Letter from Newsam to Marshall (FPAD) - Pre-disaster funding
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Title
Letter from Newsam to Marshall (FPAD) - Pre-disaster funding
FCO 63/881 item 63 page 64
Subject
Relief/aid
Description
Discussion of the difficulty faced by govt of SVG in terms of pre-disaster preparations and lack of resources. Inquires as to whether short term forecast of impending eruption could be held as the beginning of a disaster to secure access to disaster funds.
Creator
FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK)
Publisher
The National Archives (UK)
Date
2nd December 1971
Contributor
R W Newsam (Caribbean Department)
Rights
These files are made available by The National Archives via Discovery, the full entry for this item can be found here.
The full item FCO 63/881 was digitised using funds from the Curating Crises project.
These files are hosted in the Curating Crises database with permission from The National Archives under the copyright terms presented here.
The full item FCO 63/881 was digitised using funds from the Curating Crises project.
These files are hosted in the Curating Crises database with permission from The National Archives under the copyright terms presented here.
Format
JPG
Language
English
Type
Letter
Identifier
Curating_Crises_#360
FCO 63/ 881
Coverage
The 1971 volcanic eruption of La Soufrière St Vincent.
Letter Item Type Metadata
Date Sent
2nd December 1971
To
Marshall (FPAD)
From
R W Newsam (Caribbean Department)
Files
Collection
Citation
FCO (Foreign Commonwealth Office - UK), “Letter from Newsam to Marshall (FPAD) - Pre-disaster funding,” Curating Crises, accessed February 8, 2026, https://curatingcrises.omeka.net/items/show/405.
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Item Relations
| This Item | Relation | Item: Annotated report on Pre-Disaster planning in "Associated states"- 26th November 1971 |
| This Item | Relation | Item: Telegram from Barltrop to Mitchell - 12th November 1971 |
| This Item | Relation | Item: Letter from Newsam (Carib Dept) to Moisley (ODA)) - Outline of lack of Pre-disaster Funding |
| This Item | Relation | Item: Reply to ED Ducker RE remit of Natural Disasters subhead - 3rd December 1971 |
| Item: Handwritten note from Newsam to Roberts - 9th December 1971 - Negotiating access to funds for pre-emptive measures | Relation | This Item |
| Item: Letter from Bottomley to Treasury - 14th December 1971 - financial aid | Relation | This Item |
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