Inventory of the private collection of
WC du Plessis
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1 Correspondence of a general nature covering various
matters; two speeches referring to total onslaught against SA and moral decay; NUSAS and a new student organisation needed for English speaking students
1969-1970
2 Correspondence regarding Honingkrans Collieries and
other collieries, the mining and export of coal and the taking up of shares in the companies
1943-1962
3 Correspondence regarding Dr WC du Plessis'
resignation from public service; SKIETGOED Vol. 1 No. 10, Nov. 1947 regarding Indians in SA and women franchise
1945-1947
4 Correspondence regarding SA shipping, with special
reference to the "Van Riebeeck Lines (Pty) Ltd shipping managers and shipbrokers" and "SA Nasionale Redery (Eiendoms) Bpk"; there is also a reference to the Van Riebeeck Festival
1948-1955
5 Correspondence regarding social welfare and the
appointment of Dr WC du Plessis as High Commissioner in Canada
1951-1953
6 Congratulations on Dr WC du Plessis' appointment as
High Commissioner
1953
7 Information received as High Commissioner sent to SA
Prime Minister and Ministers; SA Armed Forces; nationalism and colonialism; speech by Dr Gerhard Jooste before the National Huguenot Society of Washington in 1954 comparing histories of USA and SA
1954
8 Information received as High Commissioner sent to SA
Minister of Foreign Affairs; report on the United Nations Committee on SWA/Namibia; personal correspondence on various matters
1955
9 Correspondence received and sent as High
Commissioner on various matters, inter alia the treatment of Indians, Tomlinson Commission, Bantu, blacks, etc.; correspondence regarding personal matters
1956
10 Correspondence with the SA Bureau of Racial Affairs 1954-1966
11 Correspondence between Dr WC du Plessis as
Ambassador in Washington with Mr Eric Louw Minister of Foreign Affairs on political matters; relationship between Canada, USA, and South Africa; Excerpts of a speech by Mr Eric Louw, Minister of External (Foreign) Affairs at a meeting of the American Club in Johannesburg, 28/9/1956, referring to the smear campaign against South Africa
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12 Correspondence between Dr WC du Plessis as
Ambassador in Washington with Mr Eric Louw, Minister of Foreign Affairs on political matters; private correspondence with friends on various matters, inter alia the views/policy of other countries on apartheid
1957-1958
13 Correspondence of a political nature; development of
SA Bantu territories; "Harmonious Multi-Community Development" by WWM Eiselen
1959
14 Correspondence regarding Dr WC du Plessis' return to
SA; criticism of SA apartheid policy; political situation in USA; advice to create secret funds to promote SA policy abroad
1960
15 Correspondence congratulating Dr WC du Plessis with
a report on relationships in SA entitled "Highway to Harmony"
1959
16 Correspondence and information on various matters
regarding "Fundamentals in the Southern African Situation" address by Dr WC du Plessis, Philadelphia 18/4/1960, referring to the socio-economic situation in SA, black-white relationship, foreign influence, etc.; Africa Institute minutes, reports, and other information regarding the Africa Institute with Dr WC du Plessis as Director of the Africa Institute 1960-1961
1960-1969
17 Correspondence congratulating Dr WC du Plessis on
appointment as Secretary of Information; correspondence on various subjects inter alia invitations to functions and meetings in capacity as Secretary of Information; SWA/Namibia; "Marketing" by David Hart
1961-1962
18 Correspondence of a general nature on various
subjects inter alia invitations to functions and meetings in his capacity as Secretary of Information;
SWA/Namibia
1963
19 Correspondence between Dr WC du Plessis and "SA
Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns" on various matters; memories of the "Dorslandtrek"; memories of "Melt Brink"; Rinderpest; "Die Laaste Fase van die Hertzog-Smuts Stryd: Standerton, 1948" by Dr WC du Plessis
1962-1970
20 Correspondence and minutes of the Hertzog
Monument Committee; information regarding the "Gen. JBM Hertzog Gedenkfonds"; financial statements regarding Hertzog Monument Fund; Gen. JBM Hertzog Monument, Bloemfontein
1962-1968
21-22 Congratulations on Dr WC du Plessis' appointment as
Administrator of SWA/Namibia
1963
37 Speech by Dr WC du Plessis at exhibition of
addresses received by Gen. JBM Hertzog, Transvaal Museum, with reference to JBM Hertzog's role in the
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history of SA; two other documents by Dr WC duPlessis on the life and character of Gen. JBM Hertzog
38 Volume I of speeches by Dr WC du Plessis as
Administrator of SWA/Namibia on various occasions; Dr WC du Plessis, SWA/Namibia Administrator, speech to Afrikanerklub Bloemfontein, 19/9/1968, regarding SA now and in future referring inter alia to the unveiling of the JBM Hertzog statue on 20/9/1968 in Bloemfontein, communism, anti-colonialism, humanism, egalitarianism, self-determination; Speech by Dr WC du Plessis, Administrator of SWA/Namibia, at Heroes' Day function, Tsumeb 10/10/1968,
regarding South Africa and SWA/Namibia referring inter alia to the history of both countries and their successes; Speech of Dr WC du Plessis at the farewell dinner for him as Administrator of SWA/Namibia, Windhoek 1/11/1968, referring inter alia to the history of SWA/Namibia and the situation in the world of 1968
1963-1969
39 Volume II of speeches by Dr WC du Plessis as
Administrator of SWA/Namibia on various occasions; Tsumeb 3/3/1964; Hohere Private Schule 25/3/1964; Visit SA Prime Minister 15/2/1964; Fashion Show of the SA Wool Board 9/4/1964; Opening of the State Hospital, Walvis Bay 14/4/1964; Convention of the Association of Municipal Electricity Undertakings of SA, Windhoek 19/5/1964; Budget debate 28/5/1964; Angra Pequena Fish Factory, Lüderitz 22/7/1964; Visiting members of overseas karakul committees and publicity agents 27/7/1964; Opening Oppenheimer Technical Block 10/9/1964; Opening Technical School Pioneer 19/9/1964; Opening Windhoek Show
11/9/1964; Opening State Hospital Outjo;
Telecommunication Conference 5/10/1964; Annual Congress Municipal Association of SWA 15/10/1964; War memorial Walvis Bay 8/11/1964; Opening new municipal building 25/11/1964; Day of the Covenant Walvis Bay 16/12/1964 referring to the history of SWA/Namibia and problems encountered, education, health, electricity, agriculture, fishing industry, karakul industry, telecommunications, United Nations, SA history, self-determination
1964
40 Volume III of speeches by Dr WC du Plessis as
Administrator of SWA/Namibia on various occasions; Potchefstroom University for C.H.E. 9/2/1968; Exhibition of Mrs Ruth Ursula Wolhuter, Windhoek 21/2/1968; Official visit to Karasburg 23/2/1968; Festival of the Soil 2/4/1968; Research Vesel "Benguella" 13/4/1968; Cripple Care Association of
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SWA 19/4/1968; SANLAM exhibition of children's art6/5/1968; Budget debate 8/5/1968; Municipal Congress, Windhoek 23/7/1968; Banquet of the Business and Professional Women's Association, Windhoek 3/8/1968; Agricultural Show, Marienthal 8/8/1968; Institute of Bankers of SWA, Windhoek 14/8/1968; Jubylaumsausstellung Adolph Jentsch, Windhoek 6/9/1968, referring in these speeches inter alia to cultural heritage, Afrikaner identity, political situation in SA, art, conservation of natural resources, soil conservation, fishing industry research, cripple care, the political, economic, and social situation in SWA/Namibia, spiritual decay, corruption, communism, human values versus human rights, egalitarianism, agriculture
41 Volume IV of speeches by Dr WC du Plessis as
