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Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement Papers,
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Membership,

Material relating to Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement membership comprising correspondence, membership lists, office journals, and printed information to be used for recruiting new members and affiliates.

Office journal,

Volume containing details of members, regional officers, contact details, business cards for associates and media, diary events, office messages and some financial details.

Financial Records,

Financial records of the Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement (WAAM) comprising financial reports, balance sheets, papers relating to applications for grants from the World Council of Churches (WCC), and letters from associated organisations (and some individuals) in response to an appeal by WAAM for financial assistance.

Campaigns,

Material relating to campaigning work of the Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement (WAAM), covering a wide range of areas targeted at a national level including sports, consumer goods, cultural figures and events, UK trade with South Africa, the release of political prisoners and an end to military and nuclear collaboration. There is also material relating to regional and local campaigns and events in which WAAM took part.

Sports boycott,

Material relating to apartheid in sport, and national and local campaigns organised by the Anti-Apartheid Movement calling for a sports boycott of South Africa. Most of the campaigns concern Welsh rugby and cricket tours of South Africa, and South African participation in international sport. Material comprises briefings and reports, circulars, letters, press statements and releases, and press cuttings. May also include conference papers and official campaign packs.

Cricket: 'Stop the tour' campaign,

Material relating to the Anti-Apartheid Movement campaign to stop the English cricket team tour of South Africa in 1990 comprising press releases, copy letters, press cuttings and copy press cuttings. Also includes two copy letters relating to the International Cricket Council (ICC) decision to re-admit South Africa as a member in 1991.

Irish rugby tour,

Material relating to the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement campaign against the Irish R.F.U. tour of South Africa in 1981, comprising press statements, circulars and copy letters.

Lord Chalfont,

Press cuttings (and copies of cuttings) of articles written by, or about, Lord Chalfont, president of the Freedom in Sport Movement (FIS). Also material relating to the administration of the Trust set up to pay the legal costs and disbursements of Allan Rogers, MP for Rhondda and Vice President of the Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement, following legal action taken against him by Lord Chalfont. Contains letters and press cuttings. Some copies of press cuttings pre-date 1982.

Chalfont, Alun Arthur Gwynne Jones, Baron, 1919-

Rugby: 'Stop racist rugby' campaign,

Material relating to a long-running campaign opposing rugby links with South Africa, and tours by South African and Welsh teams at all levels of the game. The Welsh Rugby Union, in particular, was targeted for its association with South African rugby teams. File contains letters, background papers, printed articles, flyers, leaflets and press cuttings.

Sport in South Africa,

Material relating to apartheid in sport, and to various sanctions and international campaigns against apartheid sport in South Africa, including the Gleneagles Agreement of 1979. Comprises circulars, pamphlets, press releases, statements and conference papers produced by a variety of organisations including the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SAN-ROC), the United Nations Centre Against Apartheid, and the National Sports Congress (NSC).

South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee.

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