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Collection Summary

Creator
Denis Warner
Title
Papers of Denis Warner
Date Range
1949-1997
Collection Number
MS 9489
Extent
9.94 metres (71 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The papers document Warner's career as a journalist, editor of the Asian Pacific Defence Reporter and author of numerous books (some of them were written in collaboration with his wife, Peggy). They include correspondence, reporter's notebooks, reviews and drafts of seven of his books, research material (notes, cuttings, photocopies and some correspondence) and papers relating to Wilfred Burchett.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2316737).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Denis Warner, National Library of Australia, MS 9489, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

The papers were donated to the National Library by Denis and Peggy Warner under the Cultural Gifts Program in 1999.

Mel Pratt interviewed Denis Warner for the Oral History Section in 1976 (TRC 121/88).

Arrangement

The papers have been organised into 12 series, the main ones are correspondence, notebooks, manuscripts, reviews of Warner's books and research material.

The papers had mostly been kept in filing cabinets and received in the Library in relatively good order. Most of the correspondence was arranged in subject order or under the names of the correspondents. The research material was filed in manila folders, roughly arranged according to the titles of the books. Wherever possible, the Library has retained the arrangement of the papers.

Biographical Note

DateEvent
1917Born 12 December in Hobart, Tasmania
1941-43Served with the AIF in the Middle East
1943Endorsed as candidate for the United Australia Party
1944-45Discharged from the Army and worked as war correspondent for American Forces in Central Pacific
1945Married Peggy Hick 12 June. Worked in the Philippines and Japan as war correspondent
1947-49Editorial Manager of Reuter-AAP in Japan
1949-55Roving Far Eastern Correspondent for the Melbourne Herald and the London Daily Telegraph
1955-83Writer on Asian affairs for newspapers in Australia and overseas
1956-57Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and an Associate Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University
1957-68South East Asian correspondent for Reporter magazine
1868-72Asian correspondent for Look magazine
1971Awarded O.B.E.
1979-81Member of State Advisory Committee of the Australian Broadcasting Commission
1981-95Editor of the Asia Pacific Defence Reporter
1982Awarded C.M.G.

References

Who's who in Australia 2001 (p. 1820)

Denis Warner. Wake me if there's trouble (1995)

Denis Warner. Not always on horseback (1997)

DateEvent
1917Born 12 December in Hobart, Tasmania
1941-43Served with the AIF in the Middle East
1943Endorsed as candidate for the United Australia Party
1944-45Discharged from the Army and worked as war correspondent for American Forces in Central Pacific
1945Married Peggy Hick 12 June. Worked in the Philippines and Japan as war correspondent
1947-49Editorial Manager of Reuter-AAP in Japan
1949-55Roving Far Eastern Correspondent for the Melbourne Herald and the London Daily Telegraph
1955-83Writer on Asian affairs for newspapers in Australia and overseas
1956-57Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and an Associate Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University
1957-68South East Asian correspondent for Reporter magazine
1868-72Asian correspondent for Look magazine
1971Awarded O.B.E.
1979-81Member of State Advisory Committee of the Australian Broadcasting Commission
1981-95Editor of the Asia Pacific Defence Reporter
1982Awarded C.M.G.

Item Descriptions

Series 1. General correspondence, 1950-97

The series comprises correspondence on a wide range of subjects including Warner's research for and publications of his books and articles, his editorship of The Pacific Defence Reporter, Indo-Chinese refugees, Asian politics, overseas visits, personal news, his application for a grant from the Australian War Memorial and letters of congratulations upon receiving an O.B.E. (1971) and a C.M.G. (1983).

Warner had arranged the correspondence in this series in alphabetical order and the Library has maintained this arrangement and the titles of the files.

Than major correspondents include Claude Arnould, The Australian, Friedrich Bechtle, Robert Brand, Correspondents World Wide, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, Phan Quang Dan, Clare Hollingworth, Richard Hughes, International Herald Tribune, Tim Leimert, Lachlan McDonald, Melbourne Herald, Quarterly Journal of Military History, Reader's Digest, The Reporter, Michael Richardson, Sadao Seno and Warner's publishers and literary agents (Hutchinson, Allen and Unwin, Penguin Books and Goodman Associates). Copies of his letters are often included.

For other correspondence with the publishers and literary agents see Series 7-9.

