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7th . May l q69 .

My deAr Phylli s ( and chi dren )

What joy it "r s to e your fami l i;:1r 1IritinG on the 0 tsi dE o the irletter! No, nothing has been the matter - you have n:Jt of end"'d s in th s l ightest 1.r y - ere under t e 1m ression e had o~ ended you ! I remember n my lAst corres>')ondence sking yo' '..rhether you considered M. D. eli .;ible for mnesty aid. Well, rhen we did not hear from YOt ",e fe l t that

nerh s I had heen a l ittle indiscreet and as consea~€nce yo' ~ere in some troub e . We then decided to wait a bit - nd then sent you nd your fami l y Chri tmas card . Jell, ben • there yas no re£>')Qnse ta l l e fe l t i t bet t er to bide out tim( to ~ee if you wrote. We ,yere very worried in case I had said something out f lace,Rnd, as a result h s endangered your f mily Emd 1foursel . What a relief to know this is not the case nd to know you re .,rell ! We trust ou are .

Tow i M. D. going? To the day f writinl this l etter he has only years ~nd 16 dRYs to go . Row flre the children .•• r have ~~hthi ' s photo~r~ph in our collection •• she s so dear ! . re t.hey "oin,~ well at scho:Jl and how have Lhrir reslllts FIt exam been . We ould very much I i e to catch up o al l th . new~ nor tra t ev ry t hing is o. -. a · i n .

Last, out not least , he are you? Did you ex"'ms meet lo1i tb good resu ts . We both feel sure they did . Please wrile and tell 118 how everything is . Also would you e se ive me Rnother list of the childrens ' birthdays . I (throu.:> beinguntidy) los t the letter in l:rhi ch you had mentioned tr, IT' All .

IRn Rnd I have been in the best of health . Life in hust . ofrtun~tely do s not have t b trials and tribulations of Ii e i ~ ) . A. We hRve been extremely busy with Amnesty and ~p~rt from endeavourin' to have _risoners released , tt

" Victori n Secti:m has ')een occupied ~.,.ith ""und faising - thisI ". ' . is very neCASS"Olry so • I . can con tinue "Ii tb its wor'(.

ce..,l.ly the Elizabethian rheatre OperA rrust st ged a season 0f on rase We were fortlmate eno gh to obtain 56 son tic~cts Rnd 53 every ooera including he Haske B '1, a·dame But terfly and als tR ff wt th Ti to ..:iobbi . It. was €.xtremely ba.tisyi'1g but p, ysicallv and !!lental y exhausting . Nearly every ooera was in itslian and as my italian only extends to tlree v ars (at school) i t was a little dif ic lIt.

O'lr Christmas Card this yeRr included G p em by Ian - if Y:')11 d d n:)t r c ;.ive it olease let me kno , anj if you r,'ould li'--ce a co J I shall certainl ' fon ard Y'1U one . Some peo Ie id not ully aODreci te the ~K~ poem ' s ITessa e ~ but then

PATRONS OF "FUND FOR T H E PERSECUTED" The Archbishop of Canterbury, Great Britain • Roger Baldwin, President of the International League for the Riahts of Man, U .S.A. • Pablos Casals, Puerto Rico - Danilo Dold, Sicily - Professor Erich Fromm, New York and Mexico - Lt.-Gen. Sir Brian Horrocks, Great Britain • J·F. Lalive, Switzcrland • Professor Salvador de Madariaaa, Spain - Yehudi Menuhin, Great Britain - Professor Gunnar Myrclal,Sweden . Pablo Neruda, Chile - Alan Paton, South Africa - Abbe Domuuque Pirc, Nobel Prizc Winner - Mr. Walter Reuther, International President of the United Automobile Workers, U .S.A. - Scan McBride, S.C., Secrelary General of the International Commission of Jurists . Professor Z. K. Matthews, South Africa - Philip Noel-Baker, M.P" Nobel Pr;.., winner, Great Britain - Professor Gioraio La Pira, Mayorof ilprence, Italy - Professor Julius Stone, Austratia , .• AM"ESTY HAS 'CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH THE UNITED NATIONS (ECOSOC) AND WITH THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE. ~

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Victorian section "Burleigh" .,566 Toorak Road, TOO RAK, 3142. AUST.

