Identity area
Reference code
MCPP/JS/6/3
Title
John Simpson: Afghanistan, 1988-89
Date(s)
- 2 December 1988 – 28 August 1989 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
2 files, paper
[originally in 1 blue box file and now rehoused in 2 archival files]
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
File containing:
(1) typed ‘General conclusions’ after a three month trip travelling in Afghanistan
(2) selected contacts for covering Afghan Affairs produced by the American Centre in Peshwar (revised Sept 1987 and revised 25 Jan 1989)
(3) map of Afghanistan and photocopies of maps of regions
(4) (4) photocopy of photos and names of some political figures
(5) summaries on Afghan Resistance Factions
(6) a ‘Whose who’ of resistance leaders
(7) a list of artillery and who is likely to have it
(8) photocopies of articles about Afghanistan and the Soviet withdrawal
(9) Afghan tapes transcripts
(10) photocopies of Simpson’s notebooks on his trip to Afghanistan