Letter from M. F. Serpell to Dennis J. Duncanson in response to Duncanson's letter on 05 June 1971. Serpell writes to send Duncanson a copy of the report on the second seminar on Village Defence and Development, the prospectus for the third seminar and proposals for the conduct of the "clearing-house" which the second seminar proposed and which SEATO has approved. Serpell ends the correspondence with a request for Duncanson to offer comments on the proceedings and plans. There is a second, unsigned, copy of this correspondence. Attached document is a Prospectus for the third seminar on village defence and Development in March, 1972 (8 pages).

Letter from Chamras Mandukananda to Dennis J. Duncanson to confirm Duncanson's attendance to the seminar in Manila, Philippines in August 1973. Brigadier General G.A. Pecache the Deputy Chief of Staff for Home Defence has been appointed the Seminar Director. Mandakunanda requests Duncanson's comment or suggestions concerning his keynote address. Enclosed is a copy of the outline agenda for the Seminar (2 pages).

Letter from Dennis J. Duncanson to Chamras Mandukananda (Police General) to say that he looks forward to the upcoming seminar and has contemplated the title for his talk: "The Southeast Asian Guerilla after Detente". A copy of Duncanson's text has been grouped together with the correspondence which consists of 29 pages.

Letter from A. J. (Tony) Gooch to Dennis J. Duncanson to request Duncanson's permission to print/ publish in SPECTRUM his keynote speech for the Manila Seminar.

Letter from Dennis J. Duncanson to Michael J. Pawley (South-East Asian Department at Foreign and Commonwealth Office) along with a draft agenda for the upcoming Seminar on Village Defence and Development. Duncanson enquires whether Pawley would be free to meet with Duncanson later in the month. (Attached draft agenda is dated 10 January 1973)

Letter from Chamras Mandukananda to J. L. Jones (British Embassy, Bangkok) which encloses a summary of matters raised at a liaison meeting held in Bangkok on 20 July 1973 concerning the "Seminar on Home Defence" to be held in Manila from 27 August to 01 September 1973. The enclosures are "Notes of Liaison Meeting Held at 1400 Hours on 20 July 1973" [2 pages] and "Project Committee: Seminar on Home Defence" [dated 23 July 1973, 5 pages]

Letter from Chamras Mandukananda to Dennis J. Duncanson in response to Duncanson's letter of 30 June 1973. Mandukananda approves of the title of Duncanson's keynote address to the Seminar. He further writes to advise that delegates should be prepared to discuss 'common features and national variations within rural areas of South-East Asia', as well as to 'include comment on the use of subversion, insurgency and regular Communist forces in relation to the future of the guerilla within the region'.

Letter from Dennis J. Duncanson to A. J. (Tony) Gooch to give him permission (Gooch) to publish his keynote speech at the Manila Seminar.

Letter from A. J. (Tony) Gooch to Dennis J. Dunanson. Gooch thanks Duncanson for giving his permission for him to publish in the keynote address of Duncanson for the Manila Seminar. Gooch offers his condolences regarding the death of Dick Noone.

Dennis Duncanson's feedback on the Manila Seminar - 'Impressions of the the Seminar on Village Defence and Development, Manila 1973'.