[Dr. Jadwat is from Natal; probably from Isipingo and later Durban. He was a student at Sastri College in Durban.

[A.I. Kazi, leader of the Natal Indian Congress for twenty years (from 1920s to 1940s), was his uncle. Young people in 1930s were fighting his conservative leadership.

[He was one of the founders of the Liberal Study Group in Durban in mid-1930s and its  secretaryfor one or two years.

[He went to Cape Town in the 1940s and worked with The Guardian, the Communist weekly.

[He left for England in 1945, by the first Liberty ship which sailed after the end of the war. Dr. Dadoo told him that he must help get support for the struggle in South Africa.

[He moved to the United States in the early 1960s(?)]

1920s

As a child I heard Mrs. Sarojini Naidu speak at a meeting at Isipingo in 1924.Chairs were put up in an enclosed verandah and the people listened to her with great respect. 

1930s - DURBAN

Cassim Amra was the real founder of Liberal Study League. He was its first secretary.

I was a founding member and succeeded him as secretary for a couple of years.

[The Liberal Study Group was a radical, Marxist group. Most of its memebrs were perhaps Indians. But there were members from other racial groups. The Club invited speakers from all racial groups for discussions. Its members played an active part in the trade union and political movement, and in promoting joint action with Africans and whites.- ESR]

I knew  Dr. Goonam and shared the platform with her at several meetings. She was very active in the movement.

[Dr. Goonam was a leader of the NIC when the radicals took over.]

I was closely associated with Dr. Dadoo. I first heard Dr. Dadoo speak in Pietermaritzburg in 1939.

While in Cape Town, I used to visit Johannesburg often and met Dr. Dadoo.

[Dr. Dadoo was then secretary of the Johannesburg district committee of the Communist Party. He visited Cape Town often.]

Early 1940s - CAPE TOWN

I worked in the Guardian.

I knew Cissie Gool.

1945-   LONDON

In London, I  worked in the India League office. I was involved in the establishment of the South Africa Committee by the India League.

[The South Africa Committee was established, probably early 1947 to promote publicity not only for Indians but for Africans in South Africa. It included several members of Parliament. Julius Silverman, M.P. was chairman. He passed away last year. - ESR]

Krishna Menon gave me facilities in the India League office and encouraged me to work.

He used to say: "We politicians have our problems and may be difficult. But you should ignore that and carry on your work."

In 1946, South Africa organised a big exhibition in London, called South Africa-46.

"I quickly wrote a paper on South Africa took it to the Labour Student Federation. [May be University Labour Federation -ESR] They welcomed it as they wanted to do something on South Africa. They organised demonstrations at the exhibit in London and other cities in Britain that it toured.

"Then the exhbit went to Nordic countries. We contacted students in Nordic countries and they organised demonstrations.

"The South Africans had to close the exhibit."

In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly was meeting in Paris [from November]. Dr. Dadoo managed to leave South Africa and arrived in London on way to Paris. But he could not get a French visa. He asked Dr. Jadwat to go as representative of SAIC (South African Indian Congress and lobby the delegates.

They wrote the pamphlet, "South Africa on the Road to Fascism" in one week. Krishna Menon arranged for publication by India League.

Dr. Jadwat went to Paris, but he could not reach Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, the leader of the Indian delegation. The civil servant in the delegation was very unhelpful and prevented the meeting.

"Then I called Dr. Dadoo in London. He spoke to Krishna Menon - and Krishna Menon called me in the cheap hotel where I was staying and told me that he had spoken to Mrs. Pandit. He said that if I go the delegation, I would be able to meet Mrs. Pandit.

"I met Mrs. Pandit and the delegation helped to distribute our memoradum to all delegates."

The reference to fascism in the title was important because European delegates were concerned about resurgence of fascism in South Africa.

In a memorandum, we used a quotation by Dr. Malan about Latin Americans as half-breeds. And that was enough for all Latin American delegates.

Studied medicine.

NEW YORK, 1960(?)-

In the United States, problem with Immigration Service. Twice questioned by FBI.

I spoke to American Committee on Africa and then approached Mrs. Marietta Tree. She spoke to Robert Kennedy, then Attorney-General, and the proceedings stopped.

Two years later, when I appled for citizenship, there was no problem.