Correspondence relating to James Griffiths role as Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs and his ongoing interest in the field. Correspondents include several African leaders and UK Prime Minister Harold MacMillan. There are also papers relating to Malta and a letter from the Prime Minister of Malta.

The box contains various country folders from Ukraine, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Syria -embargo until 2086, Thailand, Turkey - Embargo until 2085, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Peru, Chile, El Salvador within Latin America, America, Middle East to Brazil,Africa and Australia.

There are letters, correspondence articles, newspaper clippings and The New Vision Newspaper, Amnesty International papers, publications, publications extracts, reports, Human Rights Watch papers, HOL Parliamentary questions, press release, information sheets, leaflets and Council of Europe papers
There is also a Kurdish Human rights newsline, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Human Rights Watch - Helsinki, British-Vietnam All-Party Group, Saigon Children's Charity pack, Zimbabwe Country Strategy Paper and a Notebook on Peru: May-June 1993 in Latin America folder.