Kim Adhyatman, 1970-98 (File 1) - Box 1

Allen and Unwin, 1996-97 (File 2) - Box 1

Dora Alves, 1985-93 (File 3) - Box 1

Angus and Robertson, 1967-79 (File 4) - Box 1

Claude Arnould, 1968-74 (File 5-6) - Box 1

Atlantic Monthly, 1959-80 (File 7) - Box 1

Auckland Star, 1959-67 (File 8) - Box 1

John C. Ausland, 1995 (File 9) - Box 2

The Australian, 1995-97 (File 10-11) - Box 2

Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1977-83 (File 12) - Box 2

Australian Institute of International Affairs, 1969-86 (File 13) - Box 2

Australian Parliament, 1973-80 (File 14) - Box 2

Australian War Memorial, 1975-90 (File 15) - Box 2

Friedrich Bechtle, 1972-97 (File 16-17) - Box 2, 3

Book Week, 1965 (File 18) - Box 3

Georges Borchardt Inc, 1975-80 (File 19) - Box 3

Arnold Brackman, 1966-87 (File 20) - Box 3

Robert Brand, 1978-97 (File 21-22) - Box 3

Jack Brown, 1993-97 (File 23) - Box 3

Business Week, 1975-80 (File 24) - Box 3

Catherine Brynner, 1973 (File 25) - Box 4

C.M.G. congratulations, 1983 (File 26) - Box 4

Lord Casey, 1960-72 (File 27) - Box 4

Charter House Books, 1974 (File 28) - Box 4

The Christian Science Monitor, 1957-78 (File 29) - Box 4

Collins Publishers, 1976 (File 30) - Box 4

Brian Cloughley, 1983-92 (File 31) - Box 4

Brian Cooper, 1985-95 (File 32) - Box 4

Correspondents World Wide (London), 1966-75 (File 33-34) - Box 5

Tom and Susan Critchley, 1957-91 (File 35) - Box 5

Walter Crocker, 1965-66 (File 36) - Box 5

Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, 1970-86 (File 37-38) - Box 5

Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, 1970-87 (File 39-40) - Box 5, 6

Phan Quang Dan, 1968-97 (File 41-49) - Box 6, 7

Tran Van Dinh, 1953-74 (File 50) - Box 7

The Dominion (Wellington), 1995 (File 51) - Box 7

Tillman and Peggy Durdin, 1973-94 (File 52) - Box 7

Robert Elegant, 1978-92 (File 53) - Box 7

Geoffrey Fairbairn, 1961-81 (File 54) - Box 7

Foreign Affairs, 1972-76 (File 55) - Box 7

Malcolm Fraser, 1973-79 (File 56) - Box 7

Richard Gardner, 1984 (File 57) - Box 8

Peter Gifford, 1996-98 (File 58-59) - Box 8

Robert Gilmore, 1997-98 (File 60) - Box 8

K.D. Gott, 1976 (File 61) - Box 8

Goodman Associates, 1993-95 (File 62) - Box 8

Marshall Green, 1973-74 (File 63) - Box 8

HSV 7, 1976-78 (File 64) - Box 8

Ian Hamilton, 1954-76 (File 65) - Box 9

Clare Hollingworth, 1988-95 (File 66-67) - Box 9

Howard Handkman, 1962-82 (File 68) - Box 9

Richard Hughes, 1950-84 (includes photographs and cuttings) (File 69-73) - Box 9, 10

Hutchinson, 1953-87 (File 74-75) - Box 10

Keith Hyland, 1963-80 (File 76) - Box 10

Indo-Chinese refugees, 1975-92 (File 77-80) - Box 10

Day Inoshita, 1997 (File 81) - Box 11

International Features, 1970-78 (File 82) - Box 11

International Herald Tribune, 1994-95 (File 83-84) - Box 11

Sir Ewan Jamieson, 1988-91 (File 85) - Box 11

F. Sionil Jose, 1963-91 (File 86) - Box 11

Kern Associates, 1975-82 (File 87) - Box 11

Legal papers, 1969-93 (File 88) - Box 11

Tim Leimert, 1981-95 (File 89-90) - Box 12

Look (New York), 1970-80 (File 91) - Box 12

Roy Macartney, 1967-75 (File 92) - Box 12

Lachlan McDonald, 1965-97 (File 93-94) - Box 12

Greg MacGregor, 1961-95 (File 95) - Box 12

Macmillan (New York), 1962 (File 96) - Box 12

John Mecklin, 1963-70 (File 97) - Box 13

Melbourne Herald, 1954-94 (File 98-99) - Box 13

Huynh Thieu Mon, 1977-91 (File 100) - Box 13

Molomby Molomby, 1993-95 (File 101) - Box 13

Menzies Oration, 1982 (File 102) - Box 13

Monash University, 1996-97 (File 103) - Box 13

Rupert Murdoch and Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, 1964-94 (File 104) - Box 13

