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L u « & Chairman: THE REVEREND CANON L JOHN COLLINS Defence and 104-5 NEWGATE STREET LONDON EC1 Telephone MONarch 6123 (01-606 6123)
All Correspondence to the Registered offices: Aid Fund 2 AMEN COURT LONDON EC4 29 July 1970
Dear Alex
I am so sorry to Dear that you have had to have two operations and the resultant unpleasantness, and I hope that you will recover very quickly. Diana and I send our best wishes^ ^fcK^ir ttytt ■ Please forgive me for not having written to you sooner.
Mr Alex Hepple 319 Ballards Lane IT.12 4th. August 1970
Dear John,
Thank you for your kind note. I am feeling better every day. My wound is healing nicely and I’m hoping that by next week I can stop having it dressed every day. My only regret is that I had to undergo major surgery because some thing went wrong in a minor examination.
Regarding the letter which have written separately about the OAD, perhaps I ought to remind you of our arrangement that this office should not be advertised.
Looking forward to seeing you again soon. With very best wishes,
Yours, International Defence and Aid Fund In consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations
PRESIDENT: 2 AMEN COURT, LONDON, E.C.4 The Reverend Canon L. John Collins GENERAL SECRETARY: Telephone: 01-606 6123 Mrs Phyllis Altman Cables: DEFENDAID. London, E.C.4M 7BX 6th July 1972
I have pleasure in quoting an extract from the Minutes of the Annual Conference of the International Defence and Aid Fund, held in London on 6th and 7th May 1972.
"Dean Gunnar Ilelander (Sweden) moved a vote of thanks to Mr and Mrs Alex Hepple for their outstanding work in the production of the Information Service Manual and the series of pamphlets.
This was seconded by the Rev. Godfrey Wilson (New Zealand) and unanimously agreed."
Apart from the formal vote of thanks, I should tell you that all delegates spoke very highly of the Service Manual and the pamphlets. They praised especially the accuracy and objectivity of the material produced by your Research Unit.
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^ A Y fnt t hf* h : ^ ^ 7 r ^ t T v > £ h 5 . John Collins "A' / / 2 / 7 . .u u President ^ ‘ " “M • M A - 0 X /n M C Mr and Mrs Alex Hepple ' & DEFA Research ' y1 A , i82 Ballards Lane L - ' London N3 2NB on^ International Defence and Aid Fund In consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations
PRESIDENT: 2 AMEN COURT, LONDON, E.C.4 The Reverend Canon L. John Collins GENERAL SECRETARY: Telephone: 01-606 6123 Mrs Phyllis Altman Cables: DEFENDAID, London. E.CAM 7BX
4th December 1972
At a meeting of the Presidential Committee held on 25th November 1972, the following resolution was passed:
"This meeting has heard with regret that Mr and Mrs Alex Hepple are resigning from DEPA. We wish to place on record our sincere appreciation of their sterling work in pro ducing the Information Service Manual and the pamphlet series, which have done so much to present the facts on Southern Africa clearly and accurately.
We know that the high standards set by Mr and Mrs Hepple in their work will be an inspiration to those who take over from them."
The Presidential Committee also voted a grant of £500 tax-free to both of you as an expression of their esteem and good wishes.— ^
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Mr and Mrs Alex Hepple DEPA Research 182 Ballards Lane London N3 2NB DEFA RESEARCH
182 Ballards Lane, London, N3 2NB Telephone 01-349 1931
6th. December 1972
Thank you very much for your letter of the 4th. December. We very much appreciate the expression of esteem from the Presidential Committee, The work we have done for the past six years was made possible by your own dedication to the cause of justice and racial harmony in Southern Africa. On our part we have been grateful for the opportunity to devote our energies to this cause.
¥e leave with great reluctance and only because we recognize our declining powers and the need to make way for others who have the capacity and the dedication to carry this section of the Fund to greater achieve ment.
At the moment we are busy showing Hugh and Alan how we compile our records and prepare and produce the Service. We are sure they will put their utmost energies into making a success of the job, but we shall be available as long as they need our assistance.
