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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 Name Ministry of Information, 1939-1946

1. IOR/L/PS/12/267

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/267
Title:
PZ 7971/1938 'Portugal - Exhibition in 1939-40. Portugal desires to borrow from Muscat certain exhibits.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the celebrations to be held in Portugal in 1939 and 1940 of the eighth centenary of the foundation of the Portuguese Nation and the third centenary of the re-establishment of Portuguese independence. It mainly consists of copies sent to the India Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Dec 1938-15 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/301

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/301
Title:
PZ 5333/39 Retirement of Sir Trenchard Fowle as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf: Application for Re-employment
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the retirement of Sir Trenchard Fowle as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and from Government of India employment, and his desire for re-employment. It includes correspondence between Fowle and the following: the Secretary of State for India;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1939-8 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/303

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/303
Title:
PZ 5749/39(1) 'Propaganda: Articles forwarded to Persian Gulf, Kabul & Katmandu for dissemination'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly telegrams, relating to British propaganda forwarded to the Persian Gulf 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 In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
10 Aug 1939-27 Dec 1941
Extent:
1 file (357 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/304

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/304
Title:
PZ 5749/1939(2) 'Propaganda: Articles forwarded to Persian Gulf, Kabul & Katmandu for dissemination'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly telegrams, relating to British propaganda forwarded to the Persian Gulf for dissemination. It largely consists of fortnightly telegrams from the Public Relations Officer/Publicity Officer, Bahrein [Bahrain], to the Secretary of State for India, reportin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1942-2 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 file (101 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/316

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/316
Title:
PZ 7261/39 'Kabul Mail: inclusion in India Office bag of papers, etc, for members of Legation Staff, etc'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the acquisition of 'certain periodicals' for the British Legation at Kabul for 'propaganda purposes' during the Second World War (1939-1945). The correspondence mainly details the dispute over which department should be liable for purchasing the peri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1939-10 Feb 1943
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/480

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/480
Title:
PZ 852/41 '"Monitoring" Intercept.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Government of India, External Affairs Department, the Secretary of State for India, and the Ministry of Information, Censorship Division, regarding intercepted Italian and German broadcasts of an alleged engagement between the Fakir of Ipi and British ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1941-15 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/490

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/490
Title:
PZ 1489/41 'Jamming of Berlin Broadcasts'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Secretary of State for India, the Ministry of Information and the Wireless Telegraphy Board, discussing a proposal to jam Berlin Arabic radio broadcasts in the region of Bahrain, on account of their being li...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1941-5 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

8. 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)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/513

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/513
Title:
PZ 2645/41 'Public Opinion in the Persian Gulf. Weekly telegraphic reports from the Political Resident.'
Scope & Content:
This file mainly consists of weekly telegrams from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and His Majesty's Minister at Kabul respectively, reporting on the trend of public opinion in the Persian Gulf (specifically Bahrain, Koweit [Kuwait], and Muscat) and Afghanistan regarding the Second Wo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1939-24 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (363 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/514

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/514
Title:
PZ 2688/41 'Propaganda. Use of commercial channels for distribution of propaganda in Afghanistan and the Middle East.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Secretary of State for India, the Government of India, External Affairs Department, HM Minister at Kabul, the India Office and the Ministry of Information, regarding the possible use of commercial companies in India to distribute propaganda materials ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1941-11 Feb 1942
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)