Interview with Sir John Wise, KCMG, CBE [sound recording]

Account of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) in its last years in Burma


Date(s) of creation: 3 August 1976-18 August 1976
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Wise; Sir; John Humphrey (1890-1984); Knight; Indian civil servant
Other authors: Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer

Summary: Account of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) in its last years in Burma
Main author: Wise; Sir; John Humphrey (1890-1984); Knight; Indian civil servant
Other authors: Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
Extent: 3 hr. 45 min. approx, (sound cassette: analog)
Admin history: Sir John Wise, KCMG, CBE - I.C.S. Burma 1914-47; Secretary, Government of Burma 1932-9; Counsellor to Governor of Burma 1940-46; Adviser to Secretary of State for Burma 1946-47
Access status: Closed
Access conditions: Sound recording currently unavailable to consult at SOAS Library. Transcript is available to consult. Researchers can access a copy of the sound recording at the British Library Listening & Viewing Service [BL reference:C5/44-48]. 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: C5/44-48].
Related material: Transcript available at SOAS Library [OA2, British in India Oral Archive, Transcripts, Box 5]
Format: Archive