Carl Mydans, 1968-92 (File 105) - Box 14

Naval Institute Press, 1992 (File 106) - Box 14

Eric Nave, 1985-86 (File 107) - Box 14

Newspapers, miscellaneous, 1957080 (File 108) - Box 14

New Republic, 1959-68 (File 109) - Box 14

New Zealand Defence Quarterly, 1995 (File 110) - Box 14

Harold Ober Associates, 1962 (File 111) - Box 14

Nguyen Xuan Oanh, 1967 (File 112) - Box 14

OBE congratulations, 1971 (File 113) - Box 14

Ohio University, 1980 (File 114) - Box 15

Jim Oki, 1970-87 (File 115) - Box 15

Bill O'Neill, 1963-83 (File 116) - Box 15

The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), 1977-78 (File 117) - Box 15

Pacific Forum, 1984-90 (File 118-119) - Box 15

Jack Palomka, 1971 (File 120) - Box 15

Esther Parrott, 1967-88 (File 121) - Box 15

Penguin Books, 1993-97 (File 122-123) - Box 16

Peter Isaacson Publications, 1993 (File 124) - Box 16

Barry Petersen, 1975-96 (File 125) - Box 16

Douglas Pike, 1981-97 (File 126) - Box 16

Political Communication and Persuasion, 1981 (File 127) - Box 16

Geoffrey Price, 1996-98 (File 128) - Box 16

Publishers, miscellaneous, 1964-68 (File 129) - Box 16

Quarterly Journal of Military History, 1990-95 (File 130-133) - Box 17

Reader's Digest, 1971-78 (File 134-137) - Box 17

The Register and Tribune Register Syndicate, 1971-78 (File 138) - Box 18

The Reporter, 1960-68 (File 139-143) - Box 18

Michael Richardson, 1981-95 (File 144-46) - Box 18, 19

Sadao Seno, 1978-95 (File 147-149) - Box 19

Security Systems Ltd, 1979 (File 150) - Box 19

Leslie Shoemaker, 1983-93 (File 151) - Box 19

Sheed, Andrews and McMeel, 1977-78 (File 152) - Box 19

Robert Sherrod, 1980-94 (File 153) - Box 19

Shinichi Takeda, 1959-82 (File 154) - Box 20

Keo Sithan, 1980-81 (File 155) - Box 20

Simon and Shuster, 1971 (File 156) - Box 20

Walter Simons, 1978-97 (File 157) - Box 20

Small Claims Tribunal, 1991 (File 158) - Box 20

Leslie Smith, 1970-79 (File 159) - Box 20

Staff Colleges, 1969-91 (File 160) - Box 20

Hal Stewart, 1992-95 (File 161) - Box 20

Sydney Morning Herald, 1972-81 (File 162) - Box 21

George K. Tanham, 1980-96 (File 163) - Box 21

Toronto Sun, 1975-95 (File 164) - Box 21

Hugh Tovar, 1994-97 (File 165) - Box 21

Bui Anh Tuan, 1976-95 (File 166) - Box 21

Van Nostrand Reinhold Co, 1979-83 (File 167) - Box 21

Wee Kim Wee, 1996-97 (File 168) - Box 21

Westinghouse Broadcasting, 1968-72 (File 169) - Box 21

Douglas Wilkie, 1995 (File 170) - Box 22

Richard Woolcott, 1970-74 (File 171) - Box 22

Lee Kuan Yew, 1969-79 (File 172) - Box 22

Peter Young, 1970-74 (File 173) - Box 22

Series 2. Untitled correspondence, 1950-97

The untitled correspondence files in this series have been arranged into chronological order by the Library. Most of the letters relate to Warner's research for his books.

The correspondents include Geoffrey Fairbairn, Vincent Buckley, J. A. C Mackie, Robert Furlonger, Richard Woolcott, Tran Van Dinh, Cyril Pearl, Christopher Koch (concerning Warner's review of The year of living dangerously), Leslie Shoemaker, Dora Alves, E. Fursdon, Peter Job and Allen & Unwin.

