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Miscellaneous political papers, 1985-03 - 1989-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/10/64

Scope and Contents

Includes: copies of telegrams between Winston Churchill, Prime Minister, and Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States, on American aid being given to Egypt, 1953; correspondence on the Community Charge, including a letter from Sir Peter Hordern on local government finance; memorandum on protecting the West's sources of oil in the Gulf; paper by Sir Philip Goodhart [Chairman of the Anglo-Taiwan Parliamentary Group] on relations with Taiwan; correspondence on a speech by JA at Westminster Methodist Central Hall on Northern Ireland and the IRA; correspondence with 6th Lord Salisbury and Ian Gow on the Hillsborough Agreement [the Anglo-Irish Agreement]; memorandum on the Westland Crisis; summary of Richard Nixon's activities in 1985, and preview of his engagements for 1986; papers on the case of the Maguire Seven [convicted of handling explosives used in the Guildford pub bombings].

Dates

  • Creation: 1985-03 - 1989-11

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 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

Box 594A

Finding aid date

2011-11-07 16:35:39.627000+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