File of correspondence concerning issues relating to South Africa, particularly in relation to the effects of apartheid, including:

• Letters concerning cases of South Africans imprisoned or otherwise discriminated against, including letters Dec 1982//May 1986, appealing to save six South Africans facing the death sentence, charged with involvement in the death of a community councillor during a mass demonstration at Sharpeville, Sep 1984; including copies of David Owen's replies, copies of letters from Foreign Secretaries Francis Pym (Jan 1983) and Geoffrey Howe (May 1986) responding to David Owen's letters highlighting the case; letter of appeal for South African Benjamin Maloise facing the death sentence, with copies of David Owen's replies and letter from Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe responding to David Owen's letter highlighting the case, Mar-Apr 1984; correspondence between David Owen and Geoffrey Howe concerning six members of the United Democratic Front seeking asylum in the British consulate in Durban, Oct 1984; etc
• Copy letters from David Owen to Foreign Secretaries Francis Pym and Geoffrey Howe requesting British Government action in relation to various aspects of the political situation in South Africa, including letters relating to the South African offer to transfer South African territory to Swaziland , Jul 1982; proposals for an IMF loan for South Africa, Oct-Nov 1982; British plans to use South Africa as a staging post for labour and materials in building Falkland Islands military airfield, Jul 1983; the South African government's position in negotiations for an independent Namibia, May 1985, and the South African attack on Botswana, Jun 1985, etc, with replies of Francis Pym and Geoffrey Howe
• Papers concerning the work of the SDP Southern Africa Group and the formation of SDP policy on Apartheid and South Africa including internal memoranda on formation of policy; correspondence between working group member Margaret Legum and David Owen concerning allegations that vehicles were manufactured by British Leyland for use by the South African Defence Forces, Jun-Oct 1982;copy of letter from David Owen setting out SDP policy on British financial institutions in South Africa, Mar 1983; letter from Peter Smith relating to re establishing the SDP working party on Southern Africa, Mar 1985, with drafts of policy on South Africa; SDP press release in response to the Uitenhage killings [Mar 1985]; CSD emergency motion on apartheid, [1985]; copy letter from Shirley Williams concerning uninvited attendance of representatives of the South African Embassy at a reception for the Association of Social Democrats for Europe, Sep 1986, etc.