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- 1942-1986 (Creation)
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Includes correspondence from and concerning Lederer.
Other correspondents include: David Astor; KP Obank; Donald Trelford; Lord Wolfson; Brian Masters.
Subjects covered include: Hungarian affairs in the post-World War II period; Lederer's employment with The Observer; The Observer Foreign News Service; Yugoslav Ambassador Prica and other Yugoslav affairs; the Masada archaeological exhibition and the Yigael Yadin Memorial Fund; Lederer's death.
Also includes: copy of letter from Lederer to Minister of Information Brendan Bracken offering his services to the propaganda war; paper from Lederer entitled 'A Yugoslav Reassessment of the Soviet Scene'; copies of Lederer's obituary by Trelford.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford
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Copyright: Guardian News & Media
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- Trelford; Donald Gilchrist (1937-2023); journalist, broadcaster, and editor of The Observer (Subject)
- Astor; Hon; Francis David Langhorne (1912-2001); editor of The Observer (Subject)
- Lederer; Lajos (1904-1985); journalist (Subject)
- Bracken; Brendan Rendall (1901-1958); 1st Viscount of Christchurch; politician and publisher (Subject)
- Prica; Yugoslav Ambassador to Great Britain (Subject)
- Obank; Kenneth Pounds (1915-1991); managing editor of the Observer (Subject)
- Yadin; Yigael (1917-1984); Israeli archaeologist and military leader (Subject)
- Wolfson; Leonard Gordon (1927-); Baron Wolfson; businessman (Subject)
- Masters; Brian Geoffrey John (1939-); author (Subject)