Identity area
Reference code
GB NAUK MR-RT-044
Title
Records of the Foreign Office: Rivonia Trial
Date(s)
- 1964 (Accumulation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 file ; Text-based documents
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
These records fall under: Foreign Office: Political Departments: General Correspondence; African, West and Central (J): South Africa (JS) subseries.
Contains:
Correspondence from the Nigerian diplomats on various British expatriates working at universities and hospitals who will resign from their positions if Nelson Mandela is sentenced to death (29 May 1963).
It was not possible to verify the existence of these records at the time of this audit.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted
Conditions governing reproduction
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Finding aids
Electronic catalogue available online - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue