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General correspondence, 1965-11 - 1966-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2/1/46

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Correspondents include: Douglas Bader on the suggestion that the Conservatives might withdraw their support for the Government over Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe]; John Bennett [British Ambassador to Burundi and to Rwanda] (2); Humphry Berkeley on his Private Members' Bill on decriminalising homosexuality; John Biggs-Davison; Sir [William] Alexander Drummond (2), enclosing copies of correspondence on the shortage of medical supplies in Rhodesia; Arthur Bottomley, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs; 1st Lord Boyd of Merton [earlier Alan Lennox-Boyd], President of the Save the Children Fund; Alastair Buchan, Director of the Institute for Strategic Studies; Edward du Cann, Chairman of the Conservative Party, on publishing one of JA's speeches; Randolph Churchill; Sir Frederick Crawford [Resident Director in Rhodesia of Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa Limited]; Wyndham Davies; Charles Doughty; Peter Emery (2); Paul Emrys-Evans [Director of the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa] (2); Lord Euston [later 11th Duke of Grafton]; 1st Lord Fairhaven [earlier (Urban) Huttleston Broughton]; Nigel Fisher (2); Morgan Giles on feeling in the Conservative Party on Rhodesia; 1st Lord Gladwyn [earlier Gladwyn Jebb] (2); 1st Lord Glendevon [earlier Lord John Hope] on subjects including his concerns about the Privy Councillors' oath obliging him to support the Government's policy on Rhodesia (3); Sir Norman Wright, Secretary of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; Margery, Lady Greenwood; [Hector] Alastair Hetherington, Editor of the Guardian, asking JA to write a column; Stephen Hastings; Edward Heath [leader of the Conservative Party]; [Charles] Peter Fleetwood-Hesketh on subjects including his concerns about the Government's policy on Rhodesia (2); Quintin Hogg [earlier 2nd Lord Hailsham, later Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone]; Admiral Sir Deric Holland-Martin, Commandant of the Imperial Defence College; [Thomas] Michael Jopling; Arthur Kellas [British Consul-General, Tel Aviv, Israel] (2); Henry Kerby; Horace King, Speaker of the House of Commons [later Lord Maybray-King]; John Knott; Peter Laing; Patrick de Laszlo; Sir Arthur Longmore on the Government's Rhodesia policy; [?] Lord Lumley [later 12th Lord Scarbrough]; Robert Lusty, Managing Director of Hutchinson Publishing Group Limited; Sir [Gerald] Kennedy Trevaskis on subjects including concerns about the Government's policy on Rhodesia (2); Patrick Maitland [later 17th Lord Lauderdale]; Sir Derek Walker-Smith [later Lord Broxbourne]; Martin McLaren; Neil McLean; Sir William McLean [former Engineer-in-Chief, Egyptian Civil Service], enclosing an article on preserving the city of Jerusalem; Sir Robert Menzies; Paul Williams [Chairman of the Monday Club]; Anthony Montague Browne; Sir Godfrey Nicholson on the legacy of bitterness in Rhodesia; [Francis] David Astor, Editor of the Observer; Reginald Paget; Sir Roderick Parkes, British Ambassador to Jordan; Sir Joshua Rowley; Anthony Royle [later Lord Fanshawe of Richmond]; Duncan Sandys; Sir Fitzroy Maclean; Iain Sproat; John Stonehouse; Major-General Vivian Street [former Military Adviser to King Hussein of Jordan] on his concerns about the Jordanian economy; George Thomson, Minister of State, Foreign Office; Guinevere Tilney; Robert Turton [Chairman of the Commonwealth Industries Association, later Lord Tranmire], enclosing a memorandum on Commonwealth and Sterling Area trade; Sir [William] Reginald Verdon-Smith; Richard Webster, Conservative Central Office Agent, North West Provincial Area; John Wells; Paul Williams, Chairman of the Monday Club (4); Mark Woodnutt (2).

Also includes: note of a meeting between JA and Arthur Bottomley on JA's visit to Rhodesia.

Dates

  • Creation: 1965-11 - 1966-03

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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

4 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

Box 445

Finding aid date

2012-05-18 15:15:27.770000+00:00

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Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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