Billy Strachan papers c1935-c1999

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Billy Strachan papers c1935-c1999

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb101-ics158

circa 41 boxes

eng,

Institute of Commonwealth Studies at Senate House Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6280039

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Jagan, Janet

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Strachan, William

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Billy Strachan was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He arrived in England in March 1940 and joined the Royal Air Force. He became an air gunner and then a flight lieutenant. He returned briefly to Jamaica and then came back to England in 1947. He was a member of the Communist Party and the secretary of the London branch of the Caribbean Labour Congress. He founded and edited a monthly journal, Caribbean News. He left the Communist Party in 1967 but continued to take a great interest in the politics an...

Jagan, Cheddi.

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Premier of Guyana, 1961-1964. From the description of Cheddi Jagan peech transcript, ca. 1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869156 Cheddi Jagan is the General Secretary, People's Progressive Party, Guyana, South America. From the description of Cheddi Jagan letters to Alan McLeod, 1971-1972. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40147250 Biographical/Historical Note Premi...