GIRLIE & ALEX. HEPPLE
Canon the Rev, L, John Collins, International Defence and Aid Fund, 2, Amen Court, LOHDCN EC4 7BX International Defence and Aid Fund
PRESIDENT: 2 AMEN COURT, LONDON, E.C.4 The Reverend Canon L. John Collins GENERAL SECRETARY: Telephone: 01-606 6123 Mrs Phyiiis Altman .9th January 1973. Cables: DEFENDAID, London, E.C.4M 7BX
Dear Alex and Girlie,
The enclosed little gift comes as a token of our good wishes for your retirement, and to express our appreciation of all you both did as Directors of DEEA. I do hope you are settling in your new home well: you must be happy to be near your family, and Cambridge must surely be an improvement on London. I am glad you have not gone too far off, and I look forward to keeping in touch with you from time to time, 'f Diana Joins me in sending every good wish to you both, Yours ever,
L.John Collins.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hepple, 19 Seymour Street, Cambridge, CB1 3DH DEFA RESEARCH
Lane, London, N3 2NB Telephone 01-349 1931
23rd January 1973.
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Tried to get you on the phone this afternoon but got no reply. A couple of small points :
(1) We have here the Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics for March and September 1972, but nothing for June 1972. Do you know if we received it, and if so where it is ?
(2) The subscription for the RDM and Sunday Times (Jo'burg). I ’m in a real muddle about this. I sent off a draft for R49.42 to the CNA in f o 'burg shortly before Christmas, for 6 months' sub. Most unfortunately, the letter had two defects : it said 'with effect from 1st January 1972' instead of 1973; and it did not specify that it should be sent airmail - though that could be inferred from the amount of money sent and the period of the sub. In the event we have had nothing from Jo'burg yet. If we order it airmail, wd wurely ought to get it within 6 or 7 days. (If surface, a delay of 3 weeks is under standable). To complicate matters further, I see from the receipts that in fact Mrs. Hepple took out a sub scription on 19 April 1972 for the RDM for 12 months. If DEFA benefitted from your generosity for the past 8 months, we ought to thank you and make our own arrange ments as quickly as possible. If, on the other hand, DEFA paid for that sub. we ought to continue to get the RDM until April, or recover an equivalent amount twoards our sub. for the RDM for the current year
Can you shed any light on all this ?
You will probably be interested to hear that Hugh and I have approached M.B.Yengwa to write a pamphlet on education in South Africa, and Ros Ainslie to do one on farm labour, and both have agreed. We are also 0£i the verge of signing on Michael Holman to do a pampjLet on education in Rhodesia, and have obtained the services of a bright English economics graduate Pam Logie, who has been working closely with the Committee for Freedom in Mocambique, Angola and Guinea, to help us launch a new section of the Information Service dealing with Angola and Mocambique. Randolph Vigne's MS on Namibia has come in at last, but since I am only halfway through it I can say nothing about it, as yet. I'm surd you will see from L all this why I feel am sinking under an overpowering load, h and also why we are searching desperately for a first class secretary to assist Hugh and me in our work.
Hope you are better and Mrs. Hepple well. Retirement ought soon to become a pleasure for you, and I imagine Cambridge an ideal place to do it in.
Best wishes, and in haste - 3 -
P.S. An additional query - arising out of my searching in the back room and learning at last exactly what we have and where everything is :
You seem in the paste to have collected all the Government Gazettes together, plus the Annual Index, except for the following : a) Gazettes containing statutes, which are filed separately, in one or two files per year. (But this is not quite a complete collection for the period 1967 to 1972, or is it ?) b) Gazettes containing I.C. Agreements and Gazettes contain ing Wage -Determinations : both housed in drawers opposite your desk for thej.1971 and 1972, and in the back room for earlier years. c) A few special gazettes e.g. extraordinary issue's contain- ing regulations under the -^antu Education Act.
Have I got the picture right, and is thdre any detail ±x you could add to it to help me maintain the system along the lines you've established ? 24th. February 1973
Dear John,
Please forgive the delay in acknowledging your letter of the 9th. January. The past two months have been fully occupied in our move to Cambridge and labouring at the thousand tasks of settling in our new home. We were some what handicapped because I chose at the same time to need surgery for the removal of a stubborn tooth and then to become lame with an enormously swollen left leg. Glad to say that I am quite recovered now. The doctors haven't been able to determine the cause of the swollen leg but in spite af a slight stiffness in the knee it is back to normal. I was at the hospital today for another blood test and expect the final report by the weekend.
