Papers [manuscript]. 1941-1959.

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Papers [manuscript]. 1941-1959.

The collection includes 45 letters written by Watt in Washington to colleagues in the Department of External Affairs; including Colonel W. R. Hodgson (Secretary) and J. D. L. Hood (Acting Secretary). Lady Watt's papers consist of typed copies of her diaries written in Moscow (1947-1949) in Malaya (1954-1956), in Japan (1956-1959), in Germany (1959-1962), written en route to Australia from Cologne in 1962 and to Japan, Moscow, the Hague and London in 1963, written in Papua New Guinea in 1967 and in China in 1974.

25 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7073903

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Watt, Mildred, Lady, 1903-1983

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Watt, Alan Stewart, Sir, 1901-

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Diplomat. From the description of Reminiscences of Sir Alan Stewart Watt : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122308361 Sir Alan Watt. Diplomat and public servant. Held several diplomatic posts overseas, and was Head of the Department of External Affairs between 1950 and 1954. Lady Mildred Watt. Authoress. Her published works include Between the hammer and the anvil, and Japan, land of sun and storm...