John Rowland interviewed by Ken Henderson [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1398014
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Rowland, J. R. (John Russell), 1925-1996, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- Sept./Oct. 1985
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 90 min.)
- Summary:
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Rowland talks about joining Foreign Affairs as a diplomatic cadet in 1944. He then discusses the expansion of posts into South-East Asia and Menzies' attitude to Asia. Rowland then describes being sent to Saigon in 1952; attending the Geneva Conference in 1954 as a member of the Conference on Korea and the proposed partition of Vietnam. He then describes life in Saigon 1952-54 which was then under French rule and Australian relations at the time with the Vietnamese government.
- Notes:
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-196711132
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Corrected transcript available (typescript, 29 leaves).
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Diplomats
- Other authors/contributors:
- Henderson, Kenneth Russell, 1924?-1986, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2055 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1985
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