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Press cuttings, 1980-09 - 1986-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 5/27

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: the Falklands War; devolution for Northern Ireland; comments on nuclear defence by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, in his Christmas sermon, 1982, and worsening relations between the Church and the Conservative Party; Britain's reaction to the American invasion of Grenada; the Harrods car bomb, planted by the IRA; calls for the resignation of James Prior, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, over the Maze Prison breakout; the deaths of Sir Hugh Fraser and Lord Macmillan of Ovenden; the bombing of the Grand Hotel, Brighton [Sussex] by the IRA.

Dates

  • Creation: 1980-09 - 1986-05

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.

Extent

1 volume(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

Box 611

Finding aid date

2014-08-21 10:28:07.473000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087