GB 0099 KCLMA Sandline - SANDLINE INTERNATIONAL Collection

3 boxes

The papers were created in the course of research undertaken by Michael Bilton for a Sunday Times article on the involvement of Sandline International in Papua New Guinea in 1996.
GB 0099 KCLMA Sandline 1996-1998 Collection (fonds) 3 boxes Bilton , Michael , fl 1996-1998

Sandline International is a private military consultancy set up in the early 1990s providing conflict resolution and military support services to governments and organisations. Its staff include retired military personnel, legal and commercial experts who provide advice on armed forces restructuring, military training and threat analysis.

The papers were created in the course of research undertaken by Michael Bilton for a Sunday Times article on the involvement of Sandline International in Papua New Guinea in 1996.

Deposited in the Centre by Michael Bilton in 2002

Papers and supporting materials used in a Sunday Times article by Michael Bilton on the role of Sandline International in precipitating a coup in Papua New Guinea, 1996-2002; including Commission of Enquiry minutes of evidence and report, interview notes, and background information on Sandline, 1997; correspondence on Sandline, 1996; copy of the initial report of the Commission of Inquiry into transparency in government dealings and accountability of public office holders in Papua New Guinea, Aug 1998; three floppy disks covering the proceedings of the First Commission of Enquiry, Papua New Guinea, 1997; two video tapes entitled Dispatches - the war business and The cocanut [sic] revoluion.

The collection comprises three boxes of material arranged as described above in the Scope and Content section.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Requests for publication should be referred to Michael Bilton.
English

Summary guide entry online at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Papers were used in a Michael Bilton article on Sandline that appeared in the Sunday Times.

Entry compiled by Geoff Browell for the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. April 2003 Audiovisual materials Bilton , Michael , fl 1993 , television producer Internal politics International relations Oceania Papua New Guinea Political conflicts Political crises Recordings Sandline International Video recordings

Deposited in the Centre by Michael Bilton in 2002

Papers and supporting materials used in a Sunday Times article by Michael Bilton on the role of Sandline International in precipitating a coup in Papua New Guinea, 1996-2002; including Commission of Enquiry minutes of evidence and report, interview notes, and background information on Sandline, 1997; correspondence on Sandline, 1996; copy of the initial report of the Commission of Inquiry into transparency in government dealings and accountability of public office holders in Papua New Guinea, Aug 1998; three floppy disks covering the proceedings of the First Commission of Enquiry, Papua New Guinea, 1997; two video tapes entitled Dispatches - the war business and The cocanut [sic] revoluion.

The collection comprises three boxes of material arranged as described above in the Scope and Content section.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Requests for publication should be referred to Michael Bilton.

• English

• Latin

English

Summary guide entry online at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English