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- nd [c1960-c1961] (Creation)
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1 notebook and 2 pdf files
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Written mostly in longhand with some shorthand, containing notes concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda including: political figures, officials and journalists; list of powers of the Central Bureau [the Congo]; the Force Publique; provinces; the economy in Katanga state and the Congo including taxes, exports and relations with Belgium; the history of the Congo; universities; lists of foreign dignitaries; the UPC [Uganda People's Congress]; the Ugandan economy; tea production in Uganda; and expenses.
Names featured include: Lieutenant General [Emile] Janssens, [Patrice] Lumumba, David Frost; Chief Mwata Yamvo, Paramount of Lunda, [Joseph] Kasa-Vubu, [Levi] Eshkol and AK Sempa.
Transcribed by Pat Elliot in 2021 as part of the Clyde Sanger shorthand transcription project with funding from The National Archives' Collaborate and Innovate Testbed Fund. The pdf transcription document also contains a digitised copy of the notebook.
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The original notebook and full transcript is closed in line with data privacy. A redacted version of the transcript is available. Please contact the archive for further information.
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Copyright: Clyde Sanger
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Open(part)
Closed until
01/01/2046
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- Sanger; Clyde (1928-2022); journalist (Subject)