Record

StorageSite	UCL SSEES
Level	File
Reference Number	BTL/7/6
Title	Papers Relating to Flora Leipman 'The Long Journey Home'
Date	1987-1996
Description	Contents: Letters from Flora Leipman to Lord Bethell describing the effect of publication of the articles in 'The Mail on Sunday' dated 31 Jan 1985 and requesting assistance in obtaining Russian rehabilitation papers dated 23 Jul 1985. Correspondence with London Borough of Brent regarding Flora Leipman's housing problems dated Oct 1985 Letter from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office regarding Flora Leipman's story dated 31 Jan 1985 Typewritten and annotated drafts; additionally copies of the 'Mail on Sunday' articles
Extent	1 folder
AdminHistory	Lord Bethell met Flora Leipman in 1984 upon her return to the United Kingdom after her release from the Soviet Union, where she had lived since the age of 14. Bethell published an article about her in 'The Mail on Sunday' called "My 50-year ordeal in a Soviet hell" and "To hell and back"
AccessStatus	Open
AccessConditions	The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

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