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Correspondence, 1975-07 - 1975-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FEBR 6/12

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Lord Shackleton [Chairman of RTZ Development Enterprises] on his appreciation of AFB's mention of RTZ in his speech on labour relations in Namibia; [Kathleen] Nora Brockway (3) and Phyllis Brockway (3); Lord Goronwy-Roberts, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, on subjects including the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) (2); Roy Jenkins, Home Secretary, on subjects including a request from Father Patrick Fell [convicted of being a member of the IRA] to be transferred to a prison in Northern Ireland and a question about the prison control unit at Wakefield [Yorkshire] (3); [Margaret] Pat Arrowsmith on plans for a mass picket of the Old Bailey [London]; Ethel Mannin; Lord Shinwell on his and AFB's 90th birthdays; Seán MacBride, President of the International Peace Bureau, on measures towards nuclear disarmament, and suggesting that AFB should help to encourage Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia, towards disarmament (2); Mary Tyler, thanking AFB for his help in securing her release from detention in India; Kenneth Coates, Director of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, on concerns about the International Sakharov Hearing; Dorothy Detzer Denny; [Acharya] N G Ranga on progress for improving the life of the poor in India; Donal O'Sullivan, Irish Ambassador to Britain; Eric Moonman, inviting AFB to a local nuclear disarmament meeting; Dorothy Detzer Denny on her and AFB's view of death and the after life; Imre Hofbauer on finding printers for his posters for Amnesty International; Ernest Kay, General Editor of Men of Achievement, on including AFB's biography in the new edition and also in the Dictionary of International Biography (3); [Arthur] Stanley Newens on subjects including opening an account for Liberation (2); Frank Hooley on writing to the press about the future of Banaba, or Ocean Island [part of the Gilbert Islands, later Kiribati]; Jo[sephine] Richardson, asking AFB to speak about the European Security and Cooperation Conference; 1st Lord Gladwyn, thanking AFB for his reference to Gladwyn's activities in the European Parliament and wondering why AFB viewed him with political hostility as part of the Establishment; Dora, Lady Russell, on her son, 4th Lord Russell, wishing to take his seat in the House of Lords; Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, on the reason for declaring a State of Emergency, and for the many arrests which had taken place; Edith, Lady Russell, on a conference suggested by AFB.

Also includes: an issue of the Liberation newsletter, with AFB's tribute to Leon Szur; leaflet on Indira Gandhi, "Must She Resign?", issued by the All India Congress Committee; statement from the World Peace Council, calling for support for Mrs Gandhi.

Dates

  • Creation: 1975-07 - 1975-10

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

File 3 closed as it contains sensitive personal information on potentially living individuals.

Extent

3 file(s)

Other Finding Aids

Former reference: box F7 #166

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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