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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Radio Name British Broadcasting Corporation, 1923-

1. IOR/L/PS/12/288

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/288
Title:
PZ 2638/1939 'German broadcasts to the Gulf (in Arabic)'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to German radio broadcasts to the Persian Gulf in Arabic. It includes correspondence between the Secretary of State for India and the following: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Kuwait, the Political Agent at Muscat, and the Poli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1939-13 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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)