The Week Number 24: Page 5 Anti-apartheid Notes

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RIVONIA TRIAL JUDGEMENT TO BE GIVEN ON THURSDAY from Mrs. Whawell

Judgement in the so-called Rivonia trial is to be siven on Thursday, this week (June llth). Sentence on the accused will be announced in Court on Friday June 12th. We ask you do do all you can to save the defendants, It is most important that protest action should start from the annouricement of the judgement rather than wait until the sentence is announced,

Send telegrams, postcards, letter, etc., in protest tos

Dr. Carel de Wet, South African Ambassador,

Trafalgar Square, London W.C. 2, and

Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister,

Downing St., London S.W. 1.

Send messages of support to the nine accused mens c/o, The Palace of Justice, Pretoria, South Africa. Their names are Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Lionel,Bernstein, Ahmed Kathrada, Govan Mbeki, Dennis Goldberg, Raymond Mhlaba, Elias Motsaoledi and Andrew Mlangeni, The Town Hall should be made the focus of protests at the judgement and sentences. Protest to your Mayor and ask him to convey your protest to the Prime Minister and the