Denis Warner interviewed by Mel Pratt in the Mel Pratt collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 721713
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Warner, Denis, 1917-2012, 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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- 1976 Dec. 8 - 9
- 4 tape reels (ca. 300 min.) : 3 3/4 ips., mono. ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Mel Pratt collection.
- Summary:
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Denis Warner, journalist, talks of his early days in Tasmania; working for the Hobart "Mercury"; joining the army and writing for the "Herald"; his experiences as a correspondent in the Pacific; treatment of Japanese prisoners; Super Fortress raid; Philippine Sea battle; Gerald Bogan; American marines; Wilfred Burchett; New Guinea; kamikaze attacks; travelling through the Pacific and Asia after the war; Yamashita; Japan after the war; Reuters in Tokyo; Russian relations; Dick Hughes; Foochow; Singapore, 1949; "Daily Telegraph" London; nationalist movements in SE Asia; Korea; Eyre; Gamboa; White Australia policy; Taegu; Ian Morrison; Lauchy McDonald; Harry Gordon; Chinese Spring offensive, 1951; difficulties in Vietnam; Di Viet; Dien Ben Phu; military intelligence; Peter Young; report of losing the war; Geneva Agreement; CIA in vietnam; Sumatra; Tom Critchley; Wilfred Burchett; torture of Kinne; Menzies; SEATO.
Warner discusses the diplomatic recognition of China; Michael Keon; the "Reporter"; Max Ascoli; citations; demise of the "Reporter"' his interests; his wife's career as a journalist; Australian coverage of SE Asia; his proximity to protagonists in SE Asia; threat of expulsion; relations with Burchett; Americans in SE Asia; SEATO; Iron Curtain; Colombo Plan; Arthur Calwell; Harold Holt; Menzies and Asia; Gorton and Asia; Whitlam and Asia; Fraser and the Sino-Soviet dispute; Indonesia; Portuguese Timor; Burchett.
- Biography/History:
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Warner established a reputation for being Australia's leading authority on South-East Asian affairs after a career reporting foreign affairs for Australian and British newspapers and United States magazines. He was also author of a number of books on Australia's relationships with its neighbouring countries.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at his home at Mt Eliza, Victoria.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-193289394
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript (149 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Pratt, Mel, -1986, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Mel Pratt collection.
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- Until 2046 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1976
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