Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

Date: [ca 1960s-1970s]

From: Bailey, Rona, 1914-2005 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9782

Description: Photographs of demonstrations in Wellington and Auckland ca late 1960s-early 1970s Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Bailey, Rona, 1914-2005; Papers (MS-Group-0901).

Date: 1962

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-137-536

Description: The cartoon shows three New Zealand soldiers reading the news that New Zealand is to send a force to Thailand. One of them comments that because New Zealand is considered almost a nuisance (because so insignificant) only the most experienced nuiscances are likely to be sent. A sergeant standing nearby looks extremely annoyed. Refers to desire by Thailand of a military guarantee of security from Washington that would hopefully induce the United States to use its power to preserve Laos and Cambodia as non-Communist buffer states on Thailand's borders. In 1962, three RNZAF Bristol freighters with support personnel and 30 Special Air Service personnel were deployed to northeastern Thailand. They joined forces from the United States, Thailand, Australia and the United Kingdom to prepare against a feared invasion of Thailand from across the Laos border. The crisis was resolved before any invasion was launched. At the time, there was an ongoing Southeast Asia Treaty Organization exercise known as Pony Express, which was practicing an insertion of military forces in a notional country to meet an external assault. The combination of the announced possibility of U.S.inter-vention and the existence of SEATO forces prac-tising such a contingency may have impressed the Laotian factions to bring about a coalition. Regional defense organization (1955-77) comprising Australia, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, Britain, and the U.S. SEATO was founded as part of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty in order to protect the region from communism. It had no standing forces, but its members engaged in combined military exercises. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon on card, 280 x 310 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1940-1957

By: Holland, Sidney George (Rt Hon Sir), 1893-1961

Reference: MS-Papers-1624

Description: Opposition papers and correspondence; Ministerial and PM's subject files; National Party, policy, and campaign material; speech notes. Also some memorabilia and scrapbooks of photographs and press cuttings Member of Parliament (National) 1935-1957; Leader of the Opposition, 1940-1949; Prime Minister, 1949-1957 Quantity: 699 folder(s). 16 volume(s). 20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs Finding Aids: Inventory available. Transfers: To Sound and Music Centre - Recording of `To Elizabeth' by Miss Dorothy Stewart, New York - To Photographic Archive - Albums and loose photographs (some albums and scrapbooks have been kept with the collection. See Series 8).

Date: 1950 - 1959

Reference: Eph-B-STATE-1950s

Description: Includes: Luncheon by the Government of New Zealand in honour of the Right Honourable C R Atlee, Leader of Her Majesty's Oppostion and of the Parliamentary labour Party in the United Kingdom. Parliament House, Wellington, 15 September 1954. Toasts, menu, music. Luncheon by the Government of New Zealand in honour of the Right Honourable C D Howe, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Mr W F Bull. Parliament House Wellington, 27 April 1955. Toasts, menu, music. Luncheon by the Government of New Zealand in honour of the Right Honourable the Earl of Home, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations. Parliament House Wellington, 7 September 1955. Toasts, menu, music (2 copies). Luncheon by the Government of New Zealand in honour of the Right Honourable Sir John Kotelawala, Prime Minister of Ceylon. Parliament House Wellington, 10 November 1955. Toasts, menu, music (2 copies). Luncheon by the Government of New Zealand in honour of the Right Honourable The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, First Sea Lord. Parliament House Wellington, 28 March 1956. Toasts, menu, music. Itinerary for guests of government Wing-Commander R G Grant-Ferris and Mr Frederick Lee [British members of parliament]. 8-30 September 1957. Typescript. Luncheon by the Government of New Zealand in honour of Mr Nobusuke Kishi, Prime Minister of Japan. Parliament House, 2 December 1957. Toasts, menu, music (2 copies) Luncheon by the Government of New Zealand in honour of the Right Honourable John G Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada. Parliament House Wellington, 10 December 1958. Toasts, menu, music. Luncheon by the Government of New Zealand in honour of the Chief Delegates to the Fifth meeting of the Council of Ministers of the South-East Asia treaty Organisation. Parliament House, 9 April 1959. Toasts, menu, music. Quantity: 9 printed items. Physical Description: Letterpress on brochures and fliers, sizes below 300 mm.

