SOME DOCUMENTS ON INDIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND INDIA’S SUPPORT TO THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM IN SOUTH AFRICA 1914-1988 Compiled by: E. S. Reddy CONTENTS SMUTS-GANDHI AGREEMENT, JUNE 30, 1914 Letter from M.K. Gandhi to E. M. Gorges, June 30, 1914 LETTER FROM M.K. GANDHI TO E. M. GORGES, July 7, 1914 AREAS RESERVATION AND IMMIGRATION AND REGISTRATION (FURTHER PROVISION) BILL, 1925: STATEMENT BY THE NATAL INDIAN CONGRESS THE SOUTH AFRICAN INDIAN DEPUTATION TO INDIA IN 1925 A. STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY THE DEPUTATION TO THE VICEROY, LORD READING, IN CALCUTTA, DECEMBER 19, 1925 B. DR. ABDURAHMAN'S SPEECH C. THE VICEROY'S REPLY D. SPEECH BY LORD READING AT THE OPENING OF THE INDIAN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, JANUARY 20, 1926 CAPE TOWN AGREEMENT, 1927 Joint Communiqué issued by the South African and Indian Governments, February 21, 1927 LETTER FROM THE JOINT HONORARY SECRETARY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INDIAN CONGRESS TO THE SECRETARY TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR (CONVEYING THE DECISIONS OF THE 15TH SESSION OF THE SAIC (DURBAN, FEBRUARY 7-19, 1935), MARCH 1, 1935 NATAL INDIAN ASSOCIATION: CONSTITUTION AND RULES (Adopted at the joint meeting of the members of the Natal Indian Congress and of the Colonial Born and Settlers Indian Association, Durban, October 8, 1939) STATEMENT BY DR. Y. M. DADOO, SECRETARY OF THE NON-EUROPEAN UNITED FRONT (TRANSVAAL), AT HIS TRIAL UNDER THE EMERGENCY REGULATIONS, SEPTEMBER 6, 1940 STATEMENT BY DR. Y. M. DADOO TO THE INDIAN PEOPLE ON THE EVE OF HIS TRIAL, JANUARY 30, 1941 STATEMENT BY DR. Y. M. DADOO IN COURT AT TRIAL FOR SPEECH AT BENONI, JANUARY 31, 1941 ARTICLE BY A. I. KAJEE ON "POSITION OF THE FRANCHISE" FOR INDIANS, SEPTEMBER 1941 SOUTH AFRICAN INDIAN CONGRESS; RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT THE 16TH SESSION Gandhi Hall, Johannesburg, June 26-28, 1943 1.REPRESENTATION OF NATAL PROVINCE 2. CLAIMS OF NATAL INDIAN CONGRESS AND NATAL INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR RECOGNITION 3.TRADING AND OCCUPATION OF LAND (TRANSVAAL & NATAL) RESTRICTION ACT 4. COOPERATION WITH NON-EUROPEAN ORGANISATIONS 5. CHARTER OF INDIAN RIGHTS IN THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA 6. THANKS TO THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IN THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA 7. THANKS TO MRS. BALLINGER, MR. MOLTENO AND MR. HEMMING 8. OLD NATAL INDIAN CONGRESS PROPERTIES 9. PROVINCIAL BARRIERS 10. APPOINTMENT OF SUB-COMMITTEE 11. UNITY 12. RESTORATION OF MUNICIPAL VOTES LETTER FROM D. MUIR, SECRETARY TO THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR INDIA, TO J. C. MACGILLIVARY, SECRETARY TO THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR CANADA, SEPTEMBER 30, 1943 SPEECH BY DR. Y. M. DADOO AT ANTI-PASS CONFERENCE, JOHANNESBURG, DECEMBER 4, 1943 DOCUMENTS CONSTITUTING THE PRETORIA AGREEMENT OF 1944 A. Memorandum submitted by the Natal Indian Congress, as representing the Indian community of Natal, to the Right Honourable Field Marshal J. C. Smuts, Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa B. Prime Minister`s statement, published in Cape Argus, April 19, 1944 C. Telegram from Senator Clarkson to Senator Shepstone, May 16, 1944 DOCUMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE SEVEENTH SESSION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INDIAN CONGRESS The Mayor`s Hall, Cape Town, February 8-13, 1946 A. Report of the deputation that waited on the Rt. Hon. General J. C. Smuts, on the 11th February, 1946 B. Reply of General Smuts to South African Indian Congress deputation that waited on him on 11th