Correspondents include: Jonathan Aitken, Conservative Philosophy Group; Sir Frederic Bennett on forming the Drunken Hare dining club, from MPs supporting China as a counterweight to Soviet aggression; Humphry Berkeley, Diplomatic Representative for the Republic of Transkei (3), enclosing a statement by the Prime Minister of Transkei, Kaiser Matanzima, on the International Anti-Apartheid Year, and a memorandum and a speech by Matanzima on the case for Transkei being recognised as a separate country from South Africa; [Pieter] P W Botha, Prime Minister of South Africa; Andrew Bowden; Maureen Colquhoun on putting forward a motion on saving Brighton Pier; 1st Lord Boyd of Merton [earlier Alan Lennox-Boyd] on how he was planning to vote on the Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe] sanctions issue; Harold Braham, enclosing an article on American defeatism about Rhodesia; Jeremy Bray; Edward du Cann; 2nd Lord Catto, Chairman of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund; Winston Churchill on standing for the vice-chairmanship of the Conservative Defence Committee; Roland Moyle, Minister of State for Health, on a Department of Health computer system containing data on children's health; William Deedes, Editor of the Daily Telegraph; Peter Emery on a motion about coastal oil pollution; Anthony Fell on his concerns about the Shadow Cabinet's policy on Rhodesia; Sir Nigel Fisher on his biography of [Maurice] Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton]; George Gage; George Gardiner; David Owen, Foreign Secretary, writing to Lord George-Brown on whether Ian Smith [Prime Minister of Rhodesia] should be allowed to visit Britain; Eldon Griffiths, enclosing copies of his letters to Margaret Thatcher [Leader of the Conservative Party] on his decision to vote against the party line over Rhodesia and related issues with South Africa and Zambia; Sir [Alan] Philip Hay, Director of Sotheby's; [Charles] Peter Fleetwood-Hesketh (2); Sir [Howard] Leslie Kirkley, Chairman of the Anchor Housing Trust; Austen Laing, Director General of the British Fishing Federation Limited, on his concerns about the effects of European legislation on the fishing industry; Peter Laing on standing for the European Parliament (3); [John] Marcus Fox, Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party, on Laing's candidature; Ian Lloyd on standing for election to the Conservative Shipping Committee; Anthony Montague Browne; Sir Philip Moore, Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II, on an Omani honour awarded to JA; [Richard] Anthony Nelson, British-Jordanian Parliamentary Group (2); David Nicholson, Conservative Research Department, enclosing quotations from Labour MPs on Rhodesia; the Sultan of Oman; [David] Evan Luard, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Ivor Porter on meeting George Macovescu [former Romanian Foreign Minister] again; Francis Pym, Conservative foreign affairs spokesman, on subjects including keeping party discipline (3), also enclosing an extract from a speech on the party's opposition to sanctions against South Africa; Julian Ridsdale [Chairman of the Japan Society]; ["Tiny"] Roland Rowland, Lonrho; Anthony Seldon; Ian Smith, thanking JA for his support for the Rhodesian Transitional Government; Sir Joshua Rowley; Margaret Thatcher on subjects including her concerns about the situation in Iran (2); Cyril Townsend, Chairman of the Bow Group Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, on JA speaking to the committee about Iran (2); Sir [Gerald] Kennedy Trevaskis; James Vallance White on editing a book of reminiscences about Professor Robert Zaehner; General Sir Walter Walker [former Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Northern Europe] on the lack of response to his book ["The Bear at the Back Door"] and the Conservative Party's silence over Rhodesia (2), also enclosing copies of letters from Daily Telegraph staff, including William Deedes, about the book; Sir [Roland] Roy Welensky [former Prime Minister of Rhodesia] on the Rhodesia debate in the House of Commons, and the declining credibility of the Rhodesian Transitional Government.

Also includes: Conservative Research Department draft speech for JA for the debate on Rhodesia; drafts of articles by JA for the Daily Telegraph on Iran; memorandum by Stephen Hastings on the current situation in Rhodesia, with rough speech notes by JA; details of a visit to Britain by George Macovescu; statement issued by the Rhodesian Executive Council on the failure to convene all-party talks and the collapse of Anglo-American policy on Rhodesia; general letters from the public on Rhodesia and the supply of arms to Zambia.