Date: 1960 - 1979

Reference: Eph-B-STATE-1960/1979

Description: 1962: State luncheon to farewell His Excellency the Right Honourable Viscount Cobham, Governor general of New Zealand on His Excellency's retirement from the office of Governor General. Parliament House Wellington, 29 August 1962. [Toasts and menu] (2 copies) 1965: Ceremony to mark the Centennial of Parliamentary Government in New Zealand. Parliament House Wellington, 26 July 1965. programme sheet 1966: Luncheon by the Government of New Zealand, Parliament House Wellington, in honour of the Honourable Lyndon B Johnson, President of the United States of America. 20 October 1966. Toasts and menu (2 copies). 1967: State luncheon to farewell His Excellency Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand on His Excellency's retirement from the office of Governor-General. Parliament House, Wellington, 10 October 1967. [Toasts and menu] 1968: State dinner in honour of delegates to the thirteenth meeting of the Council of the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation. overseas Passenger Terminal, Wellington, 2 April 1968. [Toasts and menu] Luncheon in honour of Her Excellency Mrs Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India. Parliament House, 28 May 1968. [Toasts and menu] Luncheon in honour of His Excellency Park Chung Lee, President of the Republic of Korea. Parliament House Wellington, 20 September 1968. [Toasts and menu] 1970: Luncheon in honour of the Right Honourable Pierre E Trudeau, prime Minister of Canada. overseas Passenger Terminal, Wellington, 13 May 1970. [Toast and menu] 1973: State luncheon in honour of Their Imperial Highnesses the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Japan. Unicorn Room, St George, Wellington, 21 May 1973. Ruth Scott went to Japan in 1956 for 7 years and later to New York with husband (who was a NZ trade commissioner). Involved with Ikebana International, becoming World President. Involved with Japan-New Zealand Society on return to NZ. Quantity: 9 printed items. Physical Description: Letterpress on brochures and fliers, sizes below 300 mm. Provenance: One programme donated by Mrs Ruth Scott, Wellington, in 2006; one from the estate of Bebe Collett 2005.

Date: 1959

From: National Orchestra of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service :[Programmes 1947-1962].

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-NO-1959

Description: Includes programmes for concerts on: The 1959 National Orchestra concerts for schools. Conductor John Hopkins. Programme 21 March: Conductor John Hopkins, soloist Andor Foldes (piano). Wellington Town Hall (2 copies) 10 April: Symphony concert in the presence of the Chief Delegates to the Fifth Meeting of the Council of Ministers, South-East Asian Treaty Organisation. Conductor John Hopkins, leader Vincent Aspey. Wellington Town Hall. (2 copies, one hard bound) 18 April: Conductor John Hopkins; soloists Sybil Phillipps (soprano), Honor McKellar (contralto) and Hutt Valley Orpheus Society, Phoenix Choir, Royal Wellington Choral Union, Wellington Harmonic Society). Wellington Town Hall (2 copies) 16 May: Conductor John Hopkins, soloist James Whitehead (cello). Wellington Town Hall (2 copies) 23 May: Conductor John Hopkins, soloist Mattiwilda Dobbs (soprano) Wellington Town Hall (2 copies) 6 June: Conductor John Hopkins; soloist Janetta McStay (piano). Wellington Town Hall (2 copies) 23 June: Conductor John Hopkins; soloists Wind Quintet of the Czech Philharmonic. Wellington Town Hall. Programme (2 copies) 4 July: Conductor John Hopkins; soloist Lili Kraus (piano). Wellington Town Hall. 18 July: Conductor John Hopkins; soloist Gerard Souzay (singer). Wellington Town Hall (2 copies) 8 August: Conductor Josef Krips; soloist Devy Erlih (violin). Wellington Town Hall. (2 copies) 3 September: Conductor John Hopkins; soloist Igor Ozim. Civic Theatre Invercargill, 3 September 1959. Programme 12 September: Conductor John Hopkins, soloist Igor Ozim (violin). Wellington Town Hall. Programme (2 copies) 27 September: Orchestral concert. Conductor John Hopkins; soloist Maurice Till. Opera House Wanganui, 28 September 1959. Programme 8 October: Conductor John Hopkins; soloist William Herbert (tenor). Wellington Town Hall. Programme (2 copies) 10 October: "Tunes for the people". Maurice Till (piano). Lower Hutt Town Hall. Programme 17 October: Conductor John Hopkins; soloist Lili Kraus. Wellington Town Hall. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 17 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes and flyers, up to octavo size, some illustrated. Provenance: One item donated by Mary Jennings, Wellington, in 2014; one by Richard Till, Christchurch, in 2014; one by the NZSO, 2014.