Thanks very much for your kind message. Now that the milder weather is at hand we look forward to seeing you again, and we thought it might be a good idea to motor over to Bures one morning or afternoon when you and Diana are in residence, for tea and a chat. We seem to remember you saying that you will be in Cambridge at Easter for your conference, and we certainly would love you to visit us then.
Our warmest regards to you and all our friends at D. and A.
Yours sincerely,
Canon the Kev. L. John Collins, 2 Amen Court, LOI-iDON EC4M 7 EX International Defence and Aid Fund In consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations
PRESIDENT: 2 AMEN COURT, LONDON, E.C.4 The Reverend Canon L. John Collins GENERAL SECRETARY: Telephone: 01-606 6123 Mrs Phyllis Altman Cables: DEFENDAID, London, E.C.4M 7BX
19th March 1973
Dear Alex,
Sorry I have not been in touch before and claim the only legitimate excuse: been busy. Hope you are well and enjoying some rest.
Meantime, business: Gilbert Hist from Geneva has written "the last instalment of the serial story concerning the translation of 'Workers under Apartheid'". Let's hope it is, but meanwhile he asks whether you would agree to their bringing the translation up-to-date. Specifically he writes:
"Of course we shall not make any changes in the text without the agreement of the author. We would therefore propose to him the following:
a) When the English text says for example 'The present government in charge of South Africa for 22 years ...' will be changed into 'The present government .... for 24 years ...'.
b) When Mr. Hepple gives a table about wages, population, etc. whosefigures are taken out of the annual survey of the Institute for Race Relations in Johannesburg, we shall use the latest figures provided by the last edition of the annual survey.
c) We suggest to put in an annex, under the responsibility of the Swiss AAM, some of the new developments (foreign investments, increase of wages, strikes and changes in the policy of some trade-unions).
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In our opinion, it would be too bad to translate the text as it is without brirg.ng it up-to-date. But since we know that Mr. Hepple is very minute, we would like to avoid making any changes without his permission and hope he will agree with these propositions."
I thought you would be amused to see how your reoutation has spread]
Jfy feeling is that they do have a valid point, on condition tnat they make quite clear what is theirs and what is yours.
I look forward to hearing your comments.
Keep fit and love to you both,
Yours sincerely,
Hugh Lewin
Mr. Alex Hepple 19 Seymour Street Cambridge CBl 3DH A. HEFPLE, 19, Seymour Street, Phone: 43725 CAMBRIDGE CB1 3DH
22nd. March 1973
Dear Hugh, Thanks for your letter of the 19th. I*m glad to know that the French translation of Workers Under Apartheid is now almost complete. I agree with Gilbert Rist that in the process the pamphlet should be updated. However, this should be limited to essentials and to a specific dateline, say 31st. December 1972, otherwise the French edition would be too long delayed. I would suggest an easier alternative that the translator should have a foreword, stating that the pamphlet was written in English and published in July 1971 and has been translated as written ax because it reflects a situation which has not mxir materially changed.
Paragraph (b) of Rist{s letter says that my tables about wages, population etc. "are taken out of the annual survey of the Institute for Race Relations in Johannesburg” This is not correct. As my references show, material was researched by me from official publications, reports, etc. Please see that any new facts and figures that may be inserted are provided from our own Information Service and our own records.
If Swiss AAM want to add an annexure covering recent developments regarding wages, foreign investment, etc. I have no objection, providing this falls within the compass of what I have stated in the pamphlet, e.g. pp. 59-61.
Hope you are keeping fit. Kindest regards from us both. How are you and Alan getting on with the writing of the Service for the second half of 1972?
Yours sincerely, *
DEFA RESEARCH
182 Ball aids Lane, London, N3 2NB Telephone 01-349 1931
11th April 1973 Mr. Alex Hepple, 19 Seymour Street Cambridge CB1 3DH
Dear Alex,
You may not have seen an interesting article by two young students that appeared recently in the New Statesman. The authors are a Rhodesian and a South African, both post-graduate students in London. The AAM have reprinted it and I enclose a copy for you to keep.If you have any comments on its accuracy and analysis, I will welcome them.
I am in the throes of writing a special report on the Zambia/ Rhodesia border crisis which should go to the printers next week. As a result we are rather behind with writing up the second half of 1972 but Hugh, and one or two other people, are helping me with that and it should not be too late.
Randolph Vigne's pamphlet is now at the printer and we shall, of course send you a copy when it appears. I hope that you and Mrs. Hepple are keeping well and enjoying your retirement.