February, 1946 C. Letter from the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister to the South African Indian Congress, February 11, 1946 D. Resolutions passed at the seventeenth session of the South African Indian Congress, February 8-13, 1946 Resolution No.1 1. Resolution on the Subject Matter of Round Table Conference between India and South Africa 2. Resolution on the report of the Deputation that waited on the Prime Minister 3. Resolution claiming right to be heard before the United Nations Organisation 4. Resolution appointing South African Indian Congress Deputations: (a) to India; and (b) to England and America 5. Resolution expressing thanks to Mr. A.I. Kajee, Joint Honorary Secretary MEMORANDUM BY SOUTH AFRICAN INDIAN CONGRESS DEPUTATION TO THE VICEROY OF INDIA, MARCH 12, 1946 RESOLUTION OF THE WORKING COMMITTEE OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, BOMBAY, MARCH 1946 "THE INDIAN PEOPLE IN SOUTH AFRICA: FACTS ABOUT THE GHETTO ACT": PAMPHLET BY DR. Y. M. DADOO, JUNE 1946 CIRCULAR LETTER BY PASSIVE RESISTANCE COUNCIL OF TRANSVAAL INDIAN CONGRESS TO TRADE UNIONS, PROGRESSIVE ORGANISATIONS, DEMOCRATS AND ANTI-FASCISTS, JUNE 10, 1946 RESOLUTION OF THE WORKING COMMITTEE OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN PASSIVE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT, DELHI, JUNE 15, 1946 TELEGRAM BY DR. Y. M. DADOO TO MAHATMA GANDHI, ON BEHALF OF THE JOINT PASSIVE RESISTANCE COUNCIL, ON ARREST OF THE FIRST BATCH OF PASSIVE RESISTERS, JUNE 1946 STATEMENT BY DR. Y. M. DADOO IN COURT, JUNE 1946 MESSAGE BY DR. Y. M. DADOO TO THE PEOPLE WHILE AWAITING SENTENCE TO IMPRISONMENT IN THE PASSIVE RESISTANCE CAMPAIGN, JUNE 1946 TEXT OF LETTER FROM THE DELEGATION OF INDIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS, ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS, REQUESTING THE INCLUSION OF AN ITEM, "TREATMENT OF INDIANS IN THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA", ON THE AGENDA OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, JUNE 22, 1946 MEMORANDUM BY THE DELEGATION OF INDIA ON THE POSITION OF INDIANS IN THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1946 PART I: HISTORY OF INDIAN IMMIGRATION INTO SOUTH AFRICA PART II: TREATMENT OF INDIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA: HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATORY MEASURES AGAINST THEM PART III: DISABILITIES TO WHICH INDIANS ARE SUBJECT IN THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY DATED JULY 17, 1946, ON TRADE RELATIONS WITH SOUTH AFRICA RESOLUTION OF THE ALL INDIA CONGRESS COMMITTEE, BOMBAY, JULY 1946 STATEMENT BY DR. Y. M. DADOO ON RELEASE FROM PRISON, SEPTEMBER 26, 1946 SPEECH BY DR. Y. M. DADOO AT MASS WELCOME MEETING IN JOHANNESBURG ON RELEASE FROM PRISON, SEPTEMBER 29, 1946 "WE ARE MARCHING ON", BY DR. Y. M. DADOO, NOVEMBER 1946 CIRCULAR LETTER BY TRANSVAAL INDIAN CONGRESS TO ORGANISATIONS CONCERNING THE ARREST OF MR. J. N. SINGH, NOVEMBER 9, 1946 STATEMENT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INDIAN CONGRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS, NOVEMBER 19, 1946 RESOLUTION OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, MEERUT SESSION, DECEMBER 1946 "THREE DOCTORS' PACT", MARCH 9, 1947 "Joint Declaration of Cooperation" by Dr. A. B. Xuma, President of the African National Congress, Dr. G.M. Naicker, President of the Natal Indian Congress, and Dr. Y.M. Dadoo, President of the Transvaal Indian Congress GANDHIJI`S MESSAGE TO SOUTH AFRICA, MAY 18, 1947 PROPOSED ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE Statement by Dr. Y. M. Dadoo at a press conference on return from India in June 1947 MESSAGE BY DR. Y. M. DADOO ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF