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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

SAWERS, Chief Inspector Matthew


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Sawers

Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

Title: SAWERS, Chief Inspector Matthew

Date(s): Created 1994-1996

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 2 files

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Chief Inspector, West Midlands Police Force; served as Deputy Chief of Operations, Western European Union (WEU) Police Contingent, Mostar, Bosnia, Feb-Aug 1996.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Typescript job description for Deputy Chief of Operations, Western European Union Police Contingent [1995]; one manuscript and nine typescript letters by Sawers to his family relating to his service with Western European Union Police Contingent, Mostar, Bosnia, Feb-Aug 1996; two letters praising Sawers' work as Deputy Chief of Operations, Western European Union Police Contingent, Mostar, from Lt Gen Sir (John) Martin (Carruthers) Garrod, Western European Union Special Envoy in Mostar, and Superintendent S P Jordan, Police Commissioner, Mostar, Aug 1996. Typescript notes entitled 'European Union Administration of Mostar, Bosnia. Briefing for officers serving with the WEU Police', 13 Oct 1994; typescript briefing notes on the history of the Western European Union (WEU), on the WEU element of the Unified Police Force of Mostar (UPFM), Bosnia [1995], and on the recent history of Bosnia-Hercegovina [1995]; typescript 'De-brief notes from the first contingent of UK officers seconded to Mostar' [1995]; typescript report entitled 'Policing in Mostar' by Deputy Chief Constable Clive J R Roche, West Midlands Police Force, 27 Sep 1995; typescript report on the policing operation in Mostar by Rt Hon David (John) Maclean, Minister of State, Home Office, 3 Jan 1996; copy of article entitled 'Peace in Bosnia. The Balkan end-game' from The Economist, 20 Jan 1996.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The collection is arranged in two files as outlined above.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Summary guide entry available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by the family in two accessions in 1998.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: Sep 1999


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Intergovernmental organizations | International organizations | International politics
Peacekeeping | Peace
Police | Law enforcement | Social control, formal | Sociology
Organizations

Personal names
Garrod | Sir | John Martin Carruthers | b 1935 | Knight | Lieutenant General
Jordan | S P | fl 1996 | Police Commissioner
Maclean | David John | b 1953 | politician
Roche | Clive J R | fl 1995 | Deputy Chief Constable

Corporate names
EU | European Union x European Union
West Midlands Police Force

Places
Mostar | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Eastern Europe