BBS African Telex Collection

IDENTITY STATEMENT AREA

Reference code(s): ICS 124

Title: BBS African Telex Collection

Date(s): 1967 - 1980

Level of description: Fond

Extent and medium of the unit of description: 111 boxes

CONTEXT AREA

Name of creator(s): BBC

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CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA

Scope and content: Telex news reports on Africa acquired by BBC News Services, originating from BBC Monitoring Service and various news agencies - Associated Press (AP), Reuters, UPI, etc: subjects include James Callaghan's visit to Africa, Jan 1975 (1 file); Coffee, 1971-1975 (1 file); The Commonwealth, 1971-1980 (1 file), East Africa, 1971-1974 (1 file); Henry Kissinger, 1976 (1 file); Non-aligned nations, 1970-1975 (1 file); Oil, 1969-1974 (1 file); the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), 1969-1977 6 files); Organisation Commune African Malgace et Mauricienne (OCAMM), 1969-1974 (1 file); Nikolai Podgorny, Mar-Apr 1977 (1 file); the United Nations (UN), 1967-1980 (5 files); United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), May 1976 (1 file); Angola, 1975-1980 (8 files); Botswana, 1971-1975 (1 file); Chad, 1971-1978 (2 files); Congo - Kinshasa, 1971-1972 (1 file); Congo - Zaire 1973-1977 (3 files); Djibouti, 1973-1975 (1 file); Egypt, 1971-1977 (3 files); Ethiopia, 1971-1979 (14 files); Ghana, 1967-1979 (7 files); Guinea Bissau, 1971-1974 (1 file); Ivory Coast, 1971-1974 (1 file); Kenya, 1970-1977 (6 files); Liberia, 1971-1975 (1 file); Libya, 1972-1973 (1 file); Morocco, 1971-1975 (1 file); Mozambique, 1974-1977 (5 files); Nigeria, 1967-1977 (13 files); Portugal and its colonies, 1967-1974 (4 files); Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), 1970-1980, (40 files); Senegal 1972-1975 (2 files) Sierra Leone, 1967-1971 (1 file); Somalia 1968-1978 (4 files); South Africa, 1968-1979 (28 files); South West Africa, 1970-1979 (8 files); Spanish Sahara, 1973-1977 (3 files); Sudan, 1967-1980 (6 files); Tanzania, 1970-1978 (7 files); Tunisia, 1971-1980 (2 files); Uganda, 1967-1979 (16 files); Zambia 1968-1978 (9 files).

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System of arrangement: Telexes arranged chronologically by country/subject.

CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE AREA

Conditions governing access:

Conditions governing reproduction: Usual conditions apply.

Language/scripts of material: English

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DESCRIPTION CONTROL AREA

Recorder's note:

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: February 2002

Interest: Black

Specific group:

Subjects

Political movements

Government

Internal politics

Political crises

Political systems

Colonial countries

Agricultural products

Plant products

Coffee

History

National history

African history

National cultures

African cultures

Personal/Corporate names

Callaghan, Leonard James, b 1912, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, Prime Minister

Kissinger, Henry Alfred, b 1923, US Secretary of State

Podgorny, Nikolai Viktorovitch, 1903-1983 Soviet Communist Leader

BBC x British Broadcasting Corporation

OAU, Organisation of African Unity x Organisation of African Unity

Organisation Commune Africaine Malgace et Mauricienne x OCAMM

UN, United Nations x United Nations

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development x UNCTAD

Places

North Africa

East Africa

West Africa

Southern Africa

Central Africa

Zimbabwe, Southern Africa

Zambia

Zaire

Western Sahara

Uganda, East Africa

Tunisia

Tanzania, East Africa

Sudan

South Africa

Somalia

Sierra Leone

Senegal

Rhodesia

Nigeria

Mozambique

Morocco

Libya

Liberia

Kenya

Guinea Bissau

Ghana

Ethiopia

Egypt

Djibouti

Congo

Chad

Botswana

Angola