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African Visit, 1978 - 1980

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FEBR 2/45

Scope and Contents

Press cuttings, correspondence and other materials relating to AFB's visit to Kenya, Zambia and Tanzania, December 1978-January 1979. Correspondents include: Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania; Lombe Chibesakunda, Zambian High Commissioner to Britain; [Anthony] Tony Benn, Secretary of State for Energy; Justus Mugo Muratha.

Also includes: a press statement from Liberation on AFB's 90th birthday, with a note from Lord Willis on arrangements for his birthday party; statement by AFB on the future of Zimbabwe; briefing papers from Amnesty International on human rights in Kenya and Tanzania; speech by Justus Mugo Muratha on AFB's visit to his home, and his gratitude to AFB for his help to Kenya in 1952 [during the Mau Mau uprising].

Dates

  • Creation: 1978 - 1980

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 23 #117

Related Materials

See also FEBR 2/41.

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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