| StorageSite | UCL SSEES |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | BTL/4/7 |
| Title | Folder Entitled 'Correspondence - 'The Last Secret' |
| Date | 1975 |
| Date2 | 1990-1991 |
| Description | Correspondence both prior to publication of Bethell's work and post-publication.
Contents:
Letters sent to Bethell in reply to advertisements placed by Bethell in newspapers in the UK and abroad, appealing for eyewitness information about the forcible repatriation.
Correspondence with other academics researching the subject including Professor Epstein, 'Operation Keelhaul'. The folder also contains correspondence between Robert Vas, director of 'Orders from Above', a BBC documentary broadcast on 2 November 1975, and viewers.
Press reviews and copies of audience research reports commissioned by the BBC. Includes letter from Hugh Trevor-Roper who was asked to write an introduction (dated 15 May 1974) and a letter from the publishers' solicitors Goodman, Derrick & Co.
The folder also contains some notes made by Bethell on some of the letters received, and letters from 'Moskva' journal regarding publication of certain chapters of 'The Last Secret' (Nov 1990-Feb 1991). |
| Extent | 1 box |
| AccessStatus | Restricted access |
| AccessConditions | Access to some of the material in this file is restricted, but may be granted for the purposes of private research after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. |
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