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General correspondence, 1978-08 - 1978-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2/1/90

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: William Bates, British Ambassador to Korea; 7th Lord Bolton [earlier Richard Orde-Powlett]; Lord Boothby on JA's review of his memoirs ["Boothby: recollections of a rebel"], also enclosing his letter to the press on his relations with Sir Winston Churchill; Andrew Bowden (2); 6th Lord Carrington; Patrick Cormack; Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling, Controller of the RAF Benevolent Fund; David Crouch, writing to General Sir Walter Walker on his book "The Bear at the Back Door" and his concerns about Southern Africa; Charles Douglas-Home on his biography of Evelyn Baring [1st Lord Cromer] and the insularity of Whitehall, particularly over Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe]; Anthony Fell; Douglas French, Chairman of the Bow Group; George Gardiner; Michael Goodwin; John Gorst on a planned Parliamentary forum (2); Sir Derek Greenaway, Chairman of the South Eastern Area National Union of Conservative Associations; Sir Harwood Harrison, Chairman of the Unionist Club; Michael Heseltine; Elspeth Huxley on the lack of common ground between Labour and the Conservatives, particularly over Rhodesia (2); Peter Laing; Patrick de Laszlo on JA's leadership on Rhodesia; Alexander Macmillan, Secretary of the Carlton Club [later 2nd Lord Stockton] (4); Maurice Macmillan, enclosing letters to the press on Rhodesia; Anthony Montague Browne on standing for the European Parliament; Sir Charles Mott Radclyffe on compensation for British residents in Egypt whose property had been seized after Suez (2); David Owen, Foreign Secretary, on compensation for British residents in Egypt; David Nicholas, Editor of Independent Television News Limited, on a proposed prize for journalists in memory of Lord Richard Cecil; Sir [Arthur] Michael Palliser [Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office] on JA being awarded an Omani honour; Maurice Petherick; [John] Marcus Fox, Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party, on Christopher Prout [later Lord Kingsland] standing for the European Parliament; Christopher Prout; Timothy Sainsbury, writing to the University of Sussex about anti-Zionist bias in one of their courses on the Middle East; David Owen, writing to 6th Lord Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne] on whether Ian Smith [Prime Minister of Rhodesia] would be granted immunity to visit Britain; 6th Lord Salisbury, writing to Ian Smith to invite him to visit Britain; 12th Lord Scarbrough [earlier Lord Lumley]; [Dudley] Geoffrey Stewart-Smith, Director of the Foreign Affairs Research Institute, on JA writing a paper on South Africa and Rhodesia (5); Harold Soref, writing to a Mrs Vettewinkel on Rhodesia; General Sir Walter Walker [former Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Northern Europe] on the publication of his book ["The Bear at the Back Door"]; John Gilbert, Minister of State for Defence, on Warsaw Pact ships transporting fish from Scotland; Sir [Kenneth] Michael Wilford, British Ambassador to Japan.

Dates

  • Creation: 1978-08 - 1978-10

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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

3 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

Box 89

Finding aid date

2013-03-14 13:35:52.457000+00:00

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Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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