Contains articles, reports, correspondence covering humanitarian and political issues pertaining to the UNITA political party around the time of Angola's first presidentail elections. Topics include activities of UNITA founder and president Jonas Savimbi, the 1992 Angolan presidential election, United States aid to UNITA, conflict between UNITA and MPLA forces, including the Halloween Massacre. Also includes publications of UNITA.

Contains faxed correspondence and reports regarding the U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States.

Contains faxed correspondence and reports regarding the Angola Mission of the Organization of American States.

Two copies of an article Bender co-wrote with Allen Isaacman for The Changing Direction of African Studies.

Four copies of a bibliography of published books and articles on Angola that Bender compiled. One of the copies has a note attached that reads "Original."

Contains several statements, one authored by Bender, that were presented before the House of African Affairs in September 1980.

Contains drafts and published copies of the article and correspondence with editors from Africa Today.

Contains pages from John Stockwell's book In Search of Enemies: A CIA Story with underlined sections as well as book reviews and articles written about Stockwell and his book. Also contains Bender's notes and rough drafts for his review of Stockwell's book that was published in The New York Review of Books December 1978 issue.

Contains correspondence between Bender and William E. Colby, some of Colby's writing, including a 1976 paper he wrote for the Seven Springs Center, fliers and a Daily Trojan article about Colby's participation in a USC University Speakers Committee forum that took place on October 6, 1981.

Contains correspondence between Bender and Sanford J. Ungar, the editor for Foreign Policy, correspondence between Ungar and Espirit, a French literary magazine, and drafts of the article he wrote for their July 1978 issue.