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Audio recording of the Suez Seminar, held at King's College London, 5 Nov 1996, including three personal accounts of aspects of the Suez campaign, by Maj Gen Denis Arthur Beckett, 2nd in Command, 3 Bn, Parachute Regt in airborne landings, 5 Nov 1956, Maj Gen Nicholas Francis Vaux, 2nd Lt, 45 Commando Royal Marines, 3 Commando Bde, in helicopter-borne amphibious assault, 6 Nov 1956, and Dr Henry Cowper, lecturer in history, Napier University, Edinburgh, who served as a Corporal (on National Service), 1 Bn, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), 19 Infantry Bde in Port Said, Egypt, 14 Nov-22 Dec 1956, with subsequent questions from the audience. Also photocopies of articles relating to Suez, 1956, including detailed account relating to 1 Bn, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), Port Said, Egypt, 1956, from The Thistle, May 1957; 'Anglo-French operations against Port Said, 1956 (Operation MUSKETEER)' by Brig Cyril Nelson Barclay, from the Army Quarterly, 1957; 'Operation MUSKETEER' by Capt Cyril Bentham Falls, from Brassey's Annual, 1957; printed 'Chronology of the Suez crisis, 1956', source unknown [1957].