Correspondence between Benjamin Britten and British Committee for Portuguese Amnesty

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  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 1111 BBS/BRITISH_COMMITTEE_PORTUGUESE_AMNESTY
  • Dates of Creation
      1962-1964
  • Physical Description
      1 file; 8 items

Scope and Content

Letters from the British Committee for Portuguese Amnesty and the West European Conference for Amnesty: for Portuguese political prisoners and exiles.

Includes booklets titled Portugal: The Price of Opposition and Prisons and Prisoners in Portugal: An Independent Investigation by Lord Russell of Liverpool.

Correspondence is from Helen Ward, and regards the release of political prisoners including Manuel Rodrigues da Silva. Includes a typescript reply from Britten's secretary J.W. Cullum.

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