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Atlantic Treaty Association , 1969 - 1994

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROBT 12/3

Scope and Contents

Papers and correspondence on the Association, of which FR was chairman. Correspondents, mainly thanking FR for sending them various reports, include: 6th Lord Carrington, Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for Defence (2); Francis Pym, Secretary of State for Defence (4); [Leonard] James Callaghan; David Steel [Leader of the Liberal Party]; Frederick Mulley, Secretary of State for Defence (4); Sir Ian Gilmour, Secretary of State for Defence; David Owen, Foreign Secretary (2); 1st Lord Gladwyn; John Davies [Opposition Front Bench Spokesman on Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]; Margaret Thatcher [Leader of the Conservative Party], approving of the emphasis placed by the Association on the Soviet maritime threat and the dangers outside the NATO area; [Charles] Anthony Crosland, Foreign Secretary; Sir Thomas Brimelow [Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Head of the Diplomatic Service] on subjects including Greece's decision to withdraw its troops from NATO (3); Sir Alexander Douglas-Home, Foreign Secretary [earlier 14th Lord Home, later Lord Home of the Hirsel] on subjects including the Association's view of Britain's fisheries dispute with Iceland [the 'Cod Wars'] (3); [James] Harold Wilson; Alan Lee Williams, Director of the British Atlantic Committee; Manlio Brosio, Secretary-General of NATO, on the help which the Association could give NATO in forming public opinion; Joseph Luns; Sir Edward Peck, British Permanent Representative to North Atlantic Council, on subjects including the difficulty of funding NATO information services (2); André de Staercke, Belgian Ambassador to NATO; Martin Charteris, Assistant Private Secretary to the Queen; John Price, Director of Information, NATO, on the success of the Association Assembly, 1971; General Alfred Gruenther, on the success of FR's chairmanship; Theodore Achilles, Vice-Chairman of the Atlantic Council of the United States, on the success of FR's chairmanship; Edward Heath, Prime Minister; Eugene Rostow.

Dates

  • Creation: 1969 - 1994

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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

Extent

3 file(s)

Other Finding Aids

Former reference: ROBT 7

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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