Abstract: This file contains correspondence between officials at the India Office, the Government of India's External Affairs Department and a number diplomatic posts in the Persian Gulf including the Political Agency in Muscat. The correspondence discusses British Government propaganda efforts (usually referred to as publicity or information work in the file) in the Persian Gulf and India.Much of the correspondence focuses on ideas concerning the production of a publicity film about the Persian Gulf (and a subsequent visit to the region made by a film crew from India) but various other propaganda activities and locations are also mentioned. In addition to this correspondence, the file contains the following related documents:Draft script for a film about the Persian Gulf (folios 9-18)'Suggested programme for the tour of the unit which is to make a film on the Persian Gulf' (folio 21)'Proceedings of a meeting held in the External Affairs Department at 11 a.m. on Tuesday the 20th February, 1945, to discuss the making of a documentary film of the Persian Gulf' (folios 24-26)Extract related to Bahrain from the BBC Arabic-language publication
The Arab Listener(folio 36)Propaganda pamphlet entitled 'India, Some Questions and Answers' published in November 1944 (folios 51-60)'Note of a talk by the P.I.O. [Public Information Officer] Jerusalem, Mr Christopher Holme, on British Publicity in Palestine, and its relation to other functions of Government, given on March 13, 1945' (folios 63-68)'Security Education Handbook (Civilian)' Issued by the Department of Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with the Security Education Department of the Inter-Services Security Directorate, HQ India Command (folios 74-85)Publications Division, Information and Broadcasting Department Government of India, Progress Reports Nos. 19-21, 23 (folios 86-96, 103-106, 108-109)'Information and Publicity Work in Foreign Countries' Foreign Office Circular by Ernest Bevin, 15 January 1947 (folios 110-111)Foreign Office Information Newsletter Nos. 1-6, 9-12 (folios 112-137, 142-144).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 157; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-74; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This file contains copies of anti-Communist publications and briefings that were produced by the Foreign Office and sent to British diplomatic posts throughout the Middle East including the Political Agency and Consulate in Muscat. It contains copies of the following documents:'Foundations of Stalinism' Foreign Office Memorandum, 1948 (folios 5-13)'Renewal of Atheist Propaganda in the U.S.S.R.' Confidential Foreign Office Note, 1948 (folios 15-16)'The Practice of Stalinism' Foreign Office Memorandum, 1948 (folios 24-29).On folio 3 the file contains the thoughts of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, William Rupert Hay, on anti-Communist propaganda policy in the Gulf.On folio 19 the file contains a letter in Arabic that was written to the Political Agency in Muscat by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa'id bin Taymur Al Bu Sa'id, in response to a letter concerning 'atheist propaganda' in the USSR.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 31; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding radio broadcasts from the USSR in the Near and Middle East.The correspondence in the file consists of a letter sent by the Foreign Office to a number of British diplomatic officials around the Middle East and responses to it from the Political Agency in Muscat and the Political Residency. The Foreign Office letter concerns ideas for countering the influence of Soviet radio broadcasts in the region and enquires what the influence of these broadcasts were in the officials' respective areas of jurisdiction.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) 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.
Digitization for the Arab Image Foundation Photo Negatives collection was sponsored by an Emergency Grant from the Modern Endangered Archives Program with funding from Arcadia.
Digitization for the Arab Image Foundation Photo Negatives collection was sponsored by an Emergency Grant from the Modern Endangered Archives Program with funding from Arcadia.
Digitization for the Arab Image Foundation Photo Negatives collection was sponsored by an Emergency Grant from the Modern Endangered Archives Program with funding from Arcadia.
Digitization for the Arab Image Foundation Photo Negatives collection was sponsored by an Emergency Grant from the Modern Endangered Archives Program with funding from Arcadia.
Digitization for the Arab Image Foundation Photo Negatives collection was sponsored by an Emergency Grant from the Modern Endangered Archives Program with funding from Arcadia.
Digitization for the Arab Image Foundation Photo Negatives collection was sponsored by an Emergency Grant from the Modern Endangered Archives Program with funding from Arcadia.
Digitization for the Arab Image Foundation Photo Negatives collection was sponsored by an Emergency Grant from the Modern Endangered Archives Program with funding from Arcadia.
Digitization for the Arab Image Foundation Photo Negatives collection was sponsored by an Emergency Grant from the Modern Endangered Archives Program with funding from Arcadia.