Correspondents include: Sir Keith Acutt on aid for Angolan refugees in Zaire [later the Democratic Republic of the Congo]; 2nd Lord Barnby [earlier (Francis) Vernon Willey]; [Nicholas] Guy Barnett, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment; Sir Frederic Bennett, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Research Institute (2), also enclosing copies of correspondence and notes of a meeting with David Owen, Foreign Secretary, on the constitutional future of Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe]; Pieter Botha, South African Minister of Defence, on time running out for the West in Africa; Roelof [Pik] Botha, South African Minister of Foreign Affairs; Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler; [Gerald] Robert Brook, Deputy Chairman of the National Bus Company; Henry Chapman Pincher, Assistant Editor of the Daily Express; Kenneth Cork, National Association of Youth Clubs; Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling, Controller of the RAF Benevolent Fund (2); Sir John Cuckney; Charles Douglas-Home; Sir John Eden on how to go forward on Rhodesia; Sir Derek Greenaway, Chairman of the South Eastern Area National Union of Conservative Associations; Eldon Griffiths on the vote in the American Senate on sanctions against Rhodesia; Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone [earlier Quintin Hogg and 2nd Lord Hailsham] on the death of his wife; Stephen Hastings (3), enclosing a copy of his letter to Margaret Thatcher [Leader of the Conservative Party] agreeing with JA's views on Rhodesia; [Arthur] Carleton Hetherington, Secretary of the County Councils Association, on a forthcoming Parliamentary debate on the firemen's working week; Owen Horwood, South African Minister of Finance; Anthony Howard on his profile of R A Butler; David Hunt; Sir Keith Joseph; Abraham Kidron, Israeli Ambassador to Britain; John King; Peter Laing; Sir [Frederick] Freddie Laker; Naomi McIntosh, Chairman of the National Gas Consumers’ Council; Air Vice-Marshal Stewart Menaul; Colin Mitchell; David Owen on subjects including treaties with Poland (2); [John] Marcus Fox, Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party, on Anthony Montague Browne wishing to stand for election to the European Parliament; Anthony Montague Browne; Sir Maurice Oldfield (2); Nicholas Oppenheimer; Maurice Petherick; Walter Harrison, Chairman of the RAF Parliamentary Group, enclosing the minutes of the group's first meeting; Gordon Richardson Governor of the Bank of England; Holden Roberto, President of the National Liberation Front of Angola; Sir Anthony Royle [later Lord Fanshawe of Richmond] on the death of his father; 12th Lord Scarbrough [earlier Lord Lumley] (2); Anthony Seldon, London School of Economics and Political Science; William Shelton on subjects including policy on Rhodesia (4); Xan Smiley; Harold Soref, Monday Club African Group (2); David Steel [Leader of the Liberal Party]; [Dudley] Geoffrey Stewart-Smith, Director of Foreign Affairs Publishing Company Limited, on JA writing the foreword to General Sir Walter Walker's book "The Bear at the Back Door" (3) (text enclosed); Franz Josef Strauss, Prime Minister of Bavaria [Germany]; Peter Temple-Morris, Secretary of the British-Iranian Parliamentary Group; Margaret Thatcher on subjects including thanking JA for his congratulations on her speech in Brussels [Belgium] and giving her view that there would be an early election (3); [John] Jeremy Thorpe [former Leader of the Liberal Party] on the memorial service for Sir Dingle Foot; Balthazar Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa, on the need for sanctions to be lifted as soon as possible; General Sir Walter Walker [former Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Northern Europe] thanking JA for the foreword for his book ["The Bear at the Back Door"] and enclosing copies of his letters to the press on why they hadn't published an account of the vote in the United States Senate on lifting sanctions against Rhodesia; Sir [Roland] Roy Welensky; Nicholas Winterton on the Student Union (Voluntary Membership) Bill; Woodrow Wyatt.

Also includes: texts of articles by JA for the Daily Telegraph on China, Korea and Japan.