1948-49 (File 1) - Box 22

1951-59 (File 2) - Box 22

1961-69 (File 3-5) - Box 22, 23

1971-79 (File 6-12) - Box 23

1980-89 (File 13-16) - Box 24

1990-97 (File 17-23) - Box 24, 25

1987-97 (File 24) - Box 25

nd (File 25) - Box 25

Series 3. Asian Pacific Defence Reporter correspondence, 1983-96

Warner was the editor of the Asian Pacific Defence Reporter between 1981 and 1995. The series comprises business correspondence (mostly with the Managing Director, Peter Isaacson and Robert Hiroguchi) and some financial papers. The Library has preserved the arrangement of the papers within the files and the titles of the files.

Correspondence, mostly with Peter Isaacson, 1983-85 (File 1) - Box 25

Inter-office correspondence, 1986-92 (File 2) - Box 25

Robert Horiguchi, 1987-88 (File 3) - Box 26

Correspondence concerning a feature article on the Gulf War entitled 'The weapons that won the War', 1991 (File 4) - Box 26

Correspondence with contributors, 1992 (File 5) - Box 26

Business correspondence, 1992 (File 6-7) - Box 26

Correspondence concerning Tony Grazebrook, 1994-96 (File 8) - Box 26

Warner's expenses, 1989-94 (File 9) - Box 26

Contributor's fees and expenses, 1989-94 (File 10) - Box 26

Series 4. Notebooks, c. 1949-88

The series comprises reporter's notebooks on various subjects. Some of the notes were written in shorthand.

Wilfred Burchett, n.d. (See also Series 12) (File 1-3) - Box 27

Indo-China, c. 1959-64 (File 4-5) - Box 27

Indonesia, nd (File 6-8) - Box 28

Japan, c. 1970s (File 9) - Box 28

Kamikaze, 1986-87 (File 10) - Box 28

Korea and Japan, c. 1965-77 (File 11-12) - Box 29

Laos and Cambodia, 1965-75 (File 13-14) - Box 29

Malaysia (includes 1949-52) (File 15-16) - Box 29

Malaysia and Singapore, nd (File 17-18) - Box 30

Philippines, n.d (File 19-21) - Box 30

Refugees, c. 1978 (File 22) - Box 30

Taiwan, 1969-88 (File 23-24) - Box 31

Thailand, c. 1976-79 (File 25) - Box 31

Vietnam, nd (File 26-32) - Box 31, 32

Vietnam and Singapore, nd (File 33-35) - Box 32, 33

Warner's wages and other expenses, 1986-88 (File 36) - Box 33

White Australian policy and Asian responses, c. 1966-75 (File 37) - Box 33

Miscellaneous (File 38) - Box 33

Series 5. Manuscripts of books

The series comprises typescripts of seven of Warner's books.

The last Confucian, 1966 (File 1-4) - Box 33, 34

Reporting in South East Asia, 1967 (File 5) - Box 34

The tide at sunrise, 1974 (File 6-10) - Box 34, 35

Not with guns alone, 1977 (File 11-13) - Box 35, 36

The sacred warriors, 1982 (File 14-18) - Box 36, 37

Disaster in the Pacific, 1992 (File 19-29) - Box 37, 38

Wake me if there's trouble, 1995 (File 30-48) - Box 39, 40, 41

Series 6. Reviews of books

The series comprises reviews (mostly newspaper cuttings) of books written by Warner and his wife, Peggy.

Out of the gun, 1957 (File 1) - Box 42

Australia's northern neighbours, 1957-63 (File 2) - Box 42

Hurricane from China, 1961-62 (File 3) - Box 42

The last Confucian, 1963 (File 4) - Box 42

German translations, 1963-66 (File 5) - Box 42

Reporting South East Asia, 1966 (File 6) - Box 42

The tide at sunrise, 1974 (File 7) - Box 42

Not with guns alone, 1977-78 (File 8) - Box 42

Certain victory, 1978 (File 9) - Box 42

The great road, 1980 (File 10) - Box 43

Kamikaze; the sacred warriors, 1983-84 (File 11) - Box 43

The coffin boats, 1987 (File 12) - Box 43

Disaster in the Pacific, 1992 (File 13-14) - Box 43

Wake me if there's trouble, 1995 (File 15) - Box 43

Not always on horseback, 1997 (File 16) - Box 43

Reviews of Peggy Warner's books, 1958-79 (File 17) - Box 43

Series 7. The tide at sunrise: a history of the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 (1974), 1967-76

The book, written by Denis and Peggy Warner, was first published in 1974 in New York by Charterhouse Books.