Administrator of SWA/Namibia on various occasions; Art Centre, Windhoek 5/2/1965; Opening State Hospital, Tsumeb 8/5/1965; Budget debate 25/5/1965; New medical laboratory, Windhoek 19/7/1965;
Congress Women Agricultural Society, Windhoek 23/7/1965; Third Quadrennial Exhibition of SA Art, Windhoek 27/7/1965; Girls Hostel, Marienthal, n.d.; Agricultural Show Otjiwarongo 17/9/1965; Opening Caterpillar Division, Sam Cohen Organisation, Windhoek 17/11/1965; Aschenborn-Kunstausstellung 21/9/1965; Rodin Show, Windhoek 14/10/1965; Unveiling statue of Maj. Curt von Francois 12/10/1965 Windhoek, referring in these speeches inter alia to the history of SWA/Namibia, arts and culture in
SWA/Namibia, health, education, agriculture, stock farming, drought, history of Tsumeb, administration of SWA/Namibia, transportation and roads, student riots, Christian belief
1965
42 Volume V of speeches by Dr WC du Plessis as
Administrator of SWA/Namibia on various occasions; Reserve Bank Building Windhoek 13/4/1966; Athletics meeting Windhoek 22/4/1966; Budget debate
27/4/1966; Jentsch-Ausstellung, Republikfest, 31/5/1966; Youth Day function Windhoek 14/5/1966; Republic Festival Windhoek 14/5/1966; Aula of the Hohere Privatschule, Windhoek 10/6/1966; Hospital Oshakati 21/7/1966; Centenary Festival
Keetmanshoop 3/9/1966; Centenary Festival
Augustineum 14/9/1966; Verloren van Themaat Centre for Law 15/11/1966; Kein Aub Kopermaatskappy 22/11/1966; Day of the Covenant, Swakopmund 16/12/1966; New administration building Swakopmund
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23/12/1966, referring in these speeches to the historyof SA and SWA/Namibia, banking in SWA/Namibia, history of Keetmanshoop, history of the Augustineum Institution, shared allegiance of
Afrikaans/English/German language groups, arts and culture, family life, communism, education, health, mining, Great Trek, Afrikaner in SWA/Namibia
43 Volume VI of speeches by Dr WC du Plessis as
Administrator of SWA/Namibia on various occasions; Conference SWA Water and Electricity Corporation (SWAWEC) and municipalities, Windhoek 7/2/1967; Congress Post and Telegraph Society of SA Windhoek 28/3/1967; New Land Bank building Windhoek
14/4/1967; Conference Rotary Clubs Windhoek 17/4/1967; ADK (Afrikaans German Club) Windhoek 21/4/1967; Budget debate 25/5/1967; Opening Halali rest camp 16/6/1967; SWA Agricultural Union
Congress Windhoek 6/9/1967; Inauguration Town Hall Walvis Bay 29/9/1967; Swakopmund 75 Years Festival 14/10/1967; Coloured township Khomasdal
18/10/1967, referring in these speeches inter alia to the history of SWA/Namibia, its parks and recreation resorts, history of Walvis Bay, history of Swakopmund, history of Land and Agricultural Bank of SWA/Namibia, economic review of SWA/Namibia and trade relations with other countries, stock farming, agriculture,
coloureds in SWA/Namibia, Afrikaans-German culture, objectives Rotary International, automated telegraph system, electricity
1967
44 Articles and memoranda on various subjects;
Department of Information: Its Problems and Solutions; Preparatory Commission of the International Atomic Energy Agency; Rhodes and the Box of Pandora -- A Monologue on Colonialism by WC du Plessis; "Vanishing Gold" by JP Koszul in US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT 4/12/1967; "Does Inflation Pay?" in US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT 1/1/1968; "TV Violence Appalling" in US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, 6/10/1969; White Man's Manifesto;
Communism in the Union of South Africa; Calvinism in SA by WJ de Klerk; United Party and Television by Jaap Marais MP; Influence of Television on Education, Religion, and Morals; The Wish to Belong; Information Service as an Aid to Administration by CY Carstairs; Shipping Industry; Communism in the Union of South Africa
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45 Information regarding the 1948 general election in
Standerton constituency
