Documents, 1954-1956

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Contains:

(fols. 1-3) South African Labour Party Statement on Non-European Franchise Policy, 19 Jan 1954
(fols. 4-7) United Nations Press Releases about South West Africa (Namibia) and racial policies in South Africa, 1 Mar-29 Nov 1954
(fols. 8-11 and items 1-3) South African Congress of Democrats: two copies of bulletin, Counter Attack; and two pamphlets, 'Where the Devil Drives' (two copies) and 'Threatened People', Mar-Apr 1954
(fols. 12-14 and items 4-5) trades Union Congress: Industrial News No. 184, 'Trade Unions in South Africa'; two copies of printed report, covering letter from the International Department to Marjorie Nicholson and related press bulletin, 26 Mar-6 Apr 1954
(fols. 15-17 and item 6) Fighting Talk: complete copy containing the articles on apartheid, the pass laws, the Congress Movement, the South African government's labour policy (16 pp.); and cuttings relating to the 1946 African Mineworkers' strike, the Churches' attitude to apartheid, Canon Collins and Labour's colonial policy, Apr-Nov 1954
(fols. 18-70 and item 7) South African Institute of Race Relations Press Bulletins; Report on the Findings of the 24th Annual Council Meeting annotated by Hilda Selwyn-Clarke; and Race Relations News, Vol. 16, No. 11 (14 pp.), 18 Feb-29 Dec 1954
(fols. 71-96) Africa Bureau background papers and bulletins, with related circular letters. Topics include: the Native Resettlement Bill and the Western Areas Removal Scheme; South Africa and South West African (Namibian) affairs at the United Nations, with reports and memoranda by Michael Scott; a South African Government circular about churches and mission sites in African urban locations; Joint Statement by Africa Bureau and Christian Action about the effects of the Bantu Education Act and their future policy, Apr-31 Dec 1954
(items 8-9) South African Bureau for Racial Affairs (SABRA) Newsletter: two issues containing marked articles on Indians and communism in Africa and on race relations in South Africa (each 8 pp.), Aug-Oct 1954
(fols. 97-98) Women of the Whole World, journal of the Women's International Democratic Federation: cutting of article, 'New Horizons for South African Women', about an inter-racial women's conference in Johannesburg (Apr 1954), Oct 1954
(fol. 99) Commonwealth Relations Office Information Sheet about an Admiralty Mission to South Africa, 15 Oct 1954
(fol. 100) Central Office of Information: Biographical notes on J.G. Strijdom, Prime Minister of the Union (South Africa) from Nov 1954, 10 Dec 1954
(fols. 101-104) National Action Council of Congress of the People: Plan of Campaign and related circular letter from W.M. Sisulu, [1954]
(item 10) South African Quiz, issued by the State Information Office, Pretoria (96 pp.), [1954]
(item 11) 'Betterment for the Bantu', by H.R. Roberts and K.G. Coleman, issued by the Department of Native Affairs (96 pp.), n.d.