NWF and Central Asia, etc. Broadcasts in Arabic by B.B.C.'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding broadcasts made by Radio Bari (the Italian Government's Arabic language radio station) and their reception in Bahrain and Kuwait. It also contains discussions concerning the proposed establishment of a British Government Arabic language radio service, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Jan 1933-28 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 file (428 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/4132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4132
Title:
Coll 35/25(2) 'Telegraphs, Postal & Wireless. Broadcasting of anti-British propaganda in the Middle East, Persian Gulf, N.W.F. and Central Asia, etc. Broadcasts in Arabic by B.B.C.'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the timings, content and tone of BBC Arabic radio broadcasts and the reception that they received in the region, especially in Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat. The correspondence is primarily between officials at the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1937-11 Jan 1940
Extent:
1 file (552 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/4133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4133
Title:
Coll 35/25(3) 'Telegraphs, Postal & Wireless. Broadcasts in Arabic by B.B.C. (Cabinet Conclusions, etc.)'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between officials at the India Office and the Foreign Office concerning a plan to establish an Arabic language news radio broadcaster for the Arab World. It also contains related discussions concerning the establishment of Spanish and Portuguese language broadca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jul 1937-15 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 file (210 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/4134

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4134
Title:
Coll 35/25(4) 'Telegraphs, Postal and Wireless. Arabic broadcasts by B.B.C. and All-India Radio (including minutes of Persian Gulf Radio Listeners' Ctte)'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and documents related to the monitoring of local reaction to BBC Arabic radio broadcasts, notably in Bahrain. This correspondence is between officials at the India Office, the Ministry of Information, the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Political Agency in Kuwa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1940-13 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (259 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/4140

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4140
Title:
Coll 35/31 'Bahrain: application for W/T amateur transmitting licence for employee of Bahrain Petroleum Company'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the application by a British subject in Bahrain for the issue of an amateur wireless transmitting license, and the allotment of a wireless call sign. The file contains a booklet 'A guide to Amateur Radio' (folios 40-123), by Radio Society of Great Britain. The file contains c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1937-9 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 file (123 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/4764

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4764
Title:
Coll 55/3 'Govt of India. Indian Foreign Policy. Relations with Persia'
Scope & Content:
The papers in the file include the following: An extract of a translation from News of IndiaA photostat of a letter from the British Ambassador to Iran, Valentine Lawford, discussing the publication of a book entitled Balvayi Hind (The Indian Disturbances) and its impact on Pakistani-Indian rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1949-21 Feb 1950
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/152
Title:
File 1/A/25 I Broadcasting Soviet
Scope & Content:
The file deals with wireless broadcasting to Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein), particularly the start of the Arabic service by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in January 1938. The papers also have much information about broadcasting to Kuwait and other parts of the Persian Gulf. The co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1933-5 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 volume (315 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/153
Title:
File 1/A/25 II BROADCASTING - PUBLICITY
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Arabic language broadcasting by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in Bahrain. The papers also cover the impact of broadcasting in the region generally, particularly Kuwait, Muscat, and Sharjah. The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1938-3 May 1939
Extent:
1 volume (380 folios)