Date: May-Jul 1987

Reference: OHColl-0176

Description: Commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to collect resource material for the Ministry's historical archives in the form of life histories of a selected group of early and long-serving personnel. The object of the interviews was also to provide a human insight into the evolution of the Ministry. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Relates to an oral history proejct at Library reference OHColl-1261. Quantity: 14 C60 cassette(s). 3 printed abstract(s). 3 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 7 April 1984

From: NZOHA Customs Department Oral History Project Part II

By: Laking, George Robert (Sir), 1912-2008

Reference: OHInt-0101/08

Description: Sir George Laking was born in Auckland in 1912. Notes that his personal details are recorded in the Customs Department oral history project (OHInt-0176/01). Describes transferring from Customs to the Organisation for National Security, in the Prime Minister's Office, in 1940. Talks about the role of Foss Shanahan in this transfer. Talks about his early death and the significance of his role in the Department of External Affairs, Cabinet Secretariat, civil aviation and in the immigration of Polish refugee children. Describes the work of the Organisation for National Security. Comments on the atmosphere in New Zealand particularly concerning possible Japanese invasion. Describes Sir Carl Berendsen and contrasts him with Sir Alister McIntosh. Talks about the role of Deputy Prime Minister Sir Walter Nash during the war. Notes that he was part of the Pacific War Council and that he and Berendsen were New Zealanders making an impact internationally. Talks about working with Peter Fraser in the absence of Shanahan or McIntosh. Lists External Affairs posts and describes the development of overseas representation. Mentions the Enabling Act (of the Department of External Affairs) in 1943. Discusses the role of J.V. Wilson in developing a core of professional people in the Department. Describes travelling the Pacific with Peter Fraser in 1944 and 1945 and the impact this had on Pacific Island nations. Comments on the New Zealand regime in Western Samoa. Discusses issues facing the United Nations including the future of its mandated territories. Comments on Fraser's influence on trusteeship for Western Samoa. Discusses NZ's changing relationships with Britain and the United States, particularly regarding its Pacific role and security. Talks about the development of the Department and staff members Frank Corner, Colin Aikman, Tom Larkin, Charles Craw and Malcolm Templeton. Discusses the time he spent as Counsellor at the New Zealand Embassy in Washington from 1949 to 1956. Talks about working relationships with Dean Aicheson and John Foster Dulles. Describes the key events during his period in the States as McCarthyism, the Cuban missile crisis and the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Discusses the domino theory and southeast Asia. Talks about the government under Sir Sidney Holland from 1949 to 1957 and its emphasis on New Zealand's relationship with Britain. Discusses New Zealand's relationship with Australia and the development of ANZUS and SEATO. Comments on Sir Leslie Munro as Ambassador to Washington. Describes being Acting High Commissioner in London from 1958 to 1961, at the beginning of the British approach to the European Economic Community (EEC). Mentions C F Skinner visiting from New Zealand to make a case for preferential treatment for New Zealand butter and meat. Describes returning to the United States as Ambassador to Washington from 1961 to 1967. Discusses American and New Zealand involvement in Vietnam, Lyndon Baines Johnson, visiting Saigon and the role of the CIA. Comments on Prime Minister Sir Keith Holyoake, Sir Jack Marshall and Norman Kirk. Discusses New Zealand's recognition of China in 1972 and Ray La Varis' role in setting up trade. Summarises the evolving relationship with Britain, the USA, South-east Asia, the South Pacific and Australia. Discusses Vietnam, the UN charter, the veto, UN trusteeship, Western Samoa, the Korean War and and the EEC. Describes New Zealand involvement with the Australia and New Zealand agreement 1944, South Pacific Commission 1947, ANZUS, SEATO 1954, the Colombo Plan, ASPAC and ASEAN. Explains the role of a diplomat and assesses his own contribution. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - Ombudsman's Office, The Terrace, Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000500, 000504, 000504A, 000505A Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0094. Search dates: 1984

