Correspondents include: Humphry Berkeley, Diplomatic Representative for the Republic of Transkei [later part of South Africa], sending a New Year message by the Prime Minister of Transkei, Kaiser Matanzima; John Biggs-Davison, enclosing copies of his letter to the BBC about their bias towards Iran, and his speech to the Pan-European Union on Europe under siege from the Soviet Union; Vernon Bogdanor on subjects including the bleak political outlook and the lack of policy in the Conservative Party (2); 7th Lord Bolton [earlier Richard Orde-Powlett] enclosing a copy of his letter to Margaret Thatcher [leader of the Conservative Party] stating that the party was not sticking to the promises it had made to Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe]; Jeremy Bray; James Cameron, Chairman of Council, British Medical Association, on making the use of seat belts compulsory; Sir Olaf Caroe on his concern at the situation in Iran; [Richard] Hugh Cavendish (2); Cecil Clothier, Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, and Health Service Commissioner for England, Wales and Scotland; Patrick Cormack on his pleasure at an evening with [? [Maurice] Harold Macmillan, later 1st Lord Stockton], and how Margaret Thatcher could learn from him; Lord Cranborne [later 7th Lord Salisbury]; Brian Crozier, enclosing a proposal for an Atlantic Council and copies of his letters to the BBC on their pro-Communist bias; Manuel Fraga-Iribarne; Martin Gilbert on his biography of Winston Churchill (3); Eldon Griffiths; Jocelyn Hambro; Lord Hill-Norton; Sir John King (2); Henry Kissinger; Norman Lamont, enclosing a paper on the advantages and disadvantages of electoral reform; Francis Pym [Conservative foreign affairs spokesman] on meeting the Sultan of Oman, JA's suggestion about sending observers to Rhodesia for the elections and continuing majority rule in Rhodesia (3); [David] Neil Macfarlane (2); [Maurice] Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton], enclosing a copy of correspondence with Lord Home of the Hirsel [earlier Alexander Douglas-Home and 14th Lord Home] on organising an appeal for clemency for Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, former Prime Minister of Iran; Maurice Macmillan, enclosing the text of his speech calling for a change in attitudes towards industrial productivity; [Joseph] Kevin McNamara; Anthony Montague Browne on standing for election to the European Parliament (2); [Richard] Anthony Nelson, British Jordanian Parliamentary Group (2); Sir Frederick Page, Chairman of the Aircraft Group of British Aerospace plc; Lord Penney on meeting JA to discuss defence issues (2); John Peyton; Ivor Mills, Head of Public Affairs, Post Office; Julian Ridsdale [Chairman of the British Japanese Parliamentary Group] (2); Sir Joshua Rowley; 12th Lord Scarbrough [earlier Lord Lumley]; [Dudley] Geoffrey Stewart-Smith; Andrew Bowden; Margaret Thatcher, thanking JA for his help with a speech (16 Jan) on offering a possible coalition with the Labour Party, for his information about the American view of Rhodesia and Namibia and on her concern about the situation in Iran (3); [Thomas] George Thomas [later 1st Lord Tonypandy]; Sir John Townley; Sir Frederick Warner; Kenneth Warren (2); Ezer Weizman, Israeli Minister of Defence; Raymond Whitney; George Young.

Also includes: correspondence on the negotiations over Rhodesia, particularly the attitude of the United States; copies of correspondence between the Secretary General of the United Nations [Kurt Waldheim] and the South African Minister of Foreign Affairs [(Roelof) Pik Botha] on Namibian independence, and a transcript of a Weekend World interview with David Owen, Foreign Secretary, on Namibia; statement by JA on the breach between Romania and the Soviet Union.