General correspondence, 1981-11 - 1981-12
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Robert] Francis Cornish, Assistant Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales; 4th Lord Bethell (2); Sir John Biggs-Davison, Chairman of the Pan Europe Club (2); Sir Nicholas Bonsor; Sir Bernard Braine; Sir Paul Bryan, Chairman of the Unionist Club; 6th Lord Carrington, Foreign Secretary, on his meeting with Jozef Czyrek [Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs]; Humphrey Atkins, Foreign and Commonwealth Office [later Lord Colnbrook] on subjects including the Government's role in the Mexico Summit on aid to developing countries (2); Sir Roger Cary, Special Assistant to Managing Director, BBC Television; Alan Clark; Patrick Cormack, thanking JA for his support in a debate; Lord Cranborne [later 7th Lord Salisbury] on a review of the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act (2); Michael Fidler, National Director of the Conservative Friends of Israel; Sir Nigel Fisher; Sir Hugh Fraser; Martin Gilbert on his biography of Sir Winston Churchill (2); Ian Gow, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister; Eldon Griffiths, Chairman of the Anglo-Polish Parliamentary Group; Sir Arnold Hall, Chairman of Hawker Siddeley Group Limited, advising JA on a light aircraft company; Alan Haselhurst, Conservative Group for Europe; Sir Joshua Hassan, Chief Minister of Gibraltar, on retaining British citizenship for Gibraltarians in the Nationality Bill (2); Sir [Alan] Philip Hay, Director of Sotheby's; Michael Heseltine [Secretary of State for the Environment] thanking JA for his help with a bill; H Neil Marten, Minister for Overseas Development; Lord Home of the Hirsel [earlier 14th Lord Home and Alexander Douglas-Home] (2); David Hunt, Assistant Government Whip; [Cynlais] Kenneth James, British Ambassador to Poland; Greville Janner, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews; [Charles] Patrick Jenkin, Secretary of State for Industry, advising JA on a light aircraft company; King Hussein of Jordan; Sir John Keswick; Sir Trevor Lloyd-Hughes, Namibia Information Service, thanking JA for his interventions on Namibia (2); John Macgregor, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Industry; Alexander Macmillan, Chairman of Macmillan Publishers [later 2nd Lord Stockton] (2); [Maurice] Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] on a suggested visit to Oman; James Mancham; Albert McQuarrie [Chairman of the British-Gibraltar All Party Group] on their victory in securing British citizenship for the Gibraltarians; Hugh Rossi, Minister of State for Social Security and the Disabled; Alasdair Milne, Managing Director, BBC Television; [Peter] Norman Fowler, Secretary of State for Social Services; [William] Fergus Montgomery; Gerard Vaughan, Minister for Health; Douglas Muggeridge, Managing Director, BBC External Broadcasting, thanking JA for his support in avoiding cuts to External Services; Harry Oppenheimer on the change in American policy on Namibia; Sir Frederick Page, Chairman of British Aerospace Aircraft Group, advising JA on a light aircraft company; [John] Tim Rathbone; 10th Duke of Rutland [earlier Lord Granby]; Timothy Sainsbury; Lord Shackleton on hoping for a good outcome in Namibia; Norman Tebbit, Secretary of State for Employment (2); Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, thanking JA for his views on Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe; Lord Thomas of Swynnerton on supporting a firm American policy in Central America, particularly one restrictive to Cuba; [Richard] John Tudor, Superintendent Minister, Westminster Central Hall; Sir Anthony Tuke, on results of possible elections in Namibia; Dennis Walters, Chairman of the Conservative Middle East Council, on JA's reasons for not joining, due to their views on Palestine; Sir Michael Weir, British Ambassador to Egypt, on Egypt's position of neutrality between the Soviet Union and the United States; Sir [Roland] Roy Welensky; Raymond Whitney on standing for the chairmanship of the Foreign Affairs Committee; Nicholas Winterton, All Party Committee on Namibia, enclosing notes on steps to independence for Namibia (2).
Also includes: diary notes on JA's visit to Warsaw for the Anglo-Polish Round Table Conference, on the political and economic situation in Poland (Nov 1981); diary notes on rhino hunting in South Africa (Oct 1981); draft texts of an article by JA for the Daily Telegraph on the Middle East, including the murder of Mohamed Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt; text of a letter from [Roelof] Pik Botha, South African Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to the United Nations on finding a settlement with SWAPO [the South West Africa People's Organization] over Namibia.
Dates
- Creation: 1981-11 - 1981-12
Creator
- From the Fonds: Amery, Harold Julian, 1919 - 1996 (Baron Amery of Lustleigh, politician) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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 98
Finding aid date
2013-05-29 14:31:22.543000+00:00
Repository Details
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