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Boy servicemen, 1969 - 1971

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FEBR 3/11

Scope and Contents

Papers and correspondence on the Donaldson Committee and the enquiry into the age of majority for enlistment in the armed services, with correspondents including: [Clifford] Tony Smythe, General Secretary of the National Council for Civil Liberties (2); Lord Donaldson of Lymington, inviting AFB to appear before his committee; Dorothea, Lady Head, on her report for Amnesty International on deserters and conscientious objectors; Lord Winterbottom, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the RAF.

Also includes a copy of Hansard with a statement in the House of Lords by Lord Gardiner, November 1970, on the Government having accepted AFB's view and summaries of servicemen's cases, from the National Council for Civil Liberties.

Dates

  • Creation: 1969 - 1971

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 38 #187

Related Materials

See also FEBR 2/16-17 and 3/18.

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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