Ambassador Amerasinghe

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

The Overseas Press Club presents Seymour N. Siegel, moderating a panel of journalists who interview Ambassador Shirley Amerasinghe, Permanent Representative from Ceylon to the United Nations. The panel includes:

Mark Day News Ltd., publishers of the _Sidney Daily Mirror_ and _The Australian_
Ingierd Galtung, _Morganbladet_, Oslo, Norway
P R Reddy [?], _Indian Express_

The talk covers numerous topics, including The Vietnam conflict and the "domino theory"; Ceylon's role in Asia, particularly its relations with India and China, and the Colombo Plan; nuclear nonproliferation; situation in Southwest Africa; Britain's racial problems in East Africa; the Middle East; China's seat at the United Nations; and, of course, tea.

Produced by Sylvia Taylor
Directed by John Baird

Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection

WNYC archives id: 151838
Municipal archives id: T5979

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