Correspondence, 1978-12 - 1979-03
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 1st Lord Snowdon [earlier Antony Armstrong-Jones]; Batuk Gathani, President of the Indian Journalists' Association (Europe) inviting AFB to an event; Elsie Elliott [earlier Elsie Tu], member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong] enclosing her letter to the press on the mass arrests of children from the boat people community in Hong Kong after public demonstrations; Lord Noel-Baker [earlier Philip Baker] congratulating AFB on his speech in a House of Lords debate, February 1979; Sir Leckraz Teelock, High Commissioner for Mauritius, asking AFB to send a message on the 11th anniversary of Mauritian independence; Jack Dromey, Secretary of Brent Trades Council, thanking AFB for speaking at a concert in Brent [London] against racism; Dorothy Detzer Denny on subjects including her view of the chaotic British labour movement and twentieth century social revolutions in Britain (the class system) and the United States (over race); Richard Balfe, Political Secretary of the Royal Arsenal Co-Operative Society Limited, asking AFB to sign a copy of ["Towards Tomorrow"] for Don McGregor; [John] Jeremy Thorpe, thanking AFB for his message of support.
Also includes: copy of Amnesty International's report on human rights in Uganda, June 1978.
Dates
- Creation: 1978-12 - 1979-03
Creator
- From the Fonds: Brockway, Archibald Fenner, 1888 - 1988 (Baron Brockway of Eton and Slough, politician) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
1 file(s)
Other Finding Aids
Former reference: box F18 #143
Repository Details
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