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- 1949-1985 (Creation)
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Includes correspondence from and concerning Edward Crankshaw, Observer special correspondent on Soviet Affairs.
Other correspondents include: David Astor, Tristan Jones, Ken Obank, John Pringle, Hilary Rubenstein, John Thompson, Robert Stephens, Michael Davie, Nigel Hawkes, Donald Trelford, Douglass Cater, Bill Millinship, John Silverlight, Iain Lindsay Smith, Richard Findlater, Robert Maxwell, Anthony Howard, Clare Crankshaw.
Subjects covered include: Crankshaw's terms and conditions; his expenses; foreign news comment and coverage; Soviet affairs; Crankshaw's health; office politics including Crankshaw's relationship with Isaac Deutscher and Mark Frankland; German affairs; the Week; Crankshaw's book on Khrushchev; Crankshaw's travels in Eastern Europe; The Council for Science and Society; Crankshaw's memorial service.
Also includes: 'a note on the Commonwealth argument' and 'Who is Khrushchev?' by Crankshaw; 'Superstar Technologies' report by The Council for Science and Society; memorial service address by Mark Bonham-Carter.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford
Creator: DS/UK/122
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Set of notes on interviewees closed until January 2030
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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)
- Crankshaw; Edward (1909-1984); historian and political commentator (Subject)
- Jones; Tristan (1913-1990); managing director of The Observer (Subject)
- Obank; Kenneth Pounds (1915-1991); managing editor of the Observer (Subject)
- Khrushchev; Nikita Segeyevich (1894-1971); Soviet leader (Subject)
- Deutscher; Isaac (1907-1967); author and lecturer (Subject)
- Frankland; Frederick Mark (1934-2012); foreign correspondent & journalist (Subject)
- Pringle; John Martin Douglas (1912-1999); journalist (Subject)
- Rubenstein; Hilary (1926-); journalist (Subject)
- Thompson; John Brian (1928-2017); journalist (Subject)
- Davie; Michael (1924-2005); journalist and writer (Subject)
- Stephens; Robert (1920-1992); journalist (Subject)
- Hawkes; Nigel John Mytton; journalist (Subject)
- Cater; Douglass (1923-1995); writer and educator (Subject)
- Millinship; William Henry George (1929-2010); journalist and managing editor of the Observer (Subject)
- Silverlight; John (1919-1995); journalist (Subject)
- Bain; Kenneth Bruce Findlater (1921-1985); critic and writer as Richard Findlater (Subject)
- Lindsay Smith; Iain-Mór; journalist and publisher (Subject)
- Maxwell; Ian Robert (1923-1991); media proprietor (Subject)
- Howard; Anthony Michell (1934-2010); journalist and broadcaster (Subject)
- Bonham Carter; Mark Raymond (1922-1994); Baron Bonham-Carter; politician (Subject)
- Young; Hugo John Smelter (1938-2003); journalist (Subject)