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Files kept by the editor of The Observer containing correspondence from individuals and organisations named BU-BZ.
Correspondents include: Alastair Buchan, Richard Buckle, Bulgarian Embassador (Alexander Yankov), Donald Bull, Richard Burton (via solicitor), Lord Butler of Saffron Walden.
Correspondents from the BBC include: Lord Buxton, Sir Charles Curran, Paul Fox, Lord Goodman, Sir Hugh Greene, Lord Hill of Luton, Gerard Mansell, Ned Sherrin.
Subjects covered include: suggestions for articles and book reviews, invitations for interviews and other programmes, co-operation with the BBC, complaints about articles, corrections and clarifications.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford
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Copyright: Guardian News & Media and various copyrights.
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- Greene; Sir; Hugh Carleton (1910-1987); knight, director-general of the BBC (Subject)
- Curran; Sir; Charles John (1921-1980); knight, broadcasting administrator (Subject)
- Fox; Sir; Paul Leonard (1925-); knight, managing director BBC (Subject)
- Hill; Charles (1904-1989); Lord Hill of Luton; doctor and politician (Subject)
- Sherrin; Edward George (1931-); film, theatre and television producer (Subject)
- Buxton; Aubrey Leland Oakes (1918-2009); Baron Buxton of Alsa; soldier, politician, television exectuive and writer (Subject)
- Buchan; Hon; Alastair Francis (1918-1976); writer on strategic and international affairs (Subject)
- Buckle; Christopher Richard Sandford (1916-2001); writer, critic and exhibition designer (Subject)
- Yankov; Alexander; ambassador (Subject)
- Goodman; Arnold Abraham (1913-1995); Baron Goodman; lawyer and political adviser, trusee of the Observer (Subject)
- Bull; Donald; joint chairman of the Writer's Guild (Subject)
- Burton; Richard (1925-1984); stage and film actor (Subject)
- Butler; Richard Austen (1902-1982); Baron Butler of Saffron Walden; politician (Subject)
- Mansell; Gerard Evelyn Herbert (1921-); managing director of the BBC (Subject)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (1922-); broadcaster (Subject)
- 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)