Collection search - Bata, Thomas J. - Interview

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Bata, Thomas J. - Interview

Item number (ISN):

267409

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1988-06-27

Item number (ISN):

267409

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

SINCLAIR, Sonja

Accession:

1997-0312

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1988-06-27

Release date:

1988-06-27

Production company:

Sonja Sinclair (Interviewer)

Description:

Thomas Bata talks about: the partition of India and its effect on the Bata organization; decision to build a factory in Faridabad; Union relations in India; relationship with Nehru; going public in India; Mrs. Ghandi and "Project Tiger"; Bata operations in Egypt: nationalization under Nasser; visit with President of Lebanon: suggestion that international companies move their Middle Eastern headquarters from Egypt to Lebenon and several including Bata, did so; Thomas Bata presented with Lebanese order and consternation in Ottawa; ups and downs in Indonesia including being taken over by Sukarno, re-privatized under Suharto; in Uganda being re-privatized twice - once by Idi Amin, second time by his successor; Sudan also being taken over and re-privatized, but Bata persuaded government to buy it back; and the history of Bata in East Africa: Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika. <90mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Transcript of interview held by MSS.~2. Conversation recorded as background material for Thomas Bata's autobiography "Bata - Shoemaker to the World".~3. Note pages 24 - 28 of transcript, dealing with some of the events in Egypt are not on this tape.

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Vault ISN:

377490

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1997-0312/11

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

85:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

634315

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

267409-1997-0312-11-S1.wav
267409-1997-0312-11-S2.wav

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

1997-0312/11

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

634316

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

267409-1997-0312-11-S1.mp3
267409-1997-0312-11-S2.mp3

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

1997-0312/11

Status:

REF
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