Key Information
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Date(s)
- 1967 Jun 4 - 1973 Oct 10 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Papers primarily relating to the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, including transcript of BBC 'Panorama' television programme devoted to the 1967 war in which Mayhew, Rt Hon Duncan Edwin Duncan-Sandys and Michael Parkinson provide commentary and interview Egyptian President Col Gamal Abdel Nasser and Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban; transcript of BBC television programme 'The World Today', on the twentieth anniversary of Israeli statehood and featuring commentary by Mayhew and Israeli Brig Gen Yigal Allon. Papers relating to the 1973 Arab-Israeli War include correspondence between Mayhew and members of the public both in support and critical of Israeli policy and letters in which Mayhew expresses his pro-Arab stance. 1 file.