With good wishes,
Yours sincerely International Defence and Aid Fund In consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations
PRESIDENT: 2 AMEN COURT, LONDON, E.C.4 The Reverend Canon L. John Colline GENERAL SECRETARY: Telephone: 01-606 6123 Mra Phyllis Altman Cables: DEFENDAID, London, E.C.4M7BX
1 June 1973
Dear Alex,
Here's the quote I should have sent to you earlier, from my report to the annual conference:
"I would like immediately to pay tribute to the work done for IDAF by Mr and Mrs Hepple, who retired at the end of December. To a very large degree, the success of Clause 3 work in the past has derived solely from the dedication of the Hepples and it is a fitting tribute to their work to note that IDAF has an internation al reputation for producing information in various forms which is authoritative, accurate and useful. They have set a standard which is quite exceptional and which provides, for those of us involved in carrying on their work, a formidable challenge."
Needless to say, that part of the report was received with acclaim. And the challenge remains ...
You should by now have received the Rhodesia-Zambia special report; Randolph's Namibian pamphlet is being printed; so too, I hope, the French version of Yorkers (copies of the English edition were sent to managing directors of all listed companies, plus members of the Select Committee); and July-Dee '72 is (almost) cracked.
Hope you're well, enjoying yourselves - and writing, please I
With best wishes from us all,
Yours sincerely,
Hugh Lewin. DEFA RESEARCH
182 Ballards Lane, London, N3 2NB Telephone 01-349 1931
19th September 1973
Mr. Alex Hepple 19 Seymour Street Cambridge CB1 3DH
Dear Alex,
I am sending by registered post under separate cover the Jan.-June files for press and censorship together with some photostats of the more recent cuttings and a relevant volume of the senate proceedings. If there is any further material that you need please do not hesitate to phone me.
We are very grateful for your kind offer to prepare a pamphlet on press and press censorship, and I am particularly indebted to you for offering to write up the sections on press and censorship.
We did not discuss the matter of a fee. I don't know whether you would be willing to accept the usual honorarium of £50 which our pamphlet writers are offered, plus something for the other work. Perhaps you would like to indicate what you feel would be appropriate.
With good wishes to you and Mrs. Hepple.
Yours sincerely,
Director
P.S. I am enclosing a cutting which came to light after the parcel was prepared. — •y^'s j**r - <——^—i
^vs,< u>-w^ ^ y WITH COMPLIMENTS DEFA RESEARCH 182 Ballards Lane, London, N3 2NB Telephone 01-349 1931 (zZn. ^ —■l'- *%-<. ' 9 p*>tZC**v_ JZ" ws-y^3" r ^-o i w y i-u^( (ZZ^^ , /'-'V-T m - T T L ^ ..... /L-. DEFA RESEARCH 182 Ballards Lane, London, N3 2NB Telephone 01-349 1931 6th November 1973 Mr. Alex Hepple, 19 Seymour Street, Cambridge. CB1 3DH Dear Alex, I have a suspicion that I omitted to acknowledge receipt of and thank you for the coverage of 'Press' and 'Censor ship' which you so kindly (and quickly) wrote up for the first half of 1973. Apologies for the oversight ! I made a few small and unimportant alterations in your copy which I hope you won't mind. One detail, however, I should check with you, and that concerns an item under 'Censorship' about books banned in the first half of 1973. As well as 'Cry Rage' (a book of poems) and 'No Neutral Ground' (Joel Carlson's boolc^ you mentioned the Dean's autobiography 'Encountering Darkness'. However, the only cutting dealing with this in the file is an RDM one of 1st May saying that a copy of the book had been submitted to the Publications Control Board and that it stood little chance of getting past the PCB. Between 1st May and early July I can find no mention of the book in Government Gazettes, and no other cuttings. I therefore cannot prove that the book was banned, and unless you have other information, I suggest that we drop the mention of it. (You may be interested to know that I even rang the publishers, Wm. Collins, in an attempt to resolve the matter, and after half an hour of being transferred from one person to another, delays, ringing back etc. they were unable to say !) I hope the pamphlet is progressing satisfactorily. With good wishes to you and Mrs. Hepple, P r o ^ w o t ^ v » X * ____{ v . u j W 1^ . . & - J r / V » . c7cir U ^ ^ >—& U^-yiJzJ. /rv - ^ . ,_1 5C^e 'Jl *7_ ^ 3 . / r •/. ;■ •: - r » i i < < DEFA RESEARCH 182 Ballards Lane, London, N3 2NB Telephone 01-349 1931 17th December 1973 Mr. Alex Hepple 19 Seymour Street Cambridge Dear Alex, Enclosed are the pasted-up cuttings on press and censorship for the third quarter of 1973 together with some of the cuttings from