1947-1948
46 Articles and memoranda on various subjects; Relations
between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations; NATO and the South Atlantic, January 1970; Impact of Nuclear Physics on the Conception of Collective Security by WC du Plessis; Protest at "UN Interference" Items of Internal
Jurisdiction France and South Africa, 29/9/1955 New York; International Monetary Fund by WC du Plessis
1954-1970
47 Articles and memoranda on various subjects; South
Africa the Complex Country, CBC Interviews High Commissioner, July 1955; Ninety Days Detention, Understand First Then Criticise; Introducing South Africa Abroad by WC du Plessis, 4/7/1969; American Churches: Attitude to South Africa
1955-1969
48 Articles and memoranda on various subjects;
"Egalitarisme" by WC du Plessis; Questionnaire with results by the Hon. Thomas Boydell; Elimination of South Africa's Slums by A Schander; History of the Rehoboth Basters SWA/Namibia; Apartheid: Discrimination or Differentiation? by WC du Plessis; White Man's Africa by WC du Plessis; Background to Bantu Authorities
1955-1966
49 Articles and memoranda on various subjects; Interview
with Joshua Kamberipa at Windhoek 28/1/1964; Relationship between South Africa and Other African States; Document regarding Betsjoeanaland,
Basoetoland, and Swaziland (170 pages); The Afrikaner in Africa by PJ Meyer;
1959-1964
50 Articles and memoranda regarding Gen. JBM Hertzog;
Political Highlights of Gen. JBM Hertzog; Gen. JBM Hertzog and the Language Struggle; Film entitled "James Barry Munnik Hertzog", script by Casper de Vries
n.d.
51 Minutes of meeting between Herero leaders and Bantu
Affairs Commissioner Windhoek 4-9/1/1964; draft statute of International Atomic Energy Agency 22/8/1955; minutes and resolutions "SA Nasionale Redery (Edms) Bpk" 21/9/1956; Resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly 3/5/1954;
Conference on World Affairs 6-11/4/1959, Colorado; Republic Festival Committee meeting 11/3/1966; United Nations Security Council verbal record 14/3/1968; Minutes of Afrikaanse
Taalmonumentkomitee annual meeting 6/3/1969, Paarl; Minutes Z.A. Hospital Pretoria 12/5/1970; Minutes Bronberg Pharmacist, Pretoria 12/5/1970
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52 Minutes of the Hertzog Monument Committee 1965-1968
53 Minutes of the SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns,
Pretoria
1968-1970
54 Minutes of the Afrikaanse Taalmonument Komitee 1970-1972
55 Reports on various subjects; Annual report of the
Chelsea Club Ottawa 1955-1956; Union of South Africa External Loan Bonds 1958; Prospectus Federale Mynbou Bpk. 27/4/1959; Comparative Statistics for Twenty African Countries Regarding Population, Medical Aspects, Economic and Industrial Aspects (Tables 1-6); "Aspects of South Africa's Economy" by MD Marais, Pretoria 20/10/1961; South African Constitutional Issue from 1908 till 1954 (inter alia regarding the Cape coloured voters); Annual Report of the Economical Institute of the FAK 1961
1955-1961
56 Reports on various subjects; "Situation in South Africa" by DB Badenhorst; Department of Information Budget 1963/1964; "The External Trade of South Africa, Sugar Industry and Economic Prospects for 1964" by MD Marais 14/2/1964; Annual Report of the Hugenote-Vereniging SA 1964; SA Trust Selections, Withdrawal Plan, 1/8/1966; Promotion by the United States of Liberal Social Changes in South Africa 22/9/1967; Radio Bantu Conference Johannesburg 17-18/3/1969
1963-1969
57 Reports regarding Klipfontein Collieries (Pty) Ltd. 1943-1944
58 Reports of the United Nations General Assembly 1963
59 Report of the United Nations Commission for the
Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
1964
60-61 Reports regarding SWA/Namibia 1964-1968
62 Functional directory of Conference on Antartica,
Washington D.C. 1959; Einfuhrung in die Hererosprache, Swakopmund, 1941; manual for candidates in general elections
