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National Front Enquiry on Red Lion Square, 1974-06 - 1974-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FEBR 2/34

Scope and Contents

Papers and correspondence on the Scarman Inquiry into a riot in Red Lion Square [London] following simultaneous meetings and demonstrations by Liberation [earlier the Movement for Colonial Freedom] and the National Front. Includes: letter from Sydney Bidwell, Chairman of the London Area Council, asking AFB to clarify his remarks about the riot for the Inquiry; copy of AFB's statement to the Inquiry, as President of Liberation; evidence from the Inquiry; letter and press statement from Peter Cadogan, General Secretary of the South Place Ethical Society on his worries about the simultaneous meetings; copy of Hansard with a Home Office statement on the riot.

Dates

  • Creation: 1974-06 - 1974-09

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

1 file(s)

Other Finding Aids

Former reference: box 5 #6

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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