October,but these are incomplete as you will see. Unfortunately we have a backlog of papers to be marked up and cuttings to sort and paste-up. With Mrs White still away we cannot hope to catch( up before the end of the year so rather than delay., matters I am sending you what we have in the hope that it will be of some use. Also enclosed are the cuttings on Patrick Laurence's case. We look forward to receiving a draft of your pamphlet some time in January. With good wishes, Tours sincerely, A. HKPPLJS, 19, Seymour Street, CAMBRIDGE, CB1 3DH 1st. October 1973 Mr. Alan Brooks, Defa Research, 182, Ballards Lane, LOUDON fl3 2MB Dear Alan, PAMPHLET ON THE PRESS. I have been giving some thought to the question of when the Press pamphlet should be published, in order to have maximum impact. You raised this aspect at the outset, when you said that we would have to amend the pamphlet if we brought . it out before the new laws. It now seems clear to me that we slaaij aim to bring it out by the end of January. I say this because of the following: (a) parliament does not meet until the 1st. February 1974 and it would be March before even non-contentious laws are passed. Even ifjthe Bills were to be introduced immediately, they would/Se enacted before April; (b) my it is unlikely that the report of the Commission into the Publications & Entertainments Act will be available early in the session and then any proposed amending Bill would have to go through both Houses; (c) Vorster’s Bill to amend the Riotous Assemblies Act could well be dragged out as the government likes to harass and embarrass the divided Opposition in advance of debates on this kind of legislation. In the circumstances I think we should project the pamphlet to present the current position, to provide reliable and useful information to the press, etc. on which they can draw in commenting upon the new laws. If the pamphlet is available by the beginning of February I am sure the press, radio and TV will be more than glad to use it extensively to explain the new noves to tighten up censorship. Could you please send me the Government Gazette dated 22 December 1972, which contains the report of the Inter- Departmental Committee on the Publications and Entertain ments Act? Regards, Yours sincerely, P 2297 B CERTIFICATE O F POSTING P 999037 FOR RECORDED DELIVERY Note. MONEY must not be sent by RECORDED Date Stamp DELIVERY. See over for Conditions of Acceptance and Instructions. Enter below in ink the name and address as written on the letter or packet. Name.... Mr .....4Xan..Brook.s...... Address...... D™...RE3EAR€H,...... 182, Ballards Lane, ...... London;.F T ' 2 ' M . G R 1 8 4 7 C.P. LTD. 1/71 29 January 1974- Mr Alex Hepple 19 Seymour Street Cambridge CB1 3DH International D efence and Aid Fund / ^ ( x for Southern Africa In consultative status Hugh Lewin has told me about the manuscript with the Economic and which you have just delivered to DEPA on the Social Council (ECOSOC) press under apartheid. for the United Nations I was delighted to hear that you had undertaken to do yet another pamphlet for us, but not, 2 Amen Court of course, surprised to learn that it is of London EC4M 7BX such excellent quality. This will, I know, Telephone 01-606 6123 be an important contribution and a welcome Cables DEFENDAID addition to our publications list. London EC4 I have much pleasure in enclosing a cheque for £200 which, I hope^you will accept as a mark of appreciation". President Canon L. John Collins General Secretary Mfs Phyllis Altman L. John Collins President DEFA RESEARCH 182 Ballards Lane, London, N3 2NB Telephone 01-349 1931 1st February 1974 Mr Alex Hepple, 19 Seymour Street Cambridge CB1 3DH Dear Alex, I have now read the draft of your pamphlet and would like to raise a few minor points of detail, but first I would like to say how grateful we are for the very thorough and comprehensive way in which you have set out the position of the press in South Africa. Phyllis and Hugh have also read the draft and have only a few minor details of expression to raise which I won’t bother you with since they don't affect the content. 1. Page 5: As I understand it, the Nationalist Party was formed in 1914, not in 1934. Perhaps1, you had some particular event in its history in mind when you mentioned 1934. Could you' suggest an alternative formulation for the first two sentences. 2. Page 25, second paragraph: You suggest that the major newspapers*, acquiesced to the NPU's self censorship planj kaving been "persuaded, probably by firm assurances." This seems a bit vague and I think, if possible, we should indidate what sort of assurances they might have been given. Otherwise it is hard to understand why the journalists went along with the scheme. 