Australian Institute of International Affairs, 1969-1980

Component identifier:

Series 4

Content Summary:

Millar was appointed Director of the Australian Institute of International Affairs in 1969 in succession to Sir Alan Watt. It was a part-time position and he continued to spend most of his time at the Australian National University. He resigned in 1976. The papers deal with Millar's appointment as Director, the visit of Lord Trevelyan to Australia (1971), the 'Third Monday' Dinner Group and lectures. There are notes by Millar of interviews with political leaders in Indonesia, India and Britain, including Indira Ghandi and Edward Heath. Most of the papers comprise correspondence and research material assembled by Millar when he was writing an article on Institutes of International Affairs in various Commonwealth countries. The article was published in the International Journal in 1979. As well as the typescript of the article, there are copies of papers on Institutes in Pakistan, Nigeria and South Africa and a thesis by Carter Manny, 'The Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 1928-39' (Harvard University, 1971).

Correspondents include Gordon Greenwood, Ralph Harry, Sir Paul Hasluck, Norman Harper, W.L. Holland, Andrew Schonfield, C.E. Carrington, Robert W. Redford, John W. Holmes, I.J. Bahadur Singh, T. Aguiyi-Iransi, Siri K. Gupta and S.L. Poplai.

The National Library holds the records of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, 1933-85 (MS 2821).

Immediate source of acquisition:

The first instalment of the papers, comprising most of the articles, lectures, talks, broadcasts and book reviews, were presented to the National Library by Professor T.B. Millar in 1990. The rest of the papers were donated by his widow, Mrs Margaret Millar, and were transferred by his son Mr Jonathan Miller in 1997.

Names:

Millar, T.B. (Thomas Bruce), 1925-1994

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