PASSIVE RESISTANCE, JUNE 1947 MESSAGE BY DR. G. M. NAICKER ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF PASSIVE RESISTANCE, JUNE 1947 SMUTS REPUTED Joint statement by Drs. Dadoo and Naicker, Presidents of the Transvaal and Natal Indian Congresses, on the correspondence between General Smuts and Pandit Nehru, August 1947 MEMORANDUM OF NATAL INDIAN ORGANISATION TO MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE TREATMENT OF INDIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA, OCTOBER 10, 1947 CALL FOR RENEWED STRUGGLE AGAINST GHETTO ACT Joint statement by Dr. Y. M. Dadoo, President of Transvaal Passive Resistance Council, and Dr. G. M. Naicker, President of Natal Passive Resistance Council, issued after a meeting of the Joint Passive Resistance Council in December 1947 "HIS SPIRIT LIVES ON": TRIBUTE TO MAHATMA GANDHI, BY DR. Y. M. DADOO, JANUARY 1948 STATEMENT IN COURT BY DR. G. M. NAICKER AND DR. Y. M. DADOO, WHEN CHARGED WITH AIDING AND ABETTING UNDER THE IMMIGRANTS REGULATION ACT OF 1913, FEBRUARY 26, 1948 STATEMENT TO COURT BY DR. Y. M. DADOO AND DR. G. M. NAICKER, MARCH 3, 1948 MESSAGE BY DR. Y. M. DADOO TO THE INDIAN COMMUNITY, MARCH 3, 1948 SPEECH BY DR. G. M. NAICKER AT MASS WELCOME MEETING IN DURBAN ON THE RELEASE OF DR. G.M. NAICKER, DR. K. GOONAM AND R.A. PILLAY FROM PRISON, JULY 1948 LETTER FROM THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, DR. T. E. DONGES, TO NATAL INDIAN CONGRESS AND TRANSVAAL INDIAN CONGRESS, JULY 12, 1948 APPEAL BY DR. Y. M. DADOO AND DR. G. M. NAICKER FOR A UNITED FRONT, JULY 1948 INDIA'S STEP MOST TIMELY Joint statement by Dr. G.M. Naicker, President of the Natal Indian Congress, and Dr. Y. M. Dadoo, President of the Transvaal Indian Congress, on the decision of the Government of India to raise the South African Indian question again before the United Nations General Assembly, July 1948 LETTER FROM THE NATAL INDIAN CONGRESS AND THE TRANSVAAL INDIAN CONGRESS TO THE PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE PRIME MINISTER, AUGUST 2, 1948 TELEGRAM BY DR. G. M. NAICKER TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA, JULY 1948 TELEGRAM BY DR. G. M. NAICKER, PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INDIAN CONGRESS, TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS, PARIS, OCTOBER 1948 MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED BY A DEPUTATION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INDIAN ORGANISATION TO THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, DR. T.E. DONGES, NOVEMBER 27, 1948 RESOLUTION OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, JAIPUR SESSION, 1948 STATEMENT BY DR. Y. M. DADOO AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN LONDON, JANUARY 25, 1949 "MARCH FORWARD, UNITEDLY, THROUGH STRUGGLE TO FREEDOM": STATEMENT BY DR. Y. M. DADOO ON RETURN TO SOUTH AFRICA, OCTOBER 1949 JOINT STATEMENT ON THE DURBAN RIOTS, BY A.W.G. CHAMPION OF THE ANC (NATAL) AND DR. G.M. NAICKER OF THE NATAL INDIAN CONGRESS, 1949 STATEMENT ISSUED BY JOINT MEETING OF AFRICAN AND INDIAN LEADERS, FEBRUARY 6, 1949 STATEMENT BY MADAME VIJAYA LAKSHMI PANDIT, CHAIRMAN OF THE DELEGATION OF INDIA, IN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NOVEMBER 14, 1950 STATEMENT BY MADAME VIJAYA LAKSHMI PANDIT, CHAIRMAN OF THE DELEGATION OF INDIA, IN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NOVEMBER 20, 1950, IN REPLY TO THE DEBATE RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT A CONFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES OF THE ANC, SOUTH AFRICAN INDIAN CONGRESS, AFRICAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION, ANC YOUTH LEAGUE, COMMUNIST PARTY, AND TRANSVAAL COUNCIL OF NON-EUROPEAN TRADE UNIONS, MAY 14, 1950 NEW YEAR MESSAGE BY DR.