3. Page 29: You mention the Cape Herald as having been prohibited in 1968. Was the paper as such prohibited, or just a particular issue or issues? If it was the paper as such, /-■ how does that square with the continued existence of the Cape Herald today? 4. Page 73: The last sentence in the last but one paragraph gives the impression that Randolph Yigne fled soon after his Transkei case and as a result of it; as I understand it, he left in 1964 when the capture of the ARM members was impending. 5. Finally the Carneson case, pages 52,53. I spoke to him about this matter and he tells me that he was not arrested or remanded in custody. Called upon to tell a magistrate on oath how he had obtained the article by Walter Sisulu he initially refused^and later / with Sisulu's agreement made a statement to the magistrate. As the episode seems to have been more a matter of trying to promote discord between an African leader and Carneson/ New Age rather than pressure on the press to reveal its sources (there was no secret about Sisulu's authorship) I would suggest that we omit this incident from this section. Hugh has suggested 4,nd I agree,) that we should give our sources for the appendices. I would be grateful if you would let me have a reply to these points in due course. It is possible that there may be one or two other things which we might want to raise with you but in general, we want to quickly to publication now. With renewed thanks^and best wishes to Mrs Hepple. Yours sincerely, 5th. February 1974 Dear Alan, Mris “ h£or letter of the 1st. instant. I have feone over the points raised by you and enclose a 1 -i nr amendments to be made to the i L T n t i l 1 / new nap-pa m o in* *. type script. I also enclose be discarded" 3 to replace the originals, which should thP £ S h ; °e reVlsed P^ges clarify that aspect of m v fuSthivhZimngUSg° press referred to in Brian's note (b). y further comments are as followsj— Pa^ejj. The original Nationalist party, formed by en. xlertzog in 1912, merged with Smuts's South % African Party m 1934 to form the United party. Halan and a few others refused to go along and xorrned the Purified" Nationalist party, which is the party which rules South Africa today. i^ources. ^ I agree we should give the sources for our appendices._ I took some figures from page 564 ^ lce (FM V9/72). I also used the latest FM figures but don't know the date as I returned the cutting to you. £ a e S - S i thatnth„PmSqthat the BOSS lawi°eB remainednot.a« BC* as a bad ay lawargument for the press, whatever modifications were made, that ?ffan ’s Points (a) (1) and (2) I am satisfied that I dealt with this aspect adequately In -rppanri +•« ... veriigte-verkrampte squabble, that has petered out completely and, as I have shown, the Nationalist Cabinet now firmly y from**^ r ddrectorate of all Afrikaans newspapers. Apart fri?ioi observations, I have not seen any real twn^aaJa fTihe government in the Afrikaans press in'the past treated ?h« If ^ \ look at P ^ 95 you will see how I have treated the verligte-verkrampte incident. I think this answers all your queries. Kind regards, Yours sincerely, THii PRESS UNDAR APAUTHdID Amendments. Page 5. line 1 insert the word "Purified" between “Africa's” and “Nationalist" Page 29. 11th. line from bottom of page Insert at beginning of line the words "An issue of" Page 25. line 15 Delete the words "probably by firm assurances" Page 46 between lines 9 and 10, insert the sentence Later Mr. Matters was banned and thereupon subject to all the consequent restraints described above. line 14 delete "Dr." and substitute "Chief" After line 17 (before 3rd. paragraph) insert the following Another example is that of Mrs. Helen Joseph, whose banning and house arrest orders were lifted in 1971, after being in force for eight years. Mrs. Joseph has spoken at several public meetings but no newspaper has risked reporting her, beyond stating the fact that she spoke, because of the legal uncertainty. line 6 from bottom of page insert after "Kodesh" the words "who was then overseas" fr^es ,5.2 - 5 ? delete the whole of the Fred Carneson case Page 65. lines 7 and 8 from bottom of page delete "was given the same sentence, suspended for three years" and substitute:- "was sentenced to three months without the option on each count, suspended for three years." Page 67. line 18 change demano to Semama Page 73. lines 6 and 7 from bottom of page delete words "and Vigne fled the country shortly afterwards" Page 95. line 16 change "onto” to ''into" Page 98. add to last paragraphs It is significant, however, that today there is no newspaper owned and written by Africans. At one time there was a black press, albeit small and financially weak, but this press has completely disappeared and there are no signs of its revival. A. HEPPLE, 