December 1971 — June 1972: correspondence concerning young white men being jailed, in military barracks, for refusing military service and then being sentenced again for refusing to wear uniforms whilst serving the original sentence. Voortrekkerhoogte barracks seem to be the worst. Letters from parents — Mrs. Lamb (who mentions that black JW's luckily don't get called up or imagine what their conditions of detention would be like), Ballantine and Minaar; also Admiral Bierman, Commandant-General of the SADF.

July — September 1978: correspondence concerning a T.G. Whitlock, jailed for dagga offences; correspondents are Helen Suzman, Mrs. Whitlock and Minister Jimmy Kruger; in a letter dated 05/09/1978 letter to "Dear Jimmy" re Whitlock, Helen Suzman also mentions detainee Mr. Khayalethu Mqayisa who was originally held under Section 6 and then Section 10 of the Internal Security Act; he became ill in Grahamstown jail; PEN [international writers group] has taken up his case.

15/11/1978: correspondence raising various cases with Minister Kruger including: a request to allow Thandi Magubane to visit her fiancé Stanley Nkosi (convicted under the Terrorism Act, jailed in 1977) on Robben Island, various dagga offenders and parole for them, Mr. M. Moodley, whose father is a member of the SA Indian Council, unable to get a firearms licence; Helen Suzman also thanks Kruger for investigating the case of Khayalethu Mqayisa and strongly protests the detention of Mrs. Sally Motlana under Section — "I cannot allow the continued harassment of leading members of the Soweto community to go unprotested.".

12/06/1979: correspondence between Helen Suzman and Minister Kruger [who now addresses her as "Dear Helen"] concerning a criminal prisoner with an artificial leg and Helen Suzman also thanks Kruger for allowing Mrs. Amiel to bring her grandson to SA to visit his father [Alex Moumbaris] at Pretoria Central; Helen Suzman also refers to Enoch Duma's application for a passport.

20/06/1979: Helen Suzman writes first letter to new Minister of Police, Louis le Grange — "Dear Louis, An early beginning to our relationship!".

09/07/1979: letter concerning Diliza Benedict Matshoba who had been sentenced for possessing banned books and now the Security Police won't let him go back to Soweto to live with his mother despite the fact that he has a job with Anglo.

23/07/79-30/10/79: Letter from Minister Le Grange concerning Diliza Matshoba's release and resettlement in Mdantsane by the Dept. of Cooperation & Development; Le Grange says "Your inference that his removal was on the instructions of the Security Branch is therefore unfounded. I may add however that in retrospect our Dept. fully endorses the action of the Dept. of Cooperation & Development." There are also some letters about the "harassment" of the owner of 'Pic a Movie'.

09/07/79-06/11/ 79: correspondence concerning continuing assaults on prisoners at St. Alban's Prison.

24/07/79-18/12/79: correspondence concerning the South African government denying UN employee and SA citizen Diana Boernstein (formerly Hermans) renewal of her passport; she was a producer and researcher on the UN film "White Laager"'.

21/08/78-19/11/79: letters from Ismail Ayob, the Dept. of Prisons, Helen Suzman, Advocate Ernie Wentzel concerning compensation for Mrs. Desai's stolen jewellery; the first offer was for R150, then R500 and finally R1000; Mrs. Desai was detained at Kroonstad Prison.

12/11/78: Helen Suzman to Le Grange asking if she can visit prisoners at Pretoria Prison around Christmas time as she used to do, especially those who have no family in SA — mentions David Rabkin as example.

18/12/79: Helen Suzman request to Brigadier Johan Coetzee that Curtis Nkondo be allowed to visit his brother Winston Nkondo (alias Victor Motlou) who is imprisoned in Bloemfontein.

11/01/79-23/01/80: Letter concerning the denial of a passport to Sabelo Neku, wanting to study in the US where his mother lives.

27/12/79: letter to T.N. (Norman) Westcott about "Nicky" and her file being looked at by the Security Police head Johan Coetzee.

26/07/80: handwritten note to Helen Suzman from 'Thelma' about police provocation and associated problems in Grahamstown — a boy and a woman shot dead by police, another boy bitten in the groin by police dog, why police have no visible identification etc., "Press may not enter the locations and we are therefore not in full possession of the facts".

HS visited Zonderwater Prison — "essentially for psychopathic prisoners" — a week prior to 20/10/80 — correspondence resulting from visit.

19/10/81: Helen Suzman reply to a July 1981 letter from a Hildegard Falke in Germany who wants to know if people are really tortured by police in SA as her daughter claims...

(no date): Helen Suzman asks Kobie Coetsee to consider granting an amnesty for 'crimes against the state' to mark the 20th anniversary of the Republic.

March-May 1982: letters about Modika Mothibi Tatsa, detained for more than 18 months for refusing to be a state witness and then again under Section 10; includes letters from Priscilla Jana and others.

12/03/82: Helen Suzman request permission to visit Pollsmoor and Robben Island to assess the conditions; letter from Kobie Coetsee about the release of Esther Levitan [who was then about 60 years old] after being held for about 7 weeks.

30/03/82: Helen Suzman thanks Coetsee for arranging visit to Pollsmoor.

20/04/82: Letter from Alex Boraine MP about Mrs. Jenkins, mother of Tim Jenkins; she says her other son Michael is in jail for 1-3 years for assisting Stephen who escaped with Tim; they have photos of burn marks where he was given electric shocks — taken 7 weeks later when he was out on bail; wants to know if anything can be done.

28/04/82: letter to Coetsee thanking him for arranging the Prisons group [of MPs] tour of Robben Island on 24/04/82.

18/05/82: about a request from the 1st cousin of Raymond Mhlaba to be allowed to visit him for the first time since 1964.