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In this section, we provide original correspondence, brochures and other documents related to the establishment of the BBC's operations in South East Asia. All the scans have been vetted for Public use by the BBC Written Archives at Caversham, Reading. but retains BBC Written Archives Copyright.
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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 »Spoken voice |Topic: Politics |Audio
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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 »Spoken voice |Topic: Politics |Audio
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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 »Person
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Writer outlines the progress in the licensing of wireless receiving stations. He gives information on how the war has affected their production. More »Message
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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 »Message
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Sender attatches copy of Colonial Report questionnaire. Given to the sender by a Mr. Winston. More »Message
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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 »Message
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Receiver thanks the Agent for Malaya's report and acknowledges it's arrival. More »Message
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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 »Message
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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 »Message
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Attatches a document on the contination of bradcasting operations in Malaysia and the Union of South Africa More »Message
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Sender highlights some issues with V.H. Winston's proposal and offers possible solutions. More »Message
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Sender highlights some issues with V.H. Winston's proposal and offers possible solutions. Specifically with regards to specific frequencies available for transmission. More »Message
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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 »Message
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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 »Person
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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 »Person
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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 »Music (Dance) |Topic: Culture |Audio
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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 »Person
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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 »Music and spoken voice |Topic: Culture |Audio
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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 »Person
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List of programmes for University of the Air from October 21, 1953 to January 6, 1954 More »Article
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Programme 1 radio script for October 21, 1953. Contains The Reith's Lecture and Plato's idea of the state, going from 10pm to 11:30pm More »Article
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Programme 2 radio script for October 2, 1953. Contains The Sweetest Wine Makes the Sharpest Vinegar, going from 10pm to 11:30pm More »Article
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Programme 3 radio script for November 4, 1953. Contains Power and the State , going from 10pm to 11:30pm More »Article
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Programme 5 radio script for November 18, 1953. Contains Portrait of Delius, going from 10pm to 11:30pm More »Article
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Programme 6 radio script for November 25, 1953. Contains Power of the State, going from 10pm to 11:30pm More »Article
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Programme 7 radio script for December 2, 1953. Contains Modern Poetry C. Day Lewis, going from 10pm to 11:30pm More »Article
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Programme 8 radio script for December 9, 1953. ContainsThe Women of Troy by Euripides, going from 10pm to 11:30pm More »Article
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Programme 9 radio script for December 16, 1953. Contains The Golden Ass, going from 10pm to 11:30pm More »Article
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Programme 10 radio script for December 23, 1953. Contains Samuel Butler, going from 10pm to 11:30pm More »Article
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Programme 11 radio script for December 30, 1953. Contains Modern Poetry by C. Day Lewis, going from 10pm to 11:30pm More »Article
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Programme 12 radio script for January 6, 1954. Contains The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, going from 10pm to 11:30pm More »Article
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