Indian Civil Service (ICS) Burma group interview with F.S.V. Donnison, Philip Nash, and W.I.J. Wallace [sound recording]

Three interviews dealing with: The District Officer in Burma pre-1939, the Japanese Invasion and the British withdrawal, Government in exile and the return to Burma post-War.


Date(s) of creation: 22 July 1976-25 October 1976
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Donnison; F S Vernon (1898-1993); colonial administrator
Other authors: Nash; Philip Geoffrey Elwin (1906-1982); colonial administrator and broadcaster, Wallace; Walter Ian James (b 1905); Indian civil servant, Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer

Summary: Three interviews dealing with: The District Officer in Burma pre-1939, the Japanese Invasion and the British withdrawal, Government in exile and the return to Burma post-War.
Main author: Donnison; F S Vernon (1898-1993); colonial administrator
Other authors: Nash; Philip Geoffrey Elwin (1906-1982); colonial administrator and broadcaster, Wallace; Walter Ian James (b 1905); Indian civil servant, Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
Extent: 6 hr. approx.
Note: No transcript
Admin history: F. S. V. Donnison - I.C.S. 1922-47, Chief Secretary to Government of Burma 1946
Access status: Closed
Access conditions: Sound recording currently unavailable to consult at SOAS Library. Researchers can access a copy of the sound recording at the British Library Listening & Viewing Service [BL reference:C5/28-29]. For more details see www.bl.uk/listening or contact listening@bl.uk / 020 7412 7418.
User restrictions: Private study only. For publication or broadcast please refer to Archivist
Language: English
Copies: Copy of interview available at British Library Listening & Viewing Service [reference: C5/81/01-03].
Format: Archive