the Anti-Apartheid Movement the Anti-Apartheid Movement 89 Charlotte Street London W1 58o s311 CONFIDENTIAL MINUTES of NATIOKAL COMIPI'TEE MEETING held on Sunday 20 October 1968 at the National Liberal Club Whitehall Place SWl PRESENT: David Steel MP (chair), Ethel de Keyser, John Ennals, Andrew Neale, S. Abdul, Alan Brooks, Sonia Bunting, Tony O'Dowd, Anne Darnborough, Dorothy Robinson, Raymond Kunene, Dorothy Kuya, Vella Pillay, Mike Gerrard, Idris Cox, Dave Shipper, Marion Friedman, Sylvia Neame, Ronnie Kasrils, Ruth Slovo, Caroline de Crespigny, Stephanie Sachs, Hilda Bernstein, Douglas Marchant, Peter Hellyer, John Sprack, Nancy White. Feivel Cohen and Julius Baker (Hampstead AA), Leigh Hatts and John Feltham (Bournemouth AA), Mervyn Bennun (Exeter AA), Mercy Edgedale (Africa Bureau), Jill Craven (UNSA). .POLOGIES: Walter Hain. Elected to the National Committee but not present: Ros Ainslie, Joan Lestor MP, Gus Macdonald. COOPTIONS TO THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE Frank Hooley MP, Peter Jackson MP, Frank Judd MP, John Pardoe MP and David Winnick MB. NATIONAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS President : David Steel MP was re-elected President for the ensuing year but stipulated that this would be the last year he would be able to stand. Vice Presidents ; Humphry Berkeley, Sir Dingle Foot QC MP, Jeremy Thorpe MP and Ben -Whitaker MP. Sponsors : Lord Brockway, Lord Collison, Jack Jones, T.O. Kellock, Angus Wilson. Frank Hooley MP and Bishop Trevor Huddleston were nominated as additionial Sponsors. Chairman : John Ennals Vice Chairman : Peter Jackson MP Hon. Secretary : S. Abdul Executive Secretaryw Ethel de Keyser Organising Secretary * Alan Brooks Hon. Treasurer : Tony O'Dowd. ELECTION OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Thirteen names were put forward and the following six were elected: Anne Darnborough, Raymond Kunene, Gus Macdonald, Douglas Marchant, Vella Pillay and Stephanie Sachs; plus the six office bearers. DATE OF NEXT MEETING Tuesday 5 November 1968, House of Commons.