The series comprises correspondence (1967-76) with the publishers and literary agents and research material (notes, photocopies and cuttings) pertaining to the book. The correspondents include Angus and Robertson, Charterhouse Books, Laurence Pollinger Ltd, Simon & Schuster and John Cushman Associates.

Correspondence with publishers and literary agent, 1967-76 (File 1-6) - Box 44

Russo-Japanese War (File 7) - Box 44

New Guinea (File 8) - Box 45

Russo-Japanese War(?) (File 9) - Box 45

Denis, Russia (File 10) - Box 45

Siege of Port Arthur (File 11) - Box 45

Anglo-Japanese Alliance (File 12) - Box 45

America Military Observations, Russo-Japanese War (File 13) - Box 45

Official History of Russo-Japanese War/Correspondence (File 14) - Box 45

Russo-Japanese War (File 15) - Box 46

Japanese accounts (File 16) - Box 46

Courts materials (File 17) - Box 46

Secret agent in Port Arthur (publication) (File 18) - Box 46

Articles around Jan 3-7, 1905 - fall of Port Arthur (File 19) - Box 46

Russo-Japanese War - great siege (File 20) - Box 46

Russo-Japanese War (File 21) - Box 46

The tragedy of Russia (File 22) - Box 46

Russo-Japanese War (File 23) - Box 46

Journey For Our Time (publication) (File 24) - Box 46

Russo-Japanese conflict (File 25) - Box 46

Official History of Russo-Japanese War vol 3 (File 26) - Box 46

Magazines on war (File 27) - Box 47

Seminar - voyage of Admiral Rojesvensky's fleet (File 28) - Box 47

EM Almedingar (File 29) - Box 47

Miscellaneous Russo-Japanese War (File 30) - Box 47

Prisoners (File 31) - Box 47

Motion pass (File 32) - Box 47

Russo-Japanese War - in the war, memoirs of V Veresaev (File 33) - Box 47

Lord Brooke - an eyewitness in Manchuria (File 34) - Box 47

Russo-Japanese War - building up Manchuria (File 35) - Box 47

Miscellaneous Russo-Japanese War - public record office (File 36-39) - Box 48

Korea (File 40) - Box 48

Kane case (File 41) - Box 48

Russo-Japanese War (File 42) - Box 49

Russo-Japanese negotiations (File 43) - Box 49

Russia, Nicholas Essad-Bey (File 44) - Box 49

Bibliography (File 45) - Box 49

Miscellaneous - Russia (File 46) - Box 49

Nan Shan (File 47) - Box 49

Klado's books (File 48) - Box 49

Muck den (File 49) - Box 49

Ryeshitelni affair (File 50) - Box 49

Russo-Japanese treaties 1907-1916, Manchuria and Mongolia (File 51) - Box 49

Tide at Sunrise - sails, 1971 (File 52) - Box 49

Russo-Japanese War (File 53-54) - Box 50

The battle of the sea of Japan (File 55) - Box 50

Russo-Japanese War (File 56-57) - Box 50

The tragedy of Russia (File 58) - Box 50

Kaiser's Letters to the Tsar (File 59) - Box 51

Miscellanous letters (File 60) - Box 51

Study of the history of the Russo-Japanese War (File 61) - Box 51

New York Times covering Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 (File 62) - Box 51

