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- [October - November 1966] (Creation)
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1 notebook and 2 pdf files
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Scope and content
Notebook, written mostly in shorthand, containing notes on the 21st Session of the General Assembly including: the relationship between Britain and Southern Rhodesia; universal suffrage in Southern Rhodesia; the removal of the SWA mandate from South Africa and establishment of UN administration of the territory; decolonisation of Gibraltar; reaction to an Israeli attack on Jordan (13 November); UNDP [United Nations Development Programme] and Indonesia; nuclear arms and treaties; and the representation of China at the UN. The book also contains notes on the 1966 gubernatorial elections in Arkansas and Georgia (pages 28 to 42).
Names featured include: [John Samuel] Malecela, [Hugh Foot, Baron] Caradon, Neville Kanakaratne, [Hans] Tabor, [Arthur] Goldberg, JJ [James D. Johnson], WR [Winthrop Rockefeller], Lyndon B. Johnson, [Lester] Maddox, Mr C [Bob Calloway], Kenneth Kaunda, Dunstan Kamana, Abdul Rahman [Pazhwak], [Michael] Comay, David Owen, [Nikolai] Fedorenko and George Brown.
Transcribed by Christine Watkins 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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Conditions governing access
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.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright: Clyde Sanger
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Open(part)
Closed until
01/12/2050