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IOR/R/15/2/925
- Record Id:
- 040-000229239
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000194
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023121756.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/925
- Title:
- File 4/1 (1.a/46) Arabic broadcasts by foreign stations
- Scope & Content:
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The file begins with a confidential circular memorandum (reference No.279-S of 1939) from Trenchard Craven William Fowle (Political Resident in the Persian Gulf), dated 30 March 1939 at the British Residency and Consulate-General, Bushire. It is addressed to the Political Agents for Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat and asks them to send him weekly summaries of any news items relating to their area, made in Arabic broadcasts by foreign radio stations.
The file consists almost entirely of several English summaries of Arabic news broadcasts, transmitted to radio listeners in the Gulf States by European and Middle Eastern radio stations and expressing mainly anti-British views. Most summaries are from Berlin Radio and include news of Jewish immigration into British controlled Palestine and President Roosevelt’s peace telegram to Hitler on14 April 1939. There are also two short news summaries about Palestine from the British viewpoint, broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation (B.B.C.) Empire Service (known as Daventry Radio) in England.
The reference number ‘1.a/25’ appears on two telegrams in the file (ff.17-18). This is a related file in the same series. There is also a cross-reference to a particular file part in a handwritten note on the file cover which says:‘Please see file 1.a/25-III for future correspondence’. This file part appears not to have survived.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000229238
040-000229239 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/925-937 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Information Files
IOR/R/15/2/925 : File 4/1 (1.a/46) Arabic broadcasts by foreign stations - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0005]/037-000229238[0001]/040-000229239
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (33 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000194
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1939
- End Date:
- 1939
- Date Range:
- 30 Mar 1939-26 June 1939
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: numbered 1A, 1B, and then 2 to 34, in pencil in the top right hand corner. The numbering starts at the front of the file, on the file cover (f.1A) and ends on the inside cover at the back of the file (f.34).
- Former External References:
- Confidential Series: 1A/46
Information Series: 4/1 - Arrangement:
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The news summaries and correspondence which make up the main contents of the file are arranged chronologically. These are followed by extensive file notes recording administrative arrangements and actions, as well as providing a list of file contents (f.31). The list records the reference numbers 1 to 4 written on some documents towards the front of the file in red crayon and encircled; also reference numbers 1 to 6 written on other documents towards the back of the file in red crayon and encircled. The reference numbers help to identify and locate these documents in the file.
- Administrative Context:
- British Broadcasting Corporation (B.B.C.) Arabic broadcasts about the Arab States were based on information supplied by the Political Agents, who regular listened and reported on the broadcast comment in Arabic transmitted by foreign radio stations in Baghdad, Cairo, Berlin and Italy.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)