![]() ![]() In his first letter to Colonel Badenhorst Mr Mandela wrote, “I have to advise that two long hardcover notebooks in which I have kept copies of my correspondence since February 1969 have been removed from my cell.” He wrote two letters requesting that the matter be looked into, a correspondence which lends insight into the approach of the prison authorities at the time. Mr Mandela immediately took it up with the authorities in an effort to have the books returned. In late March 1971 two of these hardcover notebooks were taken from his cell on Robben Island by a warder. Page one of the letter to Colonel Badenhorstĭecem– Nelson Mandela is known for being meticulous in his notetaking and recordkeeping and while in prison would always write a draft copy of every letter that he sent in a series of exercise books. ![]()
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