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PZ 2645/41 'Public Opinion in the Persian Gulf. Weekly telegraphic reports from the Political Resident.' [305r] (610/730)
The record is made up of 1 file (363 folios). It was created in 12 Oct 1939-24 May 1945. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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D.O.Ho,0/871-1 •e/50 Behrein, the 88th December
1939.
A short time ego two members of my office, who ere
inetrooted to report weekly to me on feeling in Behrein ebout
the wer eo fer es they etm pick up impressions in the bsssar,
reported that M enlightened people ere in favour of the
demoereeles while the semi-educeted end non-eduoated who
constitute the majority ere in favour of Germany*. It
seemed to me from my own obeervatione that this wee the very
ant1theele of the truth, so I asked Belgreve to give me hie
impressions. I enclose herewith e copy of e letter which
X heve now received from him.
2. 1 am convinced that he is right ebout the loyal
sentiments of the Bahama and the lowsr class Arabs in
general. His remarks about the so-called educated townsmen
give perhaps a rather exaggerated impression of pro-German
sentiments, though this impression la corrected in the final
paragraph of hla letter. X should myself aay that real
pro-German feeling le almost non-existent, though there are
quite a lot ol theee Holla who would be pleeaed to hear of
British reverses. This however is probably true of the
whole East. A dominant power can never be popular with all
clasaee, especially with those classes who see their
opportunities lor eelf-ag randleement limited. Fortunately
this particular class in Bahrein lias little capacity for
doing ham.
3. Bclgrave’s remarks about the relative merits of
the London and Berlin Arabic brosdea*ts are interesting.
1 ortunstely for us Berlin cannot avoid broadcasting the most
stupid and palpable lies; if they did - probably few
people would listen to London at all. Nevertheless Berlin
will continue to be the more popular until London realises
that Arabic broadcasts must be whet the Arabs want and not
what London thinks they ought to want. And London's
failure to put on a aecond Arabic ne e broadcast does little
to support our propagenda about our superiority over
Germany in wealth, resources of all kinds, and technical
ability.
fours sincerely,
(8d.) H.ftel htman.
The Hon'ble Lt.Col.C.G.Prior, C.l.£<.
Polltics1 Heeldent in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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Buehlre.
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This file mainly consists of weekly telegrams from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and His Majesty's Minister at Kabul respectively, reporting on the trend of public opinion in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (specifically Bahrain, Koweit [Kuwait], and Muscat) and Afghanistan regarding the Second World War, as requested by the Ministry of Information.
The Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. 's reports are mainly addressed to the Secretary of State for India, with copies circulated to the Foreign Office; the Minister's reports are principally addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with copies forwarded to the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. .
The reports comment on the effect on public opinion of particular events and developments in the war (e.g. the fall of Paris in 1940, and the fall of Rome in 1944). Also discussed are the following: the impact of British, German, and Italian broadcasts; fears of Russian aggression among the official classes in Afghanistan; the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) approach to reporting British naval losses early on in the war; the extent of anti-British feeling among the various classes in Bahrain; the Italian bombing of Bahrain in October 1940; food shortages in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
There are no reports from Kabul dating from after September 1940. The reports from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. continue until April 1945, but they become more and more brief from 1941 onwards, and during the final three years of the war consist of no more than a couple of lines.
Other notable correspondents besides the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. and the Minister in Kabul include representatives of the British Broadcasting Corporation and officials of the Ministry of Information, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , and the Government of India.
The file includes three dividers which give the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence (folios 2-4).
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- 1 file (363 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 364; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- PZ 2645/41 'Public Opinion in the Persian Gulf. Weekly telegraphic reports from the Political Resident.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:292v, 294r:305v, 308r:325v, 327r:328v, 330r:364v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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