28t h. May, 196 •

Dear P yllis (and chi l dren ) ,

Fi r s tly, pI ase excuse th A. I. let t erhead. I am having a day

home sick today and took t hi s opportuni t y of writing to you, but

did not have any pl ain ai rl e t te r s .

Have you any furthe r pl ans in mind re visiting your husband? Wha t a bar baric system it is tha t will not allow you to travel by traim I suonose thi s is t o discourage you f r om vi si t ing M.D. y ba rring ~~9in travel nd th, leavi n only ai r travel availabl e . If I had

ece i ved any donati ons fro m ~ ap eal I would have fo rwa r ded t hem t o you to go to ard the f r e , however no-one appears to be veryready to car t wi t h oney. If any come in witin the next month or so I sh 11 advise you. Hones t ly though, I do not eel very expectant!

Are your etters coming throuoh with more expe iancy yet? It

would a pear th t t he S • . • government does preci sely as it l i kes !

Its about time it was broug t to i ts knees.

bout two weeks a ~o I as i nterviewed on the r adi o about mynneal an Human Ri ghts Year. Durin t hi s programme which

incidental ly wa br dcas t ove r t he A. B. C. (Aus t r al ian Broadca s~ing Com~i s s ion) I cRlled f or the downf all ofthe S. A. Jovernment. 1 . resent were in agreement, but unfortunate~

the interviewer, wh has a T.V. pr ogramme al so, was loathe to

use me on the latter media as I called f or the downfall of the

S.A. government over the us t r alian government radio! He f elt

s wa t a cont r avers ial for T.V. What rubbi sh:: This is

_Bctly why S. A. has ~ot 8W~y wi th i t f or so l ono • Si moly

bec use governments of re s ce tive countri es are too cowardly

to stand against S. A. whethe r i t be f or pol iti cal or economic

r e sons . South fri ca is very f riendly with tf e Aus t r alian

government, and much to my di sgus t, Australia never votes

Rgainst any resol utions passed in t he United Nations aga inst

S. A. and i ts f as ist pol i c ies. Australia of course , cannot

be too outspoken i n racis t ma t t ers as i t has one of t he

mos t disoaus t ing fo rms of immigra t ion - t he WHI TE AUSTRALIA ,. 1\' , POLICY. 'This policy i much disliked by the educated oeople of Aust r l1a bo ant to see i t relaxed, but however t rade unions and th such l i ke a r e afraid it wil l bring huge amounts of non-skilled peopl es and t hus cause an inf lux of cheap lebo r . Its e 11y a pre t t l ~me ex use , howeve r our Labo r Party i s doing what it can t o s timulate mor e advanced thinking amongst these sections of t he populat ion. But al as, these very scare p pI e st I cl in to thei r beliefs '. So you see hy l i s, Au tralia i s i n many ways desiruos of

PATRONS OF "FUND FOR TH E PERSECUTED" The Archbishop of Canterbury. Creat Britain • Roger Baldwin. President of the International League for the Right. of Man. U.S.A. - Pablo. Casala. Puerto Rico - Danilo Dolci. Sicily - Profe.sor Erich Fromm. New York and Mexico - Lt.-Cen. Sir Brian Horrock.. Creat Britain - J-F. Lalive. Switzerland • Profe..or Salvador de Ma darlaga, Spain - Yehudi Menuhln, Creat Britain - Profes.or Cunnar Myrdal, Sweden • Pablo Neruda. Chile - Alan Paton, South Africa - Abbe DominiquePire, Nobel Prize winner - Mr. '«!'alter Reuther, International Pres ident of the United Automobile Workers, U.S.A. - Sean MacBride, S.C., Secretary Ceneral of the International Commiesion of Juris ts - Profe••or Z. K. Matthews, South Africa Philip Noel·Baker, M.P ., Nobel Prize winner, Creat Britain - Professor Clorgio La Pira, Mayor of Florence, Italy - Profe..or

Julius Stone, Au.tralla. AMNESTY HAS CONSULTAl'lVE STATUS WITH THE UNITED NATIONS (ECOSOC) AND WITH THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

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., change in these policies.

