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Written mostly in longhand with some shorthand, containing notes concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda including: political figures, officials and journalists; list of powers of the Central Bureau [the Congo]; the Force Publique; provinces; the economy in Katanga state and the Congo including taxes, exports and relations with Belgium; the history of the Congo; universities; lists of foreign dignitaries; the UPC [Uganda People's Congress]; the Ugandan economy; tea production in Uganda; and expenses.

Names featured include: Lieutenant General [Emile] Janssens, [Patrice] Lumumba, David Frost; Chief Mwata Yamvo, Paramount of Lunda, [Joseph] Kasa-Vubu, [Levi] Eshkol and AK Sempa.

Transcribed by Pat Elliot in 2021 as part of the Clyde Sanger shorthand transcription project with funding from The National Archives' Collaborate and Innovate Testbed Fund. The pdf transcription document also contains a digitised copy of the notebook.

A series of press cuttings of articles written by Nora Beloff from 16 August 1969 to 18 December 1960. The articles are mostly written from Washington and Paris and the content reflects this with most of them covering either US or French politics. There are also articles concerning Hungary, Jerusalem, The Congo, Morocco, Vietnam, Russia and Spain.

A series of press cuttings of articles written by Nora Beloff from 6 August 1961 to 18 August 1962. Many of the articles are written from Washington and New York particularly towards the end of 1961 and 1962. Content of the articles is diverse and includes: the British economy; Russia; the United Nations; Africa, in particular the Congo, Katanga and Swaziland. Articles from the US relate to John F Kennedy and nuclear testing for the H-bomb.