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Bangladesh

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

 Sub-Series

Bangladesh, 1971 - 1972

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/NBKR 4/37-38
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The papers cover every aspect of Lord Noel-Baker's very full and varied career and include constituency papers, Labour Party material, extensive sections on domestic and international affairs, peace and disarmament, sport, books and articles, speeches and correspondence.

Dates: 1971 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of two files which are still closed, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

Correspondence about the offer of posts as Commander-in-Chief, India, and Governor of East Bengal, 1947

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SLIM 2/5
Scope and Contents

Comprises correspondence with Lord Louis Mountbatten, July-August 1947 and a letter from Lord Alexander in July 1947.

Bengal is now parts of Bangladesh and India

Dates: 1947
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "SCOT"-"SPE", February-December 1978, 1978

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/1/2/19
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence with: Nicholas Scott MP; Lord (Frederic) Seebohm; Giles Shaw MP; William ("Bill") Shelton MP (consists of Shelton’s letter to MT and copy of her reply, April 1978, with a copy of notes by Sir Derek Walker-Smith of his meeting with Chief Chirau [President, Zimbabwe United People’s Organization] on 18 March 1978, enclosed by Shelton); Colin Shepherd MP; Jim Sillars MP; F.W.M. Skeffington (13th Viscount Massereene and 6th Viscount Ferrard); Geoffrey...
Dates: 1978
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in April 2008 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
 Series

Legal Business, Overseas and International Affairs, 1947 - 1978

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DGFT 5
Scope and Contents

These papers mainly relate to African and Asian countries.

Dates: 1947 - 1978
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open (except for a few files which are closed under data protection) for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

Legal papers re a Disciplinary Tribunal of the Senate of the Inns of Court and the Bar, 1977

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DGFT 4/14
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Relate to civil rights, deportation, censorships etc.

Dates: 1977
Conditions Governing Access: This file is closed to researchers until 2078.
 File

Meetings, 1989-05

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/82
Scope and Contents

Briefing for a meeting with Sheikh Hasina, President of the Awami League, Bangladesh.

Dates: 1989-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

Memoir (in place of interview): Sir Colin Imray, 2002

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 54
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2002
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Photocopied maps of Bangladesh and its region, in a folder marked "President, People's Republic of Bangladesh", 1989

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/137
Scope and Contents

Possibly given to MT by President (Hussain Mohammad) Ershad of Bangladesh, who visited Downing Street, 16 February 1989

Dates: 1989
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in March 2019 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Speeches, 1972 - 1972-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 4/1/8
Scope and Contents Annotated texts of speeches by JEP on subjects including: prices and incomes policy; taxation; nationality legislation; Britain's entry into the Common Market; immigration, particularly of Asians from Uganda, and also concerning the departure from the Commonwealth of Pakistan and Bangladesh; housing; Northern Ireland; inflation; political violence, in universities and Northern Ireland; volunteer defence reserves; strikes; the Industrial Relations Act; nationalised industry, particularly the...
Dates: 1972 - 1972-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Transcript of interview: Brian Donaldson, 2007

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 106
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2007
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Visits, 1988-01

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/58
Scope and Contents

Briefings for meetings with K M Safi Ullah, the Bangladesh High Commissioner [1988, not 1989 as marked], and the Police Federation and for an Australia Day reception, including cuttings on relations with Australia.

Dates: 1988-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Visits and meetings, 1989-02

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/79
Scope and Contents

Includes: briefing notes and record of a meeting with Moshe Arens, Israeli Foreign Minister; notes of a meeting with the Prison Officers Association; briefing for meeting with Hussain Muhammad Ershad, President of Bangladesh; briefing for a meeting with the Piper Alpha Relatives Group.

Dates: 1989-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.