File 3 - John Simpson: South Africa - Newscripts, 1977

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MCPP/JS/5/3

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John Simpson: South Africa - Newscripts, 1977

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  • 9 December 1977 (Creation)

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1 file, 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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Newscripts about South Africa. There are only three scripts in the file as follows:

(1) typed with handwritten corrections report that after a three week hearing the Magistrate presiding over the inquest into the death of Steve Beko had found that no-one was responsible for his death, 2 Dec 1977

(2) handwritten findings concerning the cause of death of Steve Beko, 9 Dec 1977

(3) typed report on meeting between Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia [Zimbabwe] and three black leaders, 9 Dec 1977

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