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This file contains a photocopy of Joe Rideout’s (Virginia Journal of International Law lawyer and representative) comments on the New York Times; also includes handwritten notes and comments relative to Rideout’s statement

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Correspondence between William J. Nissen (Harvard International Law Journal) and the City of New York Commission on Human Rights, concerning research for an article on the New York Times case.

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This folder contains a list of exhibits, both complainants and respondents, to be used in the New York Times case, along with photocopies of the exhibits; also included are copies of several Amican Committee on Africa (ACOA) publications concerning Apartheid, as well as a copy of the International Labour Conference, 56th Session, Summary of reports, regarding discrimination in labor and employment (1971).

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Documents from South Africa regarding the Aliens Act and Apartheid (1937, 1969); correspondence between the ACOA and the New York Times regarding modification of printed articles and advertisements for jobs in South Africa (1969-1971); also included are New York Times newspaper clippings on Apartheid (1971-1973).

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Copies of Statutes of the Republic of South Africa along with a typed index and summary of the statues, with information relevant to the New York Times case.

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The Douglas Wachholz collection on the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Africa Project includes extensive material related to the case American Committee on Africa v. The New York Times which for Wachholz served as the lead lawyer for the American Committee on Africa (ACOA) and other plaintiffs, a position he continued after leaving the staff of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL).

Scope and Contents Two printed and bound copies of the City of New York’s “Law on Human Rights” (1972, 1974); a number of articles on discrimination, Apartheid, and the First Amendment from the 1970s; photocopies of court cases relevant to the New York Times case; addresses given by Henry Kissinger (1973, 1975); “Lusaka Manifesto Revisited” by Donald B. Easum (1974); Department of State Bulletin LXXIII no. 1880 (July 7, 1975); “U.S. Foreign Policy for the 1970s: Shaping a Durable Peace” by Richard Nixon (May...

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Documents related to the United States’ and the United Nations’ position on Namibia, including documents from the U.S. Congress, UN Security Council, U.S. Department of State, and U.S. Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; also includes information on Senator Walter Mondale’s bill to deny tax credits to U.S. firms in Namibia (June 1974).

Scope and Contents This folder contains documents related to detentions and legal cases leading to arrests in South Africa in 1975. There are several memorandums from the Supreme Court of South Africa included [photocopies], as well as a number of documents by the LCCRUL (one of which is addressed to E.S. Reddy) [mostly photocopies; Committee Reports are originals]; Also included is a copy of the United Nation’s notes on South Africa, a copy of “The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Apartheid and South...

Scope and Contents The documents in this folder cover various topics regarding South Africa, though there are several files regarding the United Nations and the LCCRUL, and their involvement in Namibia (1974-1976) [photocopies]; also are speeches given by LCCRUL and the Africa Project at UN functions (1976) [photocopies]; two Committee Reports from the LCCRUL (1975-1976); there are also photocopies of transcripts from the Department of Commerce regarding the importation and exportation of marine animals in...