Public and Political: General: Political: Conservative and Unionist Party statement and manifesto for the 1951 General Election, Jul-Oct 1951

File

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/2/19

Scope and Contents

Comprising a letter from R A Butler [Chairman of the Conservative Research Department] (Conservative Research Department, 24 Old Queen Street, Westminster [London]) to WSC sending a copy of the Conservative and Unionist Party statement and asking WSC to comment on it (5 Jul 1951); two pages of notes by WSC [on the Conservative and Unionist Party statement]; the manifesto of the Conservative and Unionist Party for the General Election 1951 (booklet published by the Conservative and Unionist Central Office); and 'Britain Strong and Free: a statement of Conservative and Unionist Policy' (booklet published by the Conservative and Unionist Central Office, Oct 1951) with some annotations [by ?].

Dates

Creation: Jul-Oct 1951

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Extent

1 folder(s) (5 items)

29 folio(s)

Additional Description

Custodial History

These items are stamped with a “W.S.C.” stamp, so were part of the Churchill papers which were stamped by the Public Record Office in 1961-1964. On cataloguing these items were attached to a piece of paper annotated "2/122" [CHUR 2/122].

Related Materials

Related to the Churchill Papers [from CHUR 2/122].

Bibliography

The manifesto is published in 'The Churchill Documents' volume 22 'Leader of the Opposition August 1945 to October 1951' by Martin Gilbert and Larry P Arnn, pp.2160-2165.