Principal correspondents are Hugh Atkinson, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Murray Sayle ['Cap'] (with documents re 1972 Londonderry Black Sunday massacre including Sayle and Humphry Sunday Times article 3 Feb. 1972 and transcript of day 217 of proceedings of the 2002 enquiry, and letters relating to Knightley's autobiographical account for Granta) and Robert Close (with article on Close in Life 27 May 1968, obituaries 1995 and copy of his will). Also letter re termination of Knightley's service with the Sunday Times 1981, correspondence with Rupert Murdoch re proposed biography) and with John Pilger 1990-93 (with related articles on Pilger and script of his report 'Cambodia, the betrayal' Oct. 1990) and letters of invitation to lecture etc., 1969-2004 Box 18-19 Unit ID: 67_69 Date: 1969/2004
Publication and reception of Philby, the life and views of the KGB masterspy(1988). Includes extensive drafts of the interviews of Philby in Moscow; also copies of interviews for Knightley's earlier works on Philby (as with Sir Robert Mackenzie), notes, newspaper cuttings and reviews, and more general notes and articles on spies etc. to 1991, with some related correspondence., c.1987-91 with some earlier source material Box 4 Unit ID: 11_12 Date: c.1987-91 with some earlier source material
Published articles by others and collection of material for [proposed] further work on spies and spying: includes some original accounts and information files on James Frederick Hill, Maurice Oldfield, Hollis, Golitsyn, Sir Stewart Menzies, with some related correspondence: also notes of meeting with Cleveland Cram [CIA London liaison 1953-66] in relation to Hollis., c.1981-92 Box 6 Unit ID: 18_20 Date: c.1981-92
Research notebook and reviews of The pearl of days (1972); reviews of Suffer the children (1979) with related correspondence and licence agreement for a proposed film 1984-85; publishing agreement for A hack's progress and correspondence 1997 with Bruce Page regarding the thalidomide chapter. Box 20 Unit ID: 73_74
Reviews by Knightley on spy books and general articles by others; agreement for Knightley's introduction to [re-issue] of Philby's My silent war (2003), with related correspondence (including with James Rusbridger); interview with Rufina [Philby] 1993; copy of Foote's Handbook for spies 1949 and some other documents; also photographs of 'spymasters' assembled at German conference Box 7 Unit ID: 21_22
Reviews, correspondence (personal and regarding translations, royalties and rights); articles and reviews by Knightley and others (including undated typescript on Michael Bialoguski by Ian Boyle), of works on spies and their psychology generally: also obituaries of Anthony Blunt 1983, recollection of Maurice Oldfield by Marisa Paulett 1981, note by Knightley on Dick Ellis, and report on ASIS liaison with other intelligence services, c.1981-2006 Box 5-6 Unit ID: 16_17 Date: c.1981-2006
Reviews, correspondence, royalty statements and documents relating to libel action by John Burrows (statement of claim, interviews, evidence of jury member and related correspondence, including with Graham Greene), scrapbook with cuttings, articles and [proof script for proposed film?], c.1985-88 with some earlier source documents and a 2004 email to Burrows Box 19-20 Unit ID: 70_72 Date: c.1985-88 with some earlier source documents and a 2004 email to Burrows
Reviews of books (including Donald McCullin's Unreasonable behaviour 1990, Hamrick's Deceiving the deceivers 2006 and Antony Beevor The battle for Spain 2007) and occasional television series (mainly on spies/espionage). Articles on 'cheque book journalism' 1998, Frank Olson (with Kevin Dowling 1998 on Olson's death in 1953, with some related correspondence and source material), Iraq/war in the gulf 1991 (with related newspaper cuttings and some earlier material on restriction of the media in times of war); typescripts on Australia, Tom Keneally, 'pot', Falklands; copy of communal novel I knew Daisy Smuter c.1971 and of The eye of war: words and photographs (2002) [text by Knightley], c.1971-2007 Box 24 Unit ID: 90_91 Date: c.1971-2007