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Contains photocopies and printed newspaper cuttings relating to Pick's research for chapter eleven and part of chapter thirteen of her memoir which mostly covers her role as The Guardian's East European correspondent and later Diplomatic editor c1975-1994.
The cuttings, some with annotations, are principally written by Pick but other authors include Michael Simmons, Neal Ascherson, Edmund Szczesiak, Mark Frankland and Dennis Johnston. The majority of cuttings date from 1975 to 1989. Topics include: Communism; USSR; Papal election, 1978; the Pope's visit to Poland, 1979; Polish politics, 1980-1987; Communism in Eastern Europe including Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, 1980; the Conference on European Cooperation and Security, Belgrade, 1977; the death and funeral of Jospi Broz Tito, 1980; Warsaw Pact, 1975-1976; Romania and Nicolae Ceausesc, 1978-1989; and East Germany, 1975-1980.
The file also contains notes of key events in the period 1975 to 1987.
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