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Horn of Africa Council, 1983-01 - 1986-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/10/38

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers from the council (of which JA was president), particularly correspondence with Louis FitzGibbon (council secretary) on general council business and other subjects including: the alliance between Libya, Ethiopia and South Yemen [later part of Yemen] (the tripartite pact of Aden); aid for Somalia; the threat to Africa from the Soviet Union; human rights in Ethiopia.

Also includes the draft text of and JA's foreword to FitzGibbon's book "Ethiopia Hijacks the Hijack".

Dates

  • Creation: 1983-01 - 1986-08

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.

Extent

3 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

Box 34

Related Materials

See also AMEJ 1/10/3.

Date information

DateText: The majority of folios date from 1984.

Finding aid date

2011-09-09 14:46:28.583000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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