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IOR/L/PS/12/511
- Record Id:
- 040-000555510
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000554997
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000517.0x00005d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100037559073.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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had warned Britain that they would enter the war on the side of Iraq unless the British Expeditionary Force was withdrawn from that country. The correspondence also documents a decision taken to broadcast an unattributed denial of the truth of the French and German broadcasts through the BBC.
A list of correspondence references contained in the file appears on the front cover.
- 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
040-000555510 - 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/12/511 : PZ 2556/41 'Anglo-Iraq Hostilities. German broadcast on Afghan attitude' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0001]/037-000554997[0513]/040-000555510
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (11 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000517.0x00005d
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1941
- End Date:
- 1941
- Date Range:
- 16 May 1941-4 Jun 1941
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 13; 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 2556/41
- Arrangement:
- The correspondence is arranged roughly in reverse chronological order.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- British Forces in Iraq, 1933-1941
Government of Afghanistan, Bārakzāy dynasty, 1842-1973
HM Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1922-
Ministry of Information, 1939-1946
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1782-1968 - Subjects:
- Military operations
Radio
Second World War (1939-1945)