1941-1965
63-64 Programmes for various occasions 1947-1964
65 General notes on various matters 1948-1970
66 Appointments of Dr WC du Plessis 1955-1956
67 Curriculum vitae of Dr WC du Plessis n.d.
68 Financial statements and guest lists 1955-1968
69 Map of SWA/Namibia; estimates SWA/Namibia;
address by Dr TF Muller at annual Congress of Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut, Port Elizabeth;
introduction by Bryson Rash at the National Press Club Luncheon; speech by Minister EH Louw at United Nations
1960-1971
70 Record of proceedings in the High Court of Parliament
in the matter between Edgar Arthur Deane and the Minister of Interior, etc.; other miscellaneous documents
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71 Newspapers and clippings on Dr WC du Plessis;
general elections; Standerton constituency; cooperation between National Party and Afrikaner Party; United Nations; wives of DF Malan, JG Strijdom, and HF Verwoerd; SWA; first Afrikaner controlled coal mine
1945-1962
72 Newspapers with political information on Gen. JBM
Hertzog and Gen. JC Smuts; SA Aviation Pioneers' Stories; First Air Raid in Africa 1914 War on SA Troops
1963-1970
73 Newspapers and special editions on the Voortrekker
Centenary; DIE BRANDWAG with articles on the Great Trek
1938
74 Newspapers and special editions on the Voortrekker
Centenary; DIE HUISGENOOT "The Great Trek"
1938
75 Newspapers reporting on the neutrality debate in
Assembly, defeat of the neutrality motion, resignation of Gen. JBM Hertzog as Prime Minister, and Gen. JC Smuts becoming new Prime Minister of SA; reports on World War II
1939
76 Newspapers reporting on World War II 1939-1945
77 Newspapers covering the death of Gen. JBM Hertzog 1942
78 Newspapers and newspaper clippings with information
on the career of Dr WC du Plessis
1945-1968
79-80 Newspaper covering the 1948 general election with the
results, inter alia the Standerton constituency where Dr WC du Plessis won against Gen JC Smuts Prime Minister
1948
81 Newspapers and newspaper clippings with information
on various matters, including African states, United States of America, Russia, Canada, India, South Africa, Van Riebeeck festivals, race relations, death of Adv. JG Strijdom, Prime Minister of SA
1951-1968
82 Newspapers with information on South Africa
becoming a Republic, the Republican Festival of 1966, SWA/Namibia, Adv. CR Swart as 1st State President of RSA, the six Prime Ministers of SA, films on SA by the Information Department
1961-1966
83-86 Newspapers with information on the death of Prime
Minister Dr HF Verwoerd
1966
87-88 Newspaper reports and photographs of the three
American astronauts landing on the moon
1969
89 Various publications; Criticism of Dr DF Malan's
Coloured Policy, Apartheid; AFRICA (March 1960) with information on Pan African Congress, Britain's African policy, pass laws clash 21/3/1960, French Equatorial African Federation, Chad, Central African Republic, Congo Republic, Views on Central Africa;
ALGEMEINE ZEITUNG 1967/1968 with information on
