IOR/L/PS/12/3762

This file contains correspondence and related documents concerning journalistic coverage of the Persian Gulf and Britain's presence in it, with an emphasis on Britain's role in Bahrain and Kuwait. This correspondence is primarily between officials at the India Office, Foreign Office, Political Agency in Bahrain, Political Agency in Kuwait, Political Residency in Bushire and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Ruler of Bahrain.

Much of the correspondence discusses reporting deemed contrary to British interests and the ways in which British authorities in the region could counter this. The articles discussed include those written by North American, British, Indian, Iraqi, Palestinian and Egyptian publications.

In addition to correspondence the file contains copies of many of the articles that are discussed and the following documents:

• notes on Bahrain for foreign workers written by Charles Belgrave under the following headings: Political, Communications, Climate, Household, Dress, Medical, Recreations, Churches, Leave, Miscellaneous (folios 6-18)
• a transcript of an interview with Charles and Marjorie Belgrave on BBC Arabic, 1945 (folios 21-26)
• 'Bahrain, And What Is Said About It', a series of four propaganda articles regarding Bahrain written and prepared by the Political Agency in Bahrain for placement in newspapers around the Arab world, in English (folios 111-129) and Arabic (folios 130-143).

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.