Subseries 2 - John Simpson: Journalist Notebooks - 1980s

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MCPP/JS/1/2

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John Simpson: Journalist Notebooks - 1980s

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  • 1980-1989 (Creation)

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53 volumes, paper

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Simpson, John Cody Fidler (1944-present), journalist, foreign correspondent and Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
(9 August 1944 - present)

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53 notebooks in which John Simpson wrote questions and answers, notes on briefings, and interviews covering domestic and foreign policy. Some of the subject areas covered are:

Czechoslovakia
Russian invasion of Afghanistan
Moscow Olympics
EEC
The siege of the Iranian Embassy in London
The IRA
US cruise missiles in Britain
The founding of the SDP
The Falklands War
Argentina
Tel Aviv
The Lebanon War
Chile and Argentina
Poland and Solidarity
South Africa
Russia
Iran
Azerbaijan and Armenia
Cuba
Protests in Tiananmen Square

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Please note that the notebooks may be closed due to Data Protection considerations

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