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In an interview conducted by Michael Diamond for The World Today (World Service), Tarzie Vittachi, the Director of Forum World Features, discussed the success of General Suharto's new Government in Indonesia. The interview took place on Oct 10, 1967 and focused on the achievements of the government. The asset ID for this interview is 6036290a748d8fc68cb3d102. More »

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This Time of Day

In a recent interview on the British military base in Singapore, David Smeeton discussed the case for Communist China's membership in the United Nations with Dr. Toh Chin Chye. This discussion took place on September 27, 1965, as part of the This Time of Day program. The interview did not include any additional context or details. More »

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Thomas Kuchel

Thomas Henry Kuchel ( KEE-kəl; August 15, 1910 – November 21, 1994) was an American politician. A moderate Republican, he served as a US Senator from California from 1953 to 1969 and was the minority whip in the Senate, where he was the co-manager on the floor for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Kuchel voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, and 1964, as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court, while Kuchel did not vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1968. (Wikipedia) More »

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Tidor

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to - Broadcasting Developments In Malaya June-December 1939

Writer outlines the progress in the licensing of wireless receiving stations. He gives information on how the war has affected their production. More »

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to - Malaya Broadcasting Corporation (Memorandum On Draft Constitution)

Document outlining the transfer of control within the Malaya Broadcasting Corporation mentions in the incorporations by charter rather than an enactment of the governor and colonial legislature: gives reasons why within British Law More »

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to - Malaya'S Reply To Colonial Comittee'S Questionaire

Sender attatches copy of Colonial Report questionnaire. Given to the sender by a Mr. Winston. More »

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to A.J. Gill - Correspondence On The Placements Of The Radio Transmitters In Other Countries

Sender asks for more information with regards to the previous letter. Specifically trying to reach an agreement with the placements of the radio transmitters. More »

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to Agent for Malaya - Record Of The Report Accepted

Receiver thanks the Agent for Malaya's report and acknowledges it's arrival. More »

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to C. Lawson-Reece - Letter From Lawson-Reece On The Malays Alleged To Be In The Country

Sender states that they have recieved a list of Malays alleged to be in the country, and suggests to go over the list with someone within the department. More »

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to Director General of Posts and Telegraphs Malaya - Correspondence On Radio Frequencies Available In Malaysia

Sender informs the recipient of the radio frequencies which are available. He informs them of the need to avoid certain frequencies which are currently in use in Madrid. More »

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to Sir Shelton Thomas - Updates On The Situation Regarding The Building Of Radio Transmission Towers In Malaysia And The Union Of South Africa

Attatches a document on the contination of bradcasting operations in Malaysia and the Union of South Africa More »

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to V.H. Winston - Correspondence On Proposal Of Schedule And Frequncies For The Radio Transmitter In Singapore

Sender highlights some issues with V.H. Winston's proposal and offers possible solutions. More »

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to V.H. Winston - Correspondence On Proposal Of Schedule And Frequncies For The Radio Transmitter In Singapore

Sender highlights some issues with V.H. Winston's proposal and offers possible solutions. Specifically with regards to specific frequencies available for transmission. More »

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to V.H. Winston - Correspondence On Proposal Of Schedule And Frequncies For The Radio Transmitter In Singapore

Outlines a few issues with V.H. Winston's proposals. Offer solutions to how to best transmit to the Philippines and what had been done in similar situations. More »

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Tom Harrisson

Major Tom Harnett Harrisson, DSO OBE (26 September 1911 – 16 January 1976) was a British polymath. In the course of his life he was an ornithologist, explorer, journalist, broadcaster, soldier, guerrilla, ethnologist, museum curator, archaeologist, documentarian, film-maker, conservationist and writer. Although often described as an anthropologist, and sometimes referred to as the "Barefoot Anthropologist", his degree studies at University of Cambridge, before he left to live in Oxford, were in natural sciences. He was a founder of the social observation organisation Mass-Observation. He conducted ornithological and anthropological research in Sarawak (1932) and the New Hebrides (1933–35), spent much of his life in Borneo (mainly Sarawak) and finished up in the US, the UK and France, before dying in a road accident in Thailand. (Wikipedia) More »

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Tommy Handley

Thomas Reginald Handley (17 January 1892 – 9 January 1949) was an English comedian, best known for the BBC radio programme It's That Man Again ("ITMA") which ran between 1939 and 1949. (Wikipedia) More »

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Tommy Woodruff

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Trevor Price

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Tumililingan (bumble bees)

Recording is a 30 cm, 33 rpm disc with folk songs and music, as well as modern dance created by Mario. It is labeled as BBC ARCHIVE 19654 and includes a Gamelan Orchestra from Pilatan, Indonesia. More »

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Tunku Abdul Rahman

Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah (Jawi: ‏تونكو عبد الرحمن ڤوترا الحاج ابن سلطان عبد الحميد حليم شاه; 8 February 1903 – 6 December 1990) was a Malaysian statesman and lawyer who served as the first prime minister of Malaysia and the head of government of its predecessor states from 1955 to 1970. He was the first chief minister of the Federation of Malaya from 1955 to 1957. He supervised the independence process that culminated on 31 August 1957. As an independent Malaysia's first prime minister, he dominated the country's politics for the next 13 years. More »

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Two BBC Radio "mistakes"

A recording featuring two radio gaffes, titled "The Fleet's Lit Up!" and "Music & Movement." The gaffes are introduced both together and individually, and the broadcast appears to be compiled from 'Sound archive' recordings. The content is catalogued separately for each segment. More »

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U Thant

Thant (Burmese: သန့်; MLCTS: san. [θa̰ɰ̃]; 22 January 1909 – 25 November 1974), known honorifically as U Thant (), was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, the first non-Scandinavian to hold the position. He held the office for a record 10 years and one month.A native of Pantanaw, Thant was educated at the National High School and at Rangoon University. In the days of tense political climate in Burma, he held moderate views positioning himself between fervent nationalists and British loyalists. He was a close friend of Burma's first Prime Minister U Nu and served in various positions in Nu's cabinet from 1948 to 1961. Thant had a calm and unassuming demeanor that won his colleagues' respect.He was appointed Secretary-General in 1961, six weeks after his predecessor, Dag Hammarskjöld, had died in an air crash. In his first term, Thant facilitated negotiations between U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, helping to avert a global catastrophe. Later, in December that year, Thant ordered Operation Grandslam, which ended a secessionist insurgency in Congo. He was reappointed as Secretary-General on 2 December 1966, by a unanimous vote of the Security Council. During his second term Thant was well known for publicly criticizing U.S. conduct in the Vietnam War. He oversaw the entry of several newly independent African and Asian states into the UN. He refused to serve a third term, and retired in 1971. Thant died of lung cancer in 1974. A devout Buddhist and the foremost Burmese diplomat on the international stage, he was widely admired and held in great respect by the Burmese populace. When the military government refused him any honours, riots erupted in Rangoon; these were violently crushed by the government, leaving scores of casualties. (Wikipedia) More »

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