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Correspondence, 1976-02 - 1976-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FEBR 6/16

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Baroness Llewelyn-Davies, Government Chief Whip, House of Lords, on subjects including a letter from AFB to [? Michael Foot, Secretary of State for Employment] on his concerns about the Trade Unions and Labour Relations Bill and its restriction of the conscience clause to religious objectors, but not agnostics, atheists or humanists (2); Rayner Unwin, Chairman of George Allen and Unwin Limited; Dorothy Detzer Denny on AFB's autobiography ["Towards Tomorrow"] and her past relationship with him and with her late husband, Ludwell Denny (2), also including a biographical note about her by Roger Baldwin; Lord Goronwy-Roberts, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, on subjects including the possible closure of the border between Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe] and Botswana (2); Sir Geoffrey Wilson, Chairman of the Race Relations Board, on subjects including talking to AFB about the pending Race Relations Bill (2); Edward Rowlands, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, on human rights abuses in Chile; 2nd Lord Noel-Buxton on his poem on Rhodesia, "Force 9"; Lord Gardiner; Alexander Lyon, Minister of State, Home Office; Roy Jenkins, Home Secretary on the case of the hunger striker [and member of the IRA] Frank Stagg; Sir Seretse Khama, President of Botswana, inviting AFB to the celebration for the tenth anniversary of Botswana's independence; Louise Ouwerkerk on AFB writing a preface for her book ["I Too Was a Jailbird"] (3); [Kathleen] Nora Brockway on Louise Ouwerkerk; Roger Baldwin, Honorary President of the International League for the Rights of Man, on his depression over the moral collapse of India, also asking AFB to sign a letter to Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, on their concerns about political repression in India (2); Brian Walker, Director General of Oxfam, asking AFB to contribute to a book of stories; Charles Douglas-Home on his biography of Evelyn Baring; Abdul Gaffar Choudhury on interviewing AFB for his account of the role of Bengalis overseas in the liberation of Bangladesh; Ronald Hayward, General Secretary of the Labour Party.

Also includes: pamphlet by Constance Braithwaite for the Friends' Historical Society, "Legal Problems of Conscientious Objection to Various Compulsions under British Law".

Dates

  • Creation: 1976-02 - 1976-05

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

2 file(s)

Other Finding Aids

Former reference: box F8 #131

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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