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- October 1985 - June 1990 (Creation)
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1 file
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Administrative records relating to the British Executive Committee of the IPI, October 1985 - June 1990, created and maintained by Peter Preston, as chairman of the IPI British Executive Committee, 1988-1990.
The file is mainly comprised of Preston's correspondence with editors and broadcasting executives concerning IPI subscriptions and membership of the IPI Core Committee, January 1988 - June 1990.
Also contains: copies of correspondence with the IPI Secretariat concerning subscription payments and IPI income and expenditure, October 1985 - November 1987; records concerning the Guardian's corporate subscription to the IPI, 1986-1989; photocopies of the British Executive's income and expenditure accounts, 1987 and 1988; membership lists of the IPI British Executive Committee, 9 May 1988 -[c1989]; a letter from Peter Preston to Peter Galliner (IPI director) concerning the jailing of a Guardian stringer in South Africa for not revealing his sources, March 1991; a letter from John Major (as Secretary of State) concerning arrangements for attending an IPI lunch, 14 September 1989 and a copy of the IPI constitution, June 1984.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Preston (1938-2018)
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Subject to access conditions in line with the Data Protection Act.
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