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SWA/Namibia Bushman; AMERICAN NEWS DIGEST20/4/1967, 27/4/1967, and 29/8/1968 with information on Africa and South Africa; AMERICA REPORTS 1/4/1968, 8/4/1968, 29/8/1968, 19/9/1968, 2/10/1968, and February 1970 with information on USA policy toward South Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa (Ghana) February 1959; Sub-Saharan Africa (South Africa) March 1959 containing "Afrikaner Nationalism"; BULLETIN, Africa Institute May 1964, with information on SWA/Namibia; CANADIAN WEEKLY BULLETIN 6/5/1955 with information on Vietnam
90 Various publications; Conference on the Statute of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (several copies Sept/Oct 1956) with information regarding the Statute of the IAEA; CONSUMER REPORTS, May 1955; DAILY INDIAGRAM 15/7/1955 and 18/7/1955 with information regarding India; Deutsches Adelsblatt, 15/10/1965; Herenigde National Party Economical Plan for South Africa; DIGEST OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN AFFAIRS, 29/3/1957 and 6/3/1959, with information on separate universities for non-whites and Bantu making headway in business field; Herenigde National Party Constitution; Herenigde National Party pamphlet on Indians in the Cape Province;
INTELLIGENCE DIGEST December 1967 with information on Rhodesia and the Russian fishing fleet; KIRCHLICHES ANITSBLATT 18/6/1966; MONTHLY ECONOMIC LETTER September 1967, November 1967, December 1967, January 1968, and April 1968 regarding general business conditions; National Party's Coloured Policy -- Apartheid/Separate Development
1955-1968
91 Various publications; NUUS OOR AFRIKA 4/9/1968
with information regarding African states; Pamphlet : Min. Hofmeyr Future Leader of the United Party; Pamphlet: Red Herrings, Bogeys and Promises, United Party Stock-in-Trade; RSA WORLD November 1965 with information on liberalism, Rhodesia's declaration of independence, the decline of India, etc.; SAFARI I published by the Atomic Energy Board Pretoria regarding South Africa's first nuclear reactor, Safari I; South Africa the Complex Country; LABOR LAW JOURNAL September 1960, article "SA Labor Relations" by Frank T. de Vyver; Should We Face Reality Now? by WC King, September 1965; South West Africa, Measures Taken to Combat Terrorism, 15/2/1968; SOVIET NEWS BULLETIN 5/9/1955 with information on "Peaceful Coexistence and International Law" by O Bogdanov; Suid-Afrikaanse Werkers,
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pamphlet by the Herenigde National Party92 Various publications; THE BULLETIN, a weekly survey
of German affairs ( 21/5/1968, 20/8/1968, 3/9/1968, 10/9/1968, 17/9/1968, and 1/10/1968); THE CITIZEN November 1967 with information on "Separate
Development" by RB Patterson, "Sanity or Savagery?" by J Helms, and "Atoms and Race" by M Evans; THE GERMAN TRIBUNE, a weekly review of the German Press, 14 issues dated 11/11/1967-13/4/1972; THE GERMAN TRIBUNE, a selection from German periodicals, 5/10/1968 and 4/5/1968
1967-1972
93 Various publications; THE MINING WORLD January
1960; THE SA OBSERVER May 1965 with information on "A Critical Look at US Policy", "The Egalitarian Dogma in Perspective" by Prof. HE Garrett, "Brainwashing in the USA" by Dr RP Oliver; The Promotion of Bantu Self-Government, Fact Paper 71, May 1959; The Three Pillars of United States
Government by Prof. C Rossiter -- The Presidency, The Congress, The Supreme Court; Translation from DAGBREEK en SONDAGNUUS 16/7/1961 attempt of the SWA Committee of the United Nations to enter the mandated territory SWA/Namibia
