Correspondents (particularly congratulating NK on the General Election campaign) include: Alun Michael, Welsh Whip, on votes of interest to Welsh MPs (2); Kim Howells, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on the attitude of Arthur Scargill [President of the NUM] towards the party; Kevin McNamara, Secretary of the TGWU Parliamentary Group, enclosing a discussion document on campaign strategy; Cicely Berry [Voice Director, Royal Shakespeare Company], on acting as NK’s voice coach; Gwyneth Dunwoody; Lord Cledwyn, Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords, passing on the Labour peers’ respects on the General Election campaign and NK’s leadership (2); Jack Ashley on his support for NK; Ronald Lewis; Gerald Bermingham; Lord Ennals; Robert Brown; Austin Mitchell; Larry Adler (2); Renée Short; Lord Hatch; Gregor Mackenzie; John Mortimer; Oliver Tambo; Roger Stott, maritime affairs spokesman; Miriam Karlin; Brian Clough; Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister; Ben Elton; Laurence Pavitt; David Morris.

Also includes: script for NK’s appearance with the rugby player Cliff Morgan on the television programme This is Your Life; cuttings from the American press on the use of one of NK’s speeches by Senator Joseph Biden; Tribune Group voting papers; memorandum by NK on widening the franchise for the selection and reselection of Parliamentary candidates; annotated text of an article for the News on Sunday by Glenys Kinnock, Chairman of One World, on tackling world poverty.