Collection 050 - South African Political Papers of His Honour Judge Kellock

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GB MR-RT-050

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South African Political Papers of His Honour Judge Kellock

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  • 1959 - 1966 (Accumulation)

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3 boxes ; Text-based documents

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The material includes fragments of the Rivonia Trial Transcript concerning the details of the charges; news sheets and press releases about the Rivonia Trial; a statement by Kellock on the Trial; information sheets on South African legislation; minutes and circulars from the World Campaign for the Release of South African Political Prisoners. Other material includes Anti-Apartheid Movement correspondence, and national and executive committee meeting minutes for 1965 - 1966; correspondence relating to the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee and its officials; and papers relating to the Nyasaland emergency of 1959.

Judge Kellock, (formerly Mr. Thomas Oslaf Kellock, Q.C.) was Chairman of the National Committee of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain from 1963-65. This group of papers is mostly concerned with the period when Mr. Kellock was sent to South Africa by Christian Action to act as an observer for the Defence and Aid Fund at the Rivonia Trial in 1964.

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Collections described in Access 2 Archives database available online - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/?WT.lp=sa-33622

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