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Tributes, speeches etc, 1964 - 1979

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FEBR 2/9

Scope and Contents

Includes: press cuttings on AFB's peerage, 1964 and of his article on being in the House of Lords, 1965; notes for AFB's speech in Canada to the New Democratic Party on the work of Britain's Labour Government, the end of colonialism and securing peace in Vietnam, 1965; copy of a letter from [Robert] Michael Stewart, Foreign Secretary, on the difficulty of negotiations over Vietnam, 1965; article on Albert Einstein and the War Resisters' International, 1967; programme for Africa Freedom Day, 1967, with an introduction by AFB; open letter to African Heads of State by AFB on the situation in Nigeria, written for Liberation, the Movement for Colonial Freedom magazine, 1967; press cuttings of various articles and letters to the press, c 1967-69, mainly on racism and Vietnam; a tribute to AFB by [Leopold] Raymond Fletcher, performed on AFB's 80th birthday, 1968, with AFB's speech in response; speech by AFB to the Movement for Colonial Freedom conference on tasks for the 1970s, 1970; rough notes for AFB's speech at his 90th birthday party, 1978, sent by [Arthur] Stanley Newens.

Dates

  • Creation: 1964 - 1979

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

1 file(s)

Other Finding Aids

Former reference: box 16 #62

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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