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Correspondence, 1980-04 - 1980-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FEBR 6/47

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Alastair Niven, Director General of the Africa Centre, inviting AFB to an event on establishing a regional commission on human rights in Africa; David Menhennet, Librarian of the House of Commons, thanking AFB for a copy of "Britain's First Socialists"; Roger Morgan, Librarian of the House of Lords, thanking AFB for a copy of "Britain's First Socialists"; Eric Heffer on reviewing ["Britain's First Socialists"]; Lord Noel-Baker [earlier Philip Baker] writing to the BBC on the film "The War Game"; Pratap Chitnis, Chief Executive and Director of the Joseph Rowntree Social Service Trust Limited, on accommodation for the World Disarmament Campaign (WDC); 4th Lord Strathcona, Minister of State for Defence [earlier Donald Howard] on a Question raised by AFB; Edward Heath, apologising for not being able to make a meeting; Lord Hale on ["Britain's First Socialists"] and his admiration for AFB's continuing to work despite his age (2); Brian Harrison, Fellow and Tutor in Modern History and Politics, Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford (2); Sir Henry Taylor, Editor of Hansard, Bahamas House of Assembly, asking AFB to stand as his sponsor at Buckingham Palace when he received an honour; Don McGregor on getting the socialist case across to people; Joan Lestor on the withdrawal of Britain's High Commissioner from Zambia; Dora Russell; Kenneth Coates, Director of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation Limited, contributing a booklet [to the World Disarmament Campaign, WDC]; [Athole] Stephen Kemp, Secretary General of the Royal Commonwealth Society, on their campaign on the effect of spending cuts on Commonwealth relations, enclosing a summary of the Society's meeting with Foreign and Commonwealth Office ministers and a copy of the response from 6th Lord Carrington, Foreign Secretary; Lord Simon of Glaisdale, on entry restrictions into Zimbabwe Rhodesia; Satish Kumar, Editor of Resurgence, on co-operation between Resurgence and the World Disarmament Campaign.

Also includes: pamphlet by Peter Mitchell on Regnego, or plans for a World State; briefing paper from CANUC, the Campaign Against the Namibian Uranium Contracts; reply by 2nd Lord Trefgarne [Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office] to a Question raised by AFB on a proposed common fund for stabilising commodities produced by developing countries; reply by 6th Lord Carrington, Foreign Secretary, to a Question raised by AFB on the UNESCO conference on a new world information and communications order, also enclosing the draft recommendation of the conference.

Dates

  • Creation: 1980-04 - 1980-05

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

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1 file(s)

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Former reference: box F22 #49

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