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Papers of Sir Percy Cradock
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Book reviews.

Reviews of Cradock's book 'Recollections of the Cambridge Union' from Granta and The Listener.

'Britain's new ambassador at Peking.

Two copies, 8.5" x 6.5" and 7" x 5", of official portrait shot of Cradock, issued for British Information Services by the Photographs Division, Central Office of Communication, London, taken on his appointment as ambassador in 1978.

British Embassy, Peking.

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  • 1966–1968 (Most photographs undated. A couple date stamped Oct. 1967.)
  • Part of Papers of Sir Percy Cradock

Collection of assorted colour and black and white prints taken in and around the British Embassy at Peking, before, during and after the storming of the embassy. Prints of the Office of the British Charge d'Affaires in June 1966, crowds outside the Chancery Building in summer 1966, the ruined interior of the British Mission in August 1967, and staff outside the Registry door in October 1967 are all reproduced in Cradock's book 'Experiences of China'.

Cambridge memories

Cutting from the Daily telegraph & morning post reporting a party to mark the publication of Cradock's 'Recollections of the Cambridge Union'.

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