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IOR/L/PS/12/4133
- Record Id:
- 040-000559222
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000559186
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002c7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100056260908.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/4133
- Title:
- Coll 35/25(3) 'Telegraphs, Postal & Wireless. Broadcasts in Arabic by B.B.C. (Cabinet Conclusions, etc.)'
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between officials at the India Office and the Foreign Office concerning a plan to establish an Arabic language news radio broadcaster for the Arab World. It also contains related discussions concerning the establishment of Spanish and Portuguese language broadcasters.
In addition to this correspondence, the file also contains the following documents:
- 'Extract from Report of Cabinet Committee on Arabic Broadcasting (dated 22nd Oct. 1937).' (folio 11)
- 'Cabinet. Committee on Arabic Broadcasting. Conclusions of the Third Meeting of the Committee held in the Minister's Conference Room, Ministry of Health, on Monday, October 4th, 1937, at 2.15 p.m.' (folios 13-32)
- 'Cabinet. Committee on Arabic Broadcasting. Conclusions of the Second Meeting of the Committee held in the Minister's Conference Room, Ministry of Health, on Thursday 30th September 1937, at 3 p.m.' (folios 36-48)
- 'Cabinet. Committee on Arabic Broadcasting. Comments by the Foreign Office on Note by the Lord Privy Seal' (folios 55-59)
- 'Cabinet. Committee on Arabic Broadcasting. Note by the Lord Privy Seal' (folios 68-70)
- 'Broadcasts in Spanish and Portuguese. Memorandum by Mr F. W. Phillips C.M.G., Director of Telecommunications, General Post Office' (folios 71-72)
- 'Cabinet. Committee on Arabic Broadcasting. Conclusions of the First Meeting of the Committee held in the Minister's Conference Room, Ministry of Health, on Wednesday 15th September 1937, at 4 p.m.' (folios 76-90)
- 'Proposed Broadcasting Station in Cyprus. Memorandum by the Foreign Office' (folios 96-97)
- 'Broadcasts in Spanish and Portuguese. Memorandum by Foreign Office' (folios 104-105)
- 'Interim Report of a Committee on Broadcasting Services in the Colonies. Colonial Office, July, 1936' (folios 134-147)
- 'Cabinet. Committee on Arabic Broadcasting. Question of establishing a station in India. Memorandum by India Office' (folios 149-151)
- 'Cabinet. Committee on Arabic Broadcasting. Proposed Broadcasting Station in Cyprus. Memorandum by Foreign Office' (folios 173-177)
- 'Cabinet. Committee on Arabic Broadcasting. Composition, Terms of Reference and Notice of First Meeting' (folios 198-199)
- 'Cabinet. Arabic Broadcasts. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs' (folio 210).
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.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000559186
040-000559222 - 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/12/4100-4162 : Political (External) Collection 35: Telegraphic, Telephonic, Postal and Wireless Communications
IOR/L/PS/12/4133 : Coll 35/25(3) 'Telegraphs, Postal & Wireless. Broadcasts in Arabic by B.B.C. (Cabinet Conclusions, etc.)' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0036]/037-000559186[0036]/040-000559222
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (210 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002c7
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1937
- Date Range:
- 14 Jul 1937-15 Nov 1937
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 212; 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:
- Coll 35/25/3
- 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)