Post Russo-Japanese War (File 63) - Box 51

Appendix 30 (File 64) - Box 51

The Anglo-Japanese Alliance (File 65) - Box 51

Mitcham and Smith - The siege and fall of Port Arthur (File 66) - Box 51

Miscellaneous (File 67) - Box 51

Sources (File 68) - Box 51

Publication - The Siege (File 69) - Box 51

Articles on the Russo-Japanese War (File 70-71) - Box 52

Tsar Nicholas and Empress Marie (File 72) - Box 52

History by Sir Bernard Pares (File 73) - Box 52

Miscellaneous (File 74) - Box 52

Pre-war (File 75) - Box 52

Army (File 76) - Box 52

Tragedy of Russia - articles (File 77) - Box 52

Russo-Japanese War important dates, outline (File 78) - Box 52

The Tide at Sunrise (File 79) - Box 52

Life and Death of Lenin by Robert Payne (File 80) - Box 52

Report of Military Observers on Russo-Japanese War (File 81) - Box 52

Public record office on Russo-Japanese War (File 82) - Box 52

Soviet economy and Japan (File 83) - Box 52

With Russia, Japanese, and Chunchuse, by Ernest Brindle (File 84) - Box 52

Miscellaneous letters (File 85) - Box 53

Cassihi Cohuehtiom (File 86) - Box 53

Libau to Sushima (File 87) - Box 53

The voyage of forgotten men (File 88) - Box 53

Diary of JJ Korostovstez (File 89) - Box 53

Memoirs of Count Whytt (File 90) - Box 53

Ernest Brindle - In Search of News (File 91) - Box 53

The Siege of Port Arthur (File 92) - Box 53

Bodley - American, USAI, Tokyo-Togo (File 93) - Box 53

Russo-Japanese War (File 94) - Box 53

From Tokyo to Tiflis, by Arthur Mackenzie (File 95) - Box 53

Miscellaneous (File 96) - Box 54

Field reports (File 97) - Box 54

Tragedy of Russia (File 98) - Box 54

Articles (File 99) - Box 54

Russo-Japanese War (File 100) - Box 54

With Togo by Sepping Wright (File 101) - Box 54

Lenin - the compulsive revolutionary (File 102) - Box 54

Public record files (File 103) - Box 54

Series 8. The sacred warrior: Japan's suicide legions (1982), 1979-90

The sacred warrior was written by Dennis and Peggy Warner and Commander Sadao Seno. Warner was a war correspondent on board a ship that suffered two kamikaze attacks at the end of the War, while Seno was in command of a Japanese midget submarine. The book contains recollections of Warner, Seno and other survivors of the Japanese attack.

The series comprises correspondence (1979-1990) and research material (notes, photocopies and cuttings) pertaining to the book. The correspondents include Oxford University Press, Collier Macmillan, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., Hiroshi Taguchi, Sadao Seno and Kern Associates.

Correspondence, 1979-1985 (File 1-2) - Box 55

Business Correspondence, 1984-1991 (File 3) - Box 55

Correspondence with publishers including contracts, 1981-1985 (File 4-7) - Box 55

