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Inventory of the private collection of H Muller PV528 Contact Us Write to: Archive for Contemporary Affairs University of the Free State P.O. Box 2320 Bloemfontein 9300 South Africa Visit us: Archive for Contemporary Affairs Stef Coetzee Building Room 109 Academic Avenue South University of the Free State 205 Nelson Mandela Drive Park West Bloemfontein Telephone: +27(0)51 401 2418 Email: [email protected] PV 528 H Muller FILE NO SERIES SUB-SERIES DESCRIPTION DATES 1/1/ 1. AGENDAS, 1/1 General No files MINUTES AND RESOLUTIONS 2/1/ 2. CORRESPONDENCE 2/1 General No files AND TELEGRAMS 3/1/1/ 3. SPEECHES, 3/1 General Main points in Minister Louw's talk at 1960 - STATEMENTS AND National Press Club Washington 24 1967 MESSAGES October 1960; Speech by Lord Fraser of Lonsdale at South Africa Club dinner 21 June 1961; Speech by Federal Prime Minister Sir Roy Welensky to the Institute of Directors' Conference at the Royal Albert Hall 8 November 1961; Speech by Field-Marshal Montgomery at the South Africa Club 13 March 1962; Speech by the Commandant-general SADF on the occasion of luncheon following the launch of President Pretorius 28 September 1962; Extract from a speech by the Honourable The Earl of Home KT to the Yorkshire Area Conservative Rally at Nostell Priory Walefielf 18 May 1963; Address by Dr Anton Rupert at the South Africa Club dinner 24 June 1963; Prof C A W Manning's speech at a dinner 25 March 1964; An address by Dr Anton E Rupert to the Swiss-South African Association in Zurich Switzerland 2 May 1967. 3/1/2/ 3. SPEECHES, 3/1 General Sixteenth session reply to discussion in n.d. STATEMENTS AND special political committee by Mr Eric H MESSAGES Louw Foreign Minister of South Africa; Sixteenth session statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Africa at the meeting of the special political committee of the United Nations; The Republic of South Africa's international politics and the international politics against South Africa by Minister P W Botha. 3/2/1/ 3. SPEECHES, 3/2 Dr Hilgard 1. Speech at Kruger Day; 1942 STATEMENTS AND Muller MESSAGES 3/2/2/ 3. SPEECHES, 3/2 Dr Hilgard 2. Speech at the University of Pretoria; 1946 STATEMENTS AND Muller MESSAGES Page 1 of 135 PV 528 H Muller FILE NO SERIES SUB-SERIES DESCRIPTION DATES 3/2/3/ 3. SPEECHES, 3/2 Dr Hilgard 3. Speech delivered as mayor of 1954 STATEMENTS AND Muller Pretoria at the Day of Covenant MESSAGES Silverton 16 December 1954; 3/2/4/ 3. SPEECHES, 3/2 Dr Hilgard 4. Speech at the Kruger festival 1957 STATEMENTS AND Muller Silverton 9 October 1957; MESSAGES 3/2/5/ 3. SPEECHES, 3/2 Dr Hilgard 5. Election speech Menlo Park 31 1958 STATEMENTS AND Muller March 1958; MESSAGES 6. A few things about our relations with Africa (Een en ander oor ons verhoudings met Afrika) Rapportryers 3 November 1958; 7. Speech at Silverton constituency December 1958; 3/2/6/ 3. SPEECHES, 3/2 Dr Hilgard 88. Talk given to group of American 1959 STATEMENTS AND Muller students of Smith's College August MESSAGES 1959; 9. Speech at Day of Covenant Potchefstroom 16 December 1959; 9A. Political speech 1959 3/2/7/ 3. SPEECHES, 3/2 Dr Hilgard 10. Speech at Women's Club 24 March 1960 STATEMENTS AND Muller 1960; MESSAGES 11. Opening speech: Some thoughts on the white man in Africa (Enkele gedagtes oor die witman in Afrika) ASB congress Heidelberg Transvaal 28 March 1960; 12. Speech on foreign relations Cape Town May 1960; 13. John X Merriman branch 28 June 1960; 14. Youth Rally Menlo Park Pretoria 19 August 1960 14a. Statement by Dr H Muller and Mr B Muller LPC Pretoria East regarding new schools 25 August 1960; 15. Speeches in support of a Republic 16 September 1960; 3/2/8/ 3. SPEECHES, 3/2 Dr Hilgard 16. From the National Party Pretoria 1961 STATEMENTS AND Muller East to their Parliamentary MESSAGES representative Dr Hilgard Muller 16 January 1961; 17. High Commissioner's response to toast of the guests Billingsgate Ward Club Banquet 17 February 1961; 18. Public Schools Hockey Festival Tour of South Africa 16 April 1961; Page 2 of 135 PV 528 H Muller FILE NO SERIES SUB-SERIES DESCRIPTION DATES 18a. List of persons attending a talk given by the Honourable the High Commissioner of South Africa Dr H Muller 24 April 1961; 19. Speech before a group of businessmen at the South African General Investment and Trust Co Ltd 24 April 1961; 20. Speech at the Conservative Commonwealth Council Westminster Hall 17 May 1961; 21. Speech at British Shipping Co Blackheath 31 May 1961; 22. South Africa outside the Commonwealth Ambassador's address to Oxford University Conservative