'R', 1956-2002

File

MS. Sampson dep. 35

Held at the Weston Library

Includes:

correspondence with Robin Renwick, British Ambassador to South Africa, concerning the political situation in South Africa, contacts with the ANC, Oliver Tambo's health, a letter from Sampson regarding a conference on the future rule of law in South Africa to be conveyed to Nelson Mandela, a request by Sampson to the South African Ambassador for an interview with President de Klerk, and other matters, 1989-1990 and n.d. [c.1987], typescript and manuscript
letter from Jacob Rothschild regarding a correction to an article by Sampson in the Independent referring to a portrait of Rothschild by Lucian Freud, 5 Feb. 1990, typescript
letter from William Rodgers, [Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank], apparently in response to a letter from Sampson on receipt of his peerage, 10 Jan. 1992, typescript with manuscript postscript
three letters to Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian, regarding the treatment of international news in that paper, its reporting of negotiations, involving Nelson Mandela, with [Muammar] Qhadaffi [otherwise Gaddafi] in connection with the Lockerbie case, and other matters, 1999, 2002 and n.d. [1999], word-processed

Dates

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MS. Sampson dep. 35

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