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IOR/L/PS/12/368
- Record Id:
- 040-000555366
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000554997
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x000333
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100040079055.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/368
- Title:
- PZ 2123/40 'Wartime censorship: intercepted letters'
- Scope & Content:
-
This file contains various excerpts from, and full translations of, letters sent during the Second World War and intercepted by the Government of India. The file includes:
- a letter from a member of staff from LM Ericsson relating to the sale and shipping of fuses to the Royal Ministry of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones in Kabul
- an excerpt of a letter from an employee of the Ministry of Public Works in Kabul about the working experience of European staff
- a letter from Willi Berger of Kabul regarding the export of goods after the war
- a letter from the Ottoman Bank to Banke Millie in Kabul which includes a telegraphic key and cipher.
The letters are forwarded between government officials including the Chief Censor for India; the General Staff Branch (Censor Section) at the Army Head Quarters in India; Cecil Arthur Grant Savidge (the Under-Secretary to the Government of India); and HM Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkey.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000554997
040-000555366 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 : Political (External) Department, Annual Files
IOR/L/PS/12/368 : PZ 2123/40 'Wartime censorship: intercepted letters' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0001]/037-000554997[0369]/040-000555366
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (9 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x000333
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1940
- End Date:
- 1941
- Date Range:
- 12 Apr 1940-5 May 1941
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 11; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- PZ 2123/40
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)