IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0102 PP MS 13
Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies
Title: Agence France Presse
Date(s): 1965-1972
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 17 boxes
Name of creator(s): Agence France Presse | French news agency
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Agence France Presse, named in 1944, is a French news agency with its headquarters in Paris, supplying world news. It is the successor of a news agency founded in 1835.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Press reports, 1965-1972, of Agence France Presse from Jakarta, Indonesia, chiefly by Brian May, on foreign affairs, including relations with Malaysia, Japan, the United States, and others; foreign aid; visits of overseas politicians; political affairs, including the Indonesian Communist party and Muslim parties; political unrest, including student militancy; the Chinese community; natural disasters and disease; sport; affairs in West Irian (Irian Jaya); economic policy, industry, mining and agriculture.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Chronological.
Conditions governing access:
Unrestricted.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Unpublished handlist and database.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The provenance of this material is unknown.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Revised by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Source: website of Agence France Presse at http://www.afp.com/english/home
Date(s) of descriptions: Apr 2002