| Level | Item |
| Ref No | CSA/1/1/18 |
| Title | Congo Feb '61 |
| Date | February 1961 |
| Extent | 1 notebook and 1 pdf |
| Creator Name | Sanger; Clyde (1928-2022); journalist |
| Description | Notebook, written mostly in shorthand, containing notes on the UN and Katanga [now part of The Democratic Republic of the Congo] including: UN forces in the Congo; conflict and casualties; the evacuation of foreign nationals; foreign aid; judges, legal training and the judicial system in the Congo; the status of the new government; and medical training in France.
Names featured include: Zaslavsky, Brigadier Ward, [Victor] Lundula, Patrice Lumumba, Colonel Ayayo, Major Gulliver, Dr. Grossen and Sayed Omer Abdel Hamid Adil.
Also contains cuttings of two newspaper articles written in French relating to a [Youth creation project in Leopoldville and the creation of a Kantangese maritime campaign].
Transcribed in 2021 as part of the Clyde Sanger shorthand transcription project with funding from The National Archives' Collaborate and Innovate Testbed Fund. The pdf transcription document also contains a digitised copy of the notebook. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Format | Electronic record |
| Manuscript |
| Copyright | Clyde Sanger |
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| Code | Set |
| NA41 | Democratic Republic of the Congo/Africa |
| NA204 | Belgium/Europe |
| NA12 | France/Europe |