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- Permanent Link:
- https://digital.soas.ac.uk/OA30000169/00002
Notes
- Abstract:
- Frank Leeson interviewed about his role in the evacuation of the Baramulla convent, Kashmir in November 1947, and more generally about the population of the North West Frontier Province and Kashmir. ( en )
- General Note:
- Biographical history: Francis Leo Leeson was born in 1926. He enlisted in the British Army around 1944. He served as a Khassadar in the North West Frontier Province tribal agency of South Waziristan, c 1944-1947. Leeson later travelled across South Asia on behalf of the 'National Geographic' publication. He worked later in insurance.
- General Note:
- Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Frank Leeson's home in Worthing, United Kingdom
- General Note:
- Conditions governing reproduction: The recording is available for consultation without restriction, and short extracts (up to 50 words) can be published with an appropriate acknowledgement. Any publication of longer extracts or use of interviews for broadcast requires the prior written permission of Andrew Whitehead
- General Note:
- Duration: Duration: 00:45:44
- General Note:
- Recording no.: Additional 12
- General Note:
- Date of Interview: 20 June 2001
- General Note:
- Related material: Partial transcript with notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03
- General Note:
- Publication note: Research for broadcast of the BBC Radio 4 programme 'An Incident in Kashmir' (2003); and Andrew Whitehead, 'A Mission in Kashmir' (Viking Penguin, 2007)
- General Note:
- Order with this reference: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/303972108
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
- Resource Identifier:
- OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4 ( Order with reference )
OA3/01/18/12 ( CALM Reference number )
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