PZ 2556/41 'Anglo-Iraq Hostilities. German broadcast on Afghan attitude'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- PZ 2556/41 'Anglo-Iraq Hostilities. German broadcast on Afghan attitude'
- Date:
- 1941/1941
- Description:
- Abstract: 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had warned Britain that they would enter the war on the side of Iraq unless the British Expeditionary Force was withdrawn from that country.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.Physical description: 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Military operations
Radio
Government of Afghanistan
British Forces in Iraq - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000517.0x00005d_ar
81055/vdc_100000000517.0x00005d_en
IOR/L/PS/12/511
IOR/L/PS/12/511