Contains papers relating to The Reasoner and The New Reasoner. Contains references to: the future of the New Reasoner; issue no.8; New York Daily Workers letters; statement by G. di Vittorio in Unita; interview with L.F. Ilyichev by Tabitha Petran; Thompson's thoughts on 'recent information about Comrade Stalin' in 1956; editorial decisions; Saville's own position re resigning from the Communist Party and the Hungarian episode; financial appeal and advertisements; pamphlets; editorial process; LSE lecture series; ULR matters; possibility of issue 10 being the last one; disagreements between Saville and Thompson.

Papers comprise: correspondence, press cuttings, typescript notes and statement, newsletter. Correspondents include: Edward Thompson, Christopher, Peter, Malcolm, Rodney, Jim, Charles, Paul Hogarth, Alfred, Colin M. Burrell, John K. Murray, Isaac Deutscher, Charles Humboldt, S.A. Shah, Democratic and National Communist Movement, Norman Beswich, R.T. Jarman, Angus Cameron, Ron, Paul, Brian Pearce, Beatrix Lehmann, Andre Deutsch Limited, Tom Driberg, W.W. Evans, John Bonner, Stan and Nora, Solly Sachs, Takeo Yuasa, Stan Alderson, BBC.

[See also U DJS/1/43, 60-68, 70-71, U DJS/4/1]