Directors' Correspondence

This correspondence series consists of files of letters between John Swire & Sons, London and the office of Cathay Pacific in Hong Kong in their capacity as a major shareholder, dealing with all matters relating to the management and development of the business worldwide. The letters focus in pa...

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Date(s) of creation: 1945-1986
Level: Series
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.13.1
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber JSS/13/1
callnumber_txt JSS/13/1
callnumber-sort JSS/13/1
scb_alt_ref_no JSSXIII 1
prefix_number 1
title Directors' Correspondence
scb_date_creation 1945-1986
scb_level Series
level_sort 4/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/
scb_extent 40 files; 60 boxes
format Archive
description This correspondence series consists of files of letters between John Swire & Sons, London and the office of Cathay Pacific in Hong Kong in their capacity as a major shareholder, dealing with all matters relating to the management and development of the business worldwide. The letters focus in particular on air traffic rights and negotiations with other airlines and Governments regarding air routes, but also cover routine business matters such as finance, maintenance of fleet, publicity and performance, as well as wider issues such as the effects of local political situations. A number of files include monthly management reports and weekly estimates of performance. There are gaps in the series and some years of correspondence are missing. Future accruals are expected
scb_arrangement The files include subject indexes
scb_place_code 1819730
2643743
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ
scb_use_restrictions Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests.
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.0013.001