Midget submarine corespondence (File 8) - Box 55

Midget submarine 3 1981-1986 (File 9) - Box 56

Correspondence 1979-1990 (1 and 2) (File 10) - Box 56

Midgets - general (File 11) - Box 56

Small boats (File 12) - Box 56

Miscellaneous (File 13) - Box 56

The campaigns of the pacific war (File 14) - Box 56

General correspondence (File 15-16) - Box 56

Australia (File 17) - Box 56

Miscellaneous (File 18) - Box 56

Correspondence (File 19-20) - Box 56

Newspaper clippings (File 21) - Box 56

Miscellaneous Jan 1945 to Mar 1945 (File 22) - Box 56

Miscellaneous - June (File 23) - Box 57

Kamikaze (1) (File 24) - Box 57

Anti-suicide tactics (File 25) - Box 57

Japanese - the air attack, British View (File 26) - Box 57

Kamikaze (2) (File 27) - Box 57

Miscellaneous (File 28) - Box 57

Divine Wind (File 29) - Box 57

Miscellaneous (File 30) - Box 57

Reports - research aids (File 31) - Box 57

Miscellaneous (File 32) - Box 57

Japan - views of America - know the enemy (File 33) - Box 57

Miscellaneous (File 34) - Box 57

Newspaper clippings (File 35) - Box 57

Iwaza - kamikaze pilot by Ruji Nagatsuka (File 36) - Box 57

Baka bomb (File 37) - Box 57

Newspaper clippings and correspondence (File 38) - Box 58

Sydney articles, telegrams (File 39) - Box 58

Correspondence and articles (File 40) - Box 58

Midget submarine - a chronological narrative (File 41) - Box 58

Sydney- articles (File 42) - Box 58

Kamikaze, the sacred warriors (File 43) - Box 58

Miscellaneous, August 15 1945 (File 44) - Box 59

Newspaper articles (File 45-46) - Box 59

"The kamikazes" (File 47) - Box 59

General (File 48) - Box 59

Kamikaze - record documents (File 49) - Box 59

Suzuki (File 50) - Box 59

Tom Blackburn (File 51) - Box 59

The seeds of conflict strategy (File 52) - Box 59

Admiral Toyoda (File 53) - Box 59

Okinawa (File 54) - Box 59

Kamikaze (File 55) - Box 59

Weapons, craft systems (File 56) - Box 59

Miscellaneous (File 57) - Box 60

Nightmare not over yet (File 58) - Box 60

History of the Marine Corps by Sherrod (File 59) - Box 60

Miscellaneous articles (File 60) - Box 60

Kamikaze (File 61-62) - Box 60

Yamato (File 63) - Box 60

Newspaper articles/correspondence (File 64-65) - Box 60

Japan's surrender (File 66) - Box 60

John Christie, OBE (File 67) - Box 60

Kamikaze (File 68) - Box 60

Japanese monograph (File 69) - Box 60

Miscellaneous, Feb 1945 (File 70) - Box 60

Oki (File 71) - Box 60

Foreign reaction/aid (File 72) - Box 60

Series 9. Disaster in the Pacific: new light on the battle of Savo Island (1992), 1980-92

During the night of 8 August 1942 the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the patrolling Allied forces near Savo Island. There were heavy loss of lives and the Canberra and three American ships (USS Quincy, USS Vincennes and USS Astoria) were attacked and sunk by the Japanese. The Disaster in the Pacific recounts the battle in the Solomon Islands.

The series comprises correspondence (1980-92) and research material (notes, photocopies and cuttings) pertaining to the book. The correspondents include Nancy Milne, Allen & Unwin and Goodman Associates.

Navy US, Carriers, Attacks (File 1) - Box 61

Japan Times, Jan 1934-June 44 (File 2) - Box 61

Divine Thunder (File 3) - Box 61

US Ships, L.C.S (File 4) - Box 61

J Held, Lelte Gulf (File 5) - Box 61

Joe James - Through the Perilous Night (File 6) - Box 61

Correspondence with Sadao Seno, 1980-1990 (File 7) - Box 61

Correspondence with Nancy Mile, 1983-1985 (File 8) - Box 61

Correspondence with Nancy Mile, 1989-1990 (File 9) - Box 61

Correspondence, 1981-1992 (File 10-13) - Box 61

Correspondence, 1989-1991 (File 14-15) - Box 62

Correspondence, 1990-1992 (File 16) - Box 62

Correspondence/photos (File 17) - Box 62

Navy yard, Washington (File 18) - Box 62

Miscellaneous articles (File 19-20) - Box 62

Savo island battle (File 21) - Box 63

Handwritten notes (File 22) - Box 63

Savo island (File 23) - Box 63

US opinion of Japan (File 24) - Box 63

Battle summary no 21, 1944 (File 25) - Box 63

Admiralty (File 26) - Box 63

Miscellaneous articles (File 27) - Box 63

Battle experience, Solomon Islands actions, 1942 (File 28) - Box 63

US Strategic bombing survey (File 29) - Box 63

Australian archives (File 30) - Box 63

Defensive Australia (File 31) - Box 63

CINCPAC (File 32) - Box 63

Australian literary manuscript (File 33) - Box 63

Department of Defence (File 34) - Box 63

PDR Sept 97 Pics - Naval Warfare and the Shark Affair (File 35) - Box 63

Correspondence and articles (File 36) - Box 63

Confidential (File 37) - Box 64

Letters and faxes (File 38) - Box 64

The Hepburn Report (File 39) - Box 64

Letters, correspondence (File 40) - Box 64

Letters (File 41) - Box 64

Disaster in the Pacific - new light on the battle of Savo Island (File 42) - Box 64

How we really lost HMAS Canberra (File 43) - Box 64

Battle of Savo Island, articles and reports (File 44) - Box 64

Letters (File 45) - Box 65

Newspaper clippings (File 46) - Box 65

Commander Task Force, 1962 (File 47) - Box 65

Transcript and letters (File 48) - Box 65

Savo battle (File 49) - Box 65

Attacks and plans, kamikaze, before October 5th 1944 (File 50) - Box 65

Miscellaneous (File 51) - Box 65

Combat narrative, Savo Island battle (File 52) - Box 65

Savo Island Battle and Eastern Solomons Battles (File 53) - Box 65

Naval War College - Savo Island analysis (File 54) - Box 65

Series 10. Research material on Japan, 1945-90

The series includes notes, photocopies and cuttings that were used by Warner for his writings on Japan. The files in this Series have been kept separately from the papers found in Series 7 and 8. The Library has preserved this arrangement.

