Papers [manuscript]. 1946-1978.

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Papers [manuscript]. 1946-1978.

1. Correspondence and other papers, 1946-78, re the work of the Australian Mission to the United Nations during the period 1946-52. In particular these papers relate to the influence of H.V. Evatt, the 1946 San Francisco Conference, the work of the U.N. Special Committe on Palestine and the creation of the State of Israel. 2. Extract from Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates (House of Representatives), April 1961, and four publications of the U.N. General Assembly, 1962, relating to South Africa, South-West Africa and Mozambique.

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Hood, John Douglas Lloyd, 1904-1991.

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