19, Seymour Street, Phone: 43725 CAMBRIDGE CB1 3DH, 11th. February 1974 Dear John, Thank you for your letter of the 29th. January and the generous cheque for my pamphlet on the press under apartheid. "e were happy to have the opportunity of doing this work for aope wil1 find a wide readership and add to the reputation of the information service. It is more than a year since we moved here and our first trip to London was to deliver the MS to Alan. We had hoped to iind some time to call on you but unfortunately this was not possible. Perhaps there will be an opportunity for us to meet in the Spring or Summer. If you happen to journey to Cambridge ax any time, please give us a call and we can have you for lunch or tea. DEFA RESEARCH 182 Ballards Lane, London, N3 2NB Telephone 01-349 1931 20th March, 1974 Alax Hepple, 19 Seymour Street, Cambridge, CBI 3DM. Dear AledC, Here are the galley proofs of your pamphlet. I have a second set which I shall be checking during the next few days. I would be grateful if you would return the endorsed set as soon as possible. Hugh (who makes up copy for the printer, and decides titles, cover design, etc.) tells me that the printers have not followed his instructions regarding the chapter headings. That will be corrected. The title will be "Press Under Apartheid'; the contents page, title page and note about the author have still to be set. If there are any other problems please give me a ring. With best wishes Bear Alan, Thanks for the galley proofs which I return herewith, marked with my corrections. I presume that not only will the type of the Chapter headings be changed but that all sub-headings will be suitably amended. For instance, in Chapter II a clear distinction needs to be made between the cross-heads stating the laws and the sub-heads under each law. I was not able to check the whole of the Appendix II as the latter part was missing. You will see that on Galley 35 I have made some changes to paragraph three to take account of the calling of a general election for April 24. Perhaps you would like to add a footnote to this effect? Kind regards, Yours sincerely. THd PRESS UNDER APARTHEID Amendments. Page 5. line 1 insert the word "Purified" between "Africa’s” and "Nationalist" Page 29. 11th. line from bottom of page Insert at beginning of line the words "An issue of" Page 25. line 15 Delete the words "probably by firm assurances" Page 46 between lines 9 and 10, insert the sentence Later Mr. Matters was banned and thereupon subject to all the consequent restraints described above. line 14 delete "Dr." and substitute "Chief" After line 17 (before 3rd. paragraph) insert the foPlowing Another example is that of Mrs. Helen Joseph, whose banning and house arrest orders were lifted in 1971, after being in force for eight years. Mrs. Joseph has spoken at several public meetings but no newspaper has risked reporting her, beyond stating the fact that she spoke, because of the legal uncertainty. line 6 from bottom of page insert after "Kodesh" the words "who was then overseas" Pages 52 - 53 delete the whole of the Pred Carneson case Page 65. lines 7 and 8 from bottom of page delete "was given the same sentence, suspended for three years" and substitute "was sentenced to three months without the option on each cotmt, suspended for three years." Page 67. line 18 change Hemano to Semama Page 73» lines 6 and 7 from bottom of page delete words "and Vigne fled the country shortly afterwards" Pago 35, line 16 change "onto” to "into” Pa^re 98, add to last paragraphs It is significant, however, that today there is no newspaper owned and written by Africans. At one time there was a black press, albeit small and financially weak, but this press has completely disappeared and there are no signs of its revival. 6 May 1974- Mr Alex Hepple 19 Seymour Street Cambridge CB1 3DH m Dear Alex, International Defence and Aid A brief note to enclose six copies of the Fund pamphlet. I hope you like the look of it - everyone is very excited about it. I hope for Southern Africa we have picked up all the literals. In consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Again, many thanks. Please let me know if you for the United Nations need any more copies. We have already advertised in the New Internationalist and will be advertising in 2 Amen Court the Guardian on Wednesday 8th May. London EC4M 7BX Telephone 01-606 6123 Best wishes to you both. Cables DEFENDAID Yours sincerely, London EC4 President Canon L. John Collins General Secretary Mrs Phyllis Altman 8th. May 1974 Mr. Hugh Lewin, International Defence and Aid Fund, 2, Amen Court, LONDON EC4 7BX. Dear Hugh, Thanks for the six copies of PRESS UNDER APARTHEID and your letter of the 6th. instant. I'm not happy about your choice of cover. I cannot see the relevance of the picture to the subject matter Ox the pamphlet, and I think it is quite misleading. However, its too late to do anything about it. But I thought I should let you know what I think. You seem to have been unlucky with the Guardian advert because of the engineers' strike. I presume that vne advert will appear in another issue. Please let me have six more copies to spread around. Many thanks and with very best wishes, Yours sincerely. ALEX. HEPPLE. 