I fee l we al l have t o do some t hing tq make this world a be t ter

pl ace to l ive i n , ~nd fortunately I an sha res t hese vi ews even

perhans more stron~ly th~n I . We t ry to do our best but some

times even we , who a re free , f,e t discour aged . But Phyllis dea r

do not get despondent, you wi ll be free one day - this we know. .,Injustice cannot be pe rpetrated f orever . S. A. will be free for

all i ts peonI es tn time, of t ha t I feel sure, t he same as I feel

sure the U. S. A. will l ose in Vie t nam . Do not despair ever.

My word, I did not mean to write B l ec tur e , but sometimes t he injustices in the world tSet one down a l itt le and one has to let off steam.

Mrs . :}hand! has just l e f t Aust ra lia - what a wonderful womall! If more world leader s fol l owed her suit we would not have the t roubles we have . She i an example f or all women (and men) to fol lm~ . She i s al so ve ry much against U. S.A. aggression in South East As i a . As are al l humane people .

Have you r eceived t he magazi ne I sent you yet? It is quite a~ ~~tere sting nape r on Aust ral i a , but as I mentioned before A~~alia is not the l and of milk and honey as it would appear

in t hat oublication! HO\lreve r, t he children mir--ht like it.

Ple~s€ excuse the rather terrible typi ng fo r I am usinR Ian's typewri te r and its i mpossible t o t ype on . It is so used to his t wo ~inge r bashing . ~

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TOORAK, VICTORIA, 3142.

29tho October 1969.

Dear Phyllis:

Many fuanks for yours of 8th. September 1969. Although I am late in

replying, nevertheless they did not arrive until about three-four

weeks ago. There was some postal delayo Ho wever we did forward on

t he other letter immediately!

Congratulations on passing the Exams (Practice) and every best wish

for the November exams.

How did the operation fare? Was it a stone in the kidney, and if so,

how are your feeling now? Please accept every best wish from both

of us for a speedy and complete recoveryo

Ian and I have been rather busy helping to organize a photographic

exhibition of persecuted persons, world leaders, great people in his t ory

etc., for Am. We did not realize there would be quite so much work

involved in this sort of venture, but it is gratifying to see the

exhibition taking shape. It is to be held this weekend from 1st.

to 4tho November 1969. In Melbourne this is "M e lbourne Cup" weekend

and lots of people come from interstate for the races o Also it is

the time of many flower exhibitions etc., and our little cont~ibution

has been arranged to coi~ide with this period. ..

The following Saturday Am~ has arranged/~Rr exp e rt on RLJssia and Civil Affairs in the U.S.S.Re t o give a lect ure. She is regarded as

one of the world's leading authorities on this subject and this

promises to be a very fulfilling evenin go At the present time,

there is great interest here ~egarding the U.S.S.R. because of the

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-2 \Czecho situationo Also the former Czech. Ambassador to Australia

has now sought political asylum in Australia o At the time of the

- l invasion he spoke out agaihst the War~aw Pact countries invasion1 f... of his country, and as a result of his directness, he cannot go back to Czechoslovakiao IIan has now gone into business for himself and is working harder

than he was accustomed to! However, he finds it far more rewarding 1· and satisfying! We hope eventually I shall be able to join him in

( the businesso In the meantime, my wage is relied upon for the necessities

of life until such time as profits start rolling in. We hope!!

My brother has just passed his fourth year medical exams and lS now ·st.. ',.-:t - entering into his fifth. The family was very pleased, although we had absolutely no doubts that he would not pass. Apart from this resume of the past month's activities, I really do

not have much news.

I have been following rather closely the reports of Dr. Hertzog's

activities (which are scantily reported in our papers). It would

appear there is a serious rift in the Afrikaaner ranks. However

it is such a fuss over nothing! Ian says that in South Africa

there is very strong feeling towards football - so we suppose

that the Springboks have to ha ve some-one to play with!!!!!

~ I must sign off now, I am typing thisAat morning tee, and time lS

~ -up. Unfortunately it is not a terribly long letter, but I shall

write again more fully bemre Christmas.

Enclosed is a photo of myself and another of Ian and myself.

The latter is not too good - my brother took it, and he is not

too good at levelling the camera.

Much love to yourself and the

children, and take care,

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