Australian/Japanese general folder (File 1) - Box 66

The great decision (File 2) - Box 66

Articles (File 3) - Box 66

Japan occupation (File 4) - Box 66

Atomic bomb (File 5) - Box 66

Yukio Mashima (File 6) - Box 66

Japan-RC battles (File 7) - Box 66

Mailer, August 1948 (File 8) - Box 66

Japan - Onishi (File 9) - Box 66

Japan - History (File 10) - Box 66

JTAMI (File 11) - Box 66

Articles and newspaper clippings (File 12) - Box 66

Japan population (File 13) - Box 66

Total War (File 14) - Box 66

Atrocities (File 15) - Box 66

The last war - Masuo Kato (File 16) - Box 66

Japan - articles, newspaper (File 17) - Box 67

Newspaper clippings (File 18) - Box 67

Onishi/newspaper clippings (File 19) - Box 67

Japan - mailers (File 20) - Box 67

Naval War College Review, July-August 1983 (File 21) - Box 67

Underground journey, 7000 miles - Masanubu Tsuji (File 22) - Box 67

Korea (File 23) - Box 67

Series 11. Miscellaneous research material, 1944-85

The series includes notes, cuttings and photocopies. Some of the cuttings are articles written by Warner when he was a war correspondent for the Herald newspaper.

Newspaper clippings (File 1) - Box 68

Correspondence (File 2) - Box 68

Huadi (File 3) - Box 68

Articles (File 4) - Box 68

Lectures (File 5-6) - Box 68

Anthony Davis (File 7) - Box 68

Articles (File 8) - Box 68

Miscellaneous (File 9) - Box 68

Articles/newspaper clippings (File 10-11) - Box 69

Article 'The edge of the Sword' by Anthony Farrar-Hockley (File 12) - Box 69

PDR - July 1987 Pics (File 13) - Box 69

Correspondence (File 14) - Box 69

Prison camps (File 15) - Box 69

Tibor Meray - negative film of his articles (File 16) - Box 69

Correspondence (File 17-18) - Box 69

Articles (File 19) - Box 69

Confidential security information - testimonies (File 20) - Box 69

Series 12. Papers on Wilfred Burchett, 1951-98

The Australian foreign correspondent Wilfred Burchett (1911-1983) was known for his first hand reports from Asian battlefields. His most famous article was the account of the devastation of Hiroshima caused by the atomic bomb in 1945. Warner encountered Burchett in a number of countries. The mutual antipathy between the two men was well known and is recalled in some detail in Warner's book Not always on horseback.

In 1969 Burchett sued the Herald and Weekly Times Limited and Denis Warner in the Supreme Court of Victoria for publishing a defamatory article (published on 4 February 1969). The article contained the statement Wilfred Burchett wanted to come home after the Korean War to hand over details of germ warfare to the Australian Government. His offer was refused. In his biography, Not always on horse back, Warner wrote that the Court found that the article was defamatory but was a fair report published for the information of the public of the proceedings in the Senate.

The series contains notes, cuttings, photocopies, affidavits, summaries of interviews, correspondence and court orders relating to Wilfred Burchett, germ warfare and the Burchett v Kane case (1973).

David C Morrison (File 1) - Box 70

Miscellaneous (File 2) - Box 70

Khrushchev Secret Speech (File 3) - Box 70

Tactics (File 4) - Box 70

Correspondence (File 5) - Box 70

Shirley Schuraboe (File 6) - Box 70

Germ warfare (File 7) - Box 70

News item clippings (File 8) - Box 70

News items - Burchett's clippings (File 9) - Box 70

General (File 10-11) - Box 70

Articles (File 12) - Box 70

Cardinal Mindzenti (File 13) - Box 70

Kane case (File 14) - Box 70

Herald vs Burchett (File 15) - Box 70

Articles, newspaper clippings (File 16) - Box 70

Kane case (File 17) - Box 71

Burchett (File 18) - Box 71

Letters (File 19) - Box 71

Correspondence (File 20) - Box 71

Germ warfare hoax (File 21) - Box 71

Newspaper clippings (File 22) - Box 71

Haig (File 23) - Box 71

Newspaper clippings (File 24) - Box 71

Articles, radio Malaya special news service (File 25) - Box 71

Squadron leader Heyting (File 26) - Box 71

Radio Malaya special news service (File 27-28) - Box 71


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