16 May 1974 Mr Alex Hepple International 19 Seymour Street Cambridge CB1 3DH D efence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa In consultative status Dear Alex, with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Enclosed are six more copies of your pamphlet. for the United Nations I am sorry you don't like the cover: I would argue that the picture of official reaction 2 Amen Court to the 1972 demos outside St. Georges Cathedral London EC4M 7BX Cape Down does have relevance to what you call Telephone 01-606 6123 "the customs of apartheid" (p.6) Cables DEFENDAID London EC4 Certainly, it has been welcomed as a very telling cover, just as everyone has been most appreciative of the pamphlet as a whole. President You will have seen that the Guardian ran the ad Canon L. John Collins (badly) the day after the strike. General Secretary Mrs Phyllis Altman We have also sent review copies to all of the press, and Canon Collins has sent,personally, copies to the editors of The Times, Guardian and Sunday Times and brass such as Goodman, NPA, Commonwealth Press Institute and International PEN. I sent a copy to SA Argus and immediately they sent round to buy 6 more copiesJ I am trying for reviews in papers like Tribune but suspect that that sort of mention will come rather when there is more legislation or threat of it. Diana ^ollins has asked me to produce an edition of the Christian Action Journal dealing largely with Southern African questions. Do you think you could do an article for it (maximum approx. 2000 words) discussing the nature of "Freedom of speech" in South Africa today mentioning of course the press but also, if possible, some of the other restraints which fetter the society as a whole; I am hoping that other contributions will deal with investment (Paul Oestreicher),Rhodesia (Guy Clutton-Brock),Namibia (Peter Katjavivi), Sport (Peter Hain) and possibly the text of LJC's address to the Committee on Apartheid in Dublin this week. Sorry to spring this on you - particularity as I am hoping to start putting it together at the end of the month - but I thought it worth asking. Many thanks, with best wishes, Hugh Lewin 22nd. May 1974 Mr. Hugh Levin, International Defence and Aid Fund, 2, Amen Court, LONDON BC4 7BX. Dear Hugh, Thank you for your letter of the 16th. and the six copies of my pamphlet. I am placing these with people who should be able to make use of them. I note what you have tox say about the cover. Perhaps my criticism stems from my having envisaged quite a differ ent cover from that which you chose. Anyway, let's hope that the pamphlet will find a wide readership. Sorry I can't help with the article for th,e Christian Action Journal. It is quite impossible for me to undertake anything like this at present. Please try to get someone else. I see your book is to be published next month. Please sign a copy and have it sent on to me. My cheque for £3-50 is enclosed. Best regards, Yours sincerely, 29 May 1974- Mr Alex Hepple 19 Seymour Street Cambridge CB1 3DH International D efence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa Many thanks for yours of 22nd and for the enclosed In consultative status cheque. I will certainly send a copy of the book with the Economic and as soon as I can get some. Social Council (ECOSOC) for the United Nations Yes, the pamphlet is going well and has already evoked several favourable comments (in private) from some of my newspaper contacts. They-are, 2 Amen Court at least, sure to be quoting from it when the London EC4M 7BX press issue next arises. Telephone 01-606 6123 Cables DEFENDAID I am sorry that you can't do the Journal article London EC4 but do understand your position. Hope you are all well. President Best wishes, Canon L. John Collins General Secretary Mrs Phyllis Altman Hugh Lewin Collection Number: A3393 Collection Name: Bob Hepple Papers PUBLISHER: Publisher: Historical Papers Research Archive, University of the Witwatersrand Location: Johannesburg ©2015 LEGAL NOTICES: Copyright Notice: All materials on the Historical Papers website are protected by South African copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, or otherwise published in any format, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. 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