Date: 18 Nov 1975 - 7 Jul 1976

By: McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles (Sir), 1906-1978

Reference: OHColl-0163/1

Description: Covers his career as secretary to War Cabinet, 1943-1945; Secretary of External Affairs, 1943-1966 and permanent head of Prime Minister's Department, 1943-1966 Venue - Wellington : 1976 Interviewer(s) - Professor F L Wood ; Mary Boyd Venue - Alexander Turnbull Library Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 5 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-1841. Search dates: 1975 - 1976

Date: 1963-1964

From: Kirk, Dr Christopher and Mrs Gwendoline: Photographs, mainly relating to Kirk's work with the New Zealand Mobile Medical Unit in Thailand

Reference: PA1-q-880

Description: Photograph album relating to Dr Christopher Kirk's visit to Thailand, between 1962-1964, when he was working with the New Zealand Mobile Medical Unit. Kirk was one of five men put forward by SEATO member countries to the Thai-SEATO Regional Community Development Technical Assistance Centre in Ubol, Thailand. He was sent by New Zealand. Photographs taken by Kirk. The album is labelled as belonging to Kirk's wife Gwendoline, and she may have compiled it. Images have typed captions. Images are primarily images of local people going about their lives. Also: - one of the five 'specialists' contributed by SEATO member countries to the Thai-SEATO Regional Community Development Technical Assistance Centre, Ubol. -a few images of Dr Kirk, including two of him at work in village medical rooms. -some of local patients. Loose prints from the back of this album show Kirk's wife Gwendoline, and have been placed at PAColl-10269. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Ring binder with orange covers, 30 x 26 cm

Date: 1969-1992

From: Scientists Against Nuclear Arms (N.Z.): Records

Reference: MS-Papers-12055-59

Description: Comprises correspondence, drafts and other papers concerning chemical and biological warfare. Also includes folder on Ivor Watkins Dow industries, the 1969 annual progress report of the SEATO Medical Research Laboratory and clinical Research Centre, based in Thailand Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-116

Description: Photographs related to elections and immigration, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Includes images related to goverment investigations, including the Royal Commission into Hospital and Related Services, and Royal Commission on Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: April 1968

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 35mm-18377-F

Description: South East Asia Treaty Organisation conference. Photograph taken April 1968 by Morrie Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: April 1968

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 35mm-18384-F

Description: South East Asia Treaty Organisation conference. Photograph taken April 1968 by Morrie Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: April 1968

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 35mm-18379-F

Description: South East Asia Treaty Organisation conference. Photograph taken April 1968 by Morrie Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: April 1968

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 35mm-18382-F

Description: South East Asia Treaty Organisation conference. Photograph taken April 1968 by Morrie Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: April 1968

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 35mm-18380-F

Description: South East Asia Treaty Organisation conference. Photograph taken April 1968 by Morrie Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: April 1968

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 35mm-18383-F

Description: South East Asia Treaty Organisation conference. Photograph taken April 1968 by Morrie Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: April 1968

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 35mm-18378-F

Description: South East Asia Treaty Organisation conference. Photograph taken April 1968 by Morrie Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: [ca 1980]

From: Craw, Charles, 1918-1998 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6869-26

Description: Unrevised draft of a paper on the history of SEATO (1955-1977) with particular reference to New Zealand's involvenment with the organisation and its place in New Zealand's foreign policy Quantity: 1 folder(s).