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IOR/R/15/2/931
- Record Id:
- 040-000229245
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00019a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023730600.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/931
- Title:
- File 4/10 B.B.C. broadcasts
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains an investigation into a news report on the radio, transmitted by the British Broadcasting Corporation (B.B.C.) Arabic Service on 10 August 1947, concerning the Sheikh of Kuwait’s visit to Saudi Arabia.
The file includes: an English translation of the news broadcast, reporting an agreement between the Sheikhs of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and others to boycott Zionist goods and prohibit their transit through Saudi Arabia; a confidential exchange of letters about the inaccuracy of the news report, between Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway ( Acting Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain) and the Commonwealth Relations Office, London; a letter from Donald Stephenson (Director of Eastern Services, B.B.C.) stating that the Arabic News Agency in Cairo had failed to indicate the speculative nature of the information provided.
- 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
040-000229245 - 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/15/2/931 : File 4/10 B.B.C. broadcasts - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0005]/037-000229238[0007]/040-000229245
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (8 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00019a
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1947
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 10 Aug 1947-17 Sep 1947
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: numbered 1 to 9 in pencil in the top right hand corner and encircled. The numbering starts at the front of the file, on the first file enclosure (f.1) and ends on the inside cover at the back of the file (f.9). The front file cover is not foliated.
- Former External References:
- Information Series: 4/10
- Arrangement:
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File papers are arranged chronologically. At the end of the file is half a page of file notes listing all documents in the file. The list also records the reference number ‘3’ which has been written in red crayon and encircled, on one of the items of correspondence in the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)