1960-1965
94 US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, July-August 1961
on various matters
1961
95 US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, March-July 1963
on various matters
1963
96 US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, July 1963-Nov.
1963 on various matters; "What You Should Know about Apartheid"; "A Call to All Peoples and All National Governments of the Earth"
1963
23 Correspondence regarding Dr WC du Plessis'
appointment as Administrator of SWA/Namibia; information regarding the previous Administrator of SWA/Namibia, Mr D. du P. Viljoen; curriculum vitae of Dr WC du Plessis; SWA/Namibia
1963
24 Correspondence of a general and personal nature on
various subjects; Herero affairs
1964
25 Correspondence of a general and personal nature on
various subjects; "Who Will Control the Indian Ocean" in WASHINGTON REPORT
1965
26 Correspondence of a general and personal nature on
various subjects; editorials in US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT; editorial in LIFE, "Uhuru Turns Sour in Africa"; "The Dollar Seen from Geneva" by Wilhelm Roepke in NATIONAL REVIEW
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27 Correspondence of a general and personal nature on
various subjects; SWA fishing industry; article by Dr WC du Plessis on egalitarianism
1966
28 Correspondence of a general and personal nature on
various subjects explaining the government's apartheid policy
1967
29 Correspondence of a general and personal nature on
various subjects; SANLAM
1967
30 Correspondence of a general and personal nature on
various subjects; "Strategy and Strategic Action" by Lt. Gen. CA Fraser; SWA/Namibia; Stigting Surion van der Stel Foundation minutes
1968
31 Correspondence of a general and personal nature on
various subjects; apartheid; Afrikaanse Taalmonument
1968
32 Correspondence regarding the death of Dr HF
Verwoerd
1966
33 Statement and speeches by Dr WC du Plessis on
various occasions covering various subjects; Statement by Dr WC du Plessis, leader of the South African Delegation, to the Conference of the
International Atomic Energy Agency, 1/10/1956, referring to inter alia uranium mining in SA, use and application of radio isotopes, peaceful use of atomic energy; Political speech by Dr WC du Plessis in Standerton constituency in the 1948 general election -- he won the seat in the election from Gen. JC Smuts, the Prime Minister of South Africa; Speech made to the English speaking Union, Washington, by the
Ambassador of the Union of South Africa, Dr WC du Plessis, 11/2/1957, referring inter alia to South African diversity of peoples and the policy of separate
development; Speech by Dr WC du Plessis at the Bank of America luncheon, San Francisco 11/6/1959, referring inter alia to South African economic and political affairs; Speech by Dr WC du Plessis, Administrator of South West Africa, during the unveiling of the statue of Maj. Curt van Francois, 15/10/1965, referring inter alia to the history of SWA/Namibia; Speech by the Administrator of South West Africa, Dr WC du Plessis, at the Annual
Congress of Rotary Clubs, Windhoek 17/4/1967; Budget speech 1968, South West Africa; Speech by Dr WC du Plessis during opening of new N.F.N.
Laboratory, 10/4/1969
1948-1969
34 Speeches, draft speeches, and notes for speeches
containing information regarding inter alia youth preparedness, communism, permissive society, nuclear technology, nuclear disarmament, atomic
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energy; Speech by Dr WC du Plessis on Heroes' Day,Pretoria 10/10/1971, referring inter alia to separate development of South African population groups, human rights, Anglo-Boer War, uplifting the Afrikaner after the Anglo-Boer War, total onslaught on SA as a result of its apartheid policy; Speech by Dr WC du Plessis at the University of Pretoria 16/9/1970 referring inter alia to the situation in the world, egalitarianism, Afrikaner survival
35 Statement in the Ad Hoc Political Committee of the
United Nations on the apartheid item by Dr WC du Plessis, chairman of the SA Delegation on the withdrawal of the SA Delegation because the resolution falls within domestic jurisdiction of SA; Speech by Dr WC du Plessis , Ambassador of SA, to the law school forum of the University of Harvard, 5/12/1958, explaining the case for apartheid; Dr WC du Plessis, SA Ambassador, address to Los Angeles World Affairs Council, 15/6/1959, explaining differential development in SA, a policy known as apartheid, ethnic differences, the Bantu standard of living and social and educational facilities in comparison with other African states; Dr WC du Plessis, SA
Ambassador, address to American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia 18/4/1960, on fundamentals in the SA situation explaining the fact that white South Africans are a permanent part of SA along with the blacks with vested rights in land
ownership, referring also to the economic, agricultural, and political situation
1955-1960
36 Speech by Dr WC du Plessis to the Cultural Society of
Standerton, 10/10/1960, referring inter alia to the history of SA, political situation, white and non-white interaction; Speech by Dr WC du Plessis to the "Afrikaanse Calvinistiese Beweging", Potchefstroom 24/1/1961, regarding SA in a Pan-African world situation referring inter alia to communism, black nationalism, colonialism, humanism, the right of self-determination, United Nations; Address by Dr WC du Plessis to the SA Academy for Science and Art, Pretoria 30/6/1961, regarding the white man in Africa referring inter alia to the number of whites in different African countries and the constitutional development in each of these countries, white people in SA; Speech by Dr WC du Plessis regarding "The Present Political Situation in SA", November 1970
