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Includes: April 1972 cable to Helen Suzman from W.J. Ravenscroft, Umkomaas, (re the Budget Debate in Parliament and how the Government and Opposition conducted themselves): "Tell them reported insulting name calling in hate campaign damned disgrace expected from schoolboys not so-called national leaders neither party fit to rule laughing stock of nation"; December 1972 John Rees of the SACC writes to Helen Suzman about the work that prisoners, including Nelson Mandela, have to do on Robben Island; 25/02 letter from a Mr. V. Rudaizky of Photra Ltd., about a "foreign Bantu", Mr. Johannes Ncube — in continuous employment in SA for 41 years — who is not allowed to rent a municipal house for himself and his family; 14/07 letter from Mr. S.M. Seftel, Windhoek, about the "killings of 8 Ovambo men at Ondobe and Epinga at the beginning of the year" and what has occurred since then; December 1971, January 1972, August 1972 correspondence between Helen Suzman and G.C. Senn [former ICRC "rep" in Southern Africa] — they are both clearly dissatisfied both with his replacement and with prison situation in SA — Helen Suzman saying "Surely, since he is about to retire ... he might strike a blow for liberty ... and just for once put diplomatic skill to one side."; 26/01 letter from R. Short, Society of Friends (Quakers), concerning Section 6 of the "Terrorism Act" (detentions), BOSS, habeas corpus and other matters.