Association 6 June 1961; 23. Speech at the South Africa Club Dinner London 21 June 1961; 24. Speech at the South Africa Club Dinner London 21 June 1961; 24a. Speech at taking of the formal delivery from Mr Oliver Hobhouse of the painting of the South African artist Hugo Naude of a moonlight scene in Worcester 4 October 1961; 3/2/9/ 3. SPEECHES, 3/2 Dr Hilgard 25. Ambassador's speech on the 1961 STATEMENTS AND Muller occasion of the annual dinner of the MESSAGES Great Britain Branch of the Old Diocesans Union London 3 November 1961; 26. Presentation of medals and bars to the South African Red Cross 15 November 1961; 27. Reply to toast at the dinner of the Worshipful Company of Patternmakers at Guildhall 17 November 1961; 28. Ambassador's address to the Conservative Foreign Affairs Committee at a luncheon in the Palace of Westminster 21 November 1961; 29. Speech at launch of the "President Steyn" Glasgow Scotland 23 November 1961; 29a. Speech at a symposium "The Congo and after" at School of oriental and African Studies University of London 19 - 22 December 1961; Page 3 of 135 PV 528 H Muller FILE NO SERIES SUB-SERIES DESCRIPTION DATES 3/2/10/ 3. SPEECHES, 3/2 Dr Hilgard 30. Ambassador's address to the South 1962 STATEMENTS AND Muller African section of the annual meeting MESSAGES of the London Chamber of Commerce 25 January 1962; 31. Speech by Sir Edward Appleton at lunch for the South African Ambassador 13 February 1962; 32. Ambassador's speech at the Coningsby Club 20 February 1962; 33. Ambassador's address at a South Africa Club dinner in honour of Field Marshal The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein 13 March 1962; 34. Speech to the Newick Branch of the British legion March 1962; 35. Ambassador's address to the annual dinner of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy 10 May 1962; 36. Address on occasion of dinner attended by SA Ambassador to meet the British lion Rugby Union touring team 17 May 1962; 37. Speech at United Paints Conference London 30 May 1962; 38. South Africa Club dinner 26 June 1962; 3/2/11/ 3. SPEECHES, 3/2 Dr Hilgard 39. Notes for the ambassador for a 1962 STATEMENTS AND Muller speech at an exhibition of the paintings MESSAGES of Laurel Zahn 5 October 1962; 40. Ambassador's speech at the Livery Banquet of the Worshipful Company of Glovers of London in replying to the toast of the guests 23 October 1962; 41. Why Apartheid? Ambassador's speech at the UN Association Cambridge 24 October 1962; 42. Ambassador's address at a dinner in honour of Mr and Mrs Harry Oppenheimer at South Africa Club 30 October 1962; 43. The basis and meaning of Apartheid Speech at a joint meeting of the Royal African and Royal Commonwealth Societies 15 November 1962; 44. Speech in reply to the toast to the guests at the annual dinner of English Electric Overseas Club 29 November Page 4 of 135 PV 528 H Muller FILE NO SERIES SUB-SERIES DESCRIPTION DATES 1962; 45. Address to the South Africa Society 3 December 1962; 46. Address by the Ambassador when he presented a painting by the South African artist, Eric wale, to the Royal Army Medical College 14 December 1962; 47. Speech on the occasion of the Day of Covenant celebrations London 15 December 1962; 48. Pringle of Scotland 1962; 49. Speech at annual meeting of Bishop's Old Boys London 1962; 3/2/12/ 3. SPEECHES, 3/2 Dr Hilgard 50. Address by Ambassador on 1963 STATEMENTS AND Muller presenting the prizes in the Window MESSAGES Display Competition sponsored by the "Off-Licence Journal" 29 January 1963; 51. Ambassador's speech at the annual luncheon of the South Eastern Shorthorn Breeders' Association 7 February 1963; 52. Opening address at a one-day seminar held by the Royal Commonwealth Society in conjunction with the British Institute of Management 2 April 1963; 53. South Africa Club dinner in honour of Sir Hugh Stephenson K.C.M.G., C.I.F., C.V.O., OBE and Lady Stephenson 10 April 1963; 54. Reply to the toast of the guests at the Court luncheon of the Worshipful Company of Butchers 2 May 1963; 55. Speech at the Tendimus Society Limited luncheon 28 May 1963; 56. South Africa Club dinner in honour of Dr Anton Rupert and Mrs Rupert London 24 June 1963; 57. Address to the English Speaking Union in New York 1 November 1963; 57a. Speech on radio SA on his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs 22 November 1963; 58. Speech regarding the success over recent years of South African wine sales in the United kingdom 3 Page 5 of 135 PV 528 H Muller FILE NO SERIES SUB-SERIES DESCRIPTION DATES December 1963; 59.
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