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Letters of support from the general public for JA's stand against the Government's policy of imposing sanctions on Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe], also including transcripts of radio broadcasts, with JA taking part in discussions on Rhodesia.

Scope and Contents Letters of support from the general public for JA's stand against the Government's policy of imposing sanctions on Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe], also including: notes for speeches by JA on Rhodesia; briefing papers on Rhodesia; chronology of events; minutes of a meeting of the Watching Committee, Jan 1966; questions put to Humphry Berkeley, MP for Lancaster, by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Society in Rhodesia; memorandum from Sir William McLean, Colonial Office, on colonial...

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Minutes on subjects including: South African involvement in Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe]; implementing the 1971 constitutional agreement; sanctions.

Also includes a letter from Sir [Roland] Roy Welensky on the situation in Rhodesia; engagements slips, 1973-74.

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Typescript diary of JA's visit to Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe] for talks with various political leaders, on subjects including views of Britain's sanctions policy, and the talks between [James] Harold Wilson, Prime Minister and Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia, aboard HMS Tiger, 1966.

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Recording of JA's diary notes of his visit to Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe] and also South Africa. JA also talks about China and dictates a draft article and draft memorandum about Portuguese history.

Scope and Contents Includes: MT’s handwritten notes and annotations Includes: note to MT from 'Richard [Richard Ryder, her Political Secretary]' relating to Reg Prentice MP, November 1977; her correspondence with Dr David Owen MP (Foreign Secretary) relating to Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe], August 1977; correspondence with Alfred Sherman relating to his consultancy for Wates, February 1979; copy of a letter to MT from Dr Andrei Dimitrievich Sakharov, appealing for MT's help for a friend of his, March 1977,...

Scope and Contents Correspondence on JA's visit to Northern and Southern Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe], South Africa and Egypt, Jan 1955, with correspondents including: Leo Amery (2); Sir Ralph Stevenson [British Ambassador to Egypt]; Sir John Le Rougetel, British High Commissioner in South Africa. Also includes: a press photograph of Leo Amery; note on the Bechuanaland Protectorate [later Botswana] in relation to a possible South African republic; details of the British South Africa Company's...

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Papers from CS's term as the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe], including letters of welcome and congratulation, papers relating to the elections to form a new independent Government of Zimbabwe, and papers on aid and development in Zimbabwe after CS's return.

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Papers and correspondence on Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe], including: Capricorn Africa Society pamphlet on the case for federation; papers from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association tour of Central Africa, Mauritius and Malta, August 1951.

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Correspondence with 5th Lord Salisbury [Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, 1940-42 and 1943-45, earlier Lord Cranborne] on subjects including: Salisbury's visit to Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe] in 1949 and Rhodesian views on federation; Palestine; the Parliament Bill and reform of the House of Lords; European unity; the constitution of Newfoundland [Canada]; migration to Australia; representation of the Dominions in an Imperial War Cabinet.

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Includes: MT’s handwritten annotations
Includes: speech contributions from "ANR" (Adam Ridley, Conservative Research Department), Alfred Sherman (Centre for Policy Studies); and "Suggested paragraphs on Rhodesia" [later Zambia and Zimbabwe] from Professor Hugh Thomas
For the text of the speech see Oxford University Press CD Rom edition of MT’s complete public statements CD Ref: 78/285

Scope and Contents Annotated texts of speeches by LSA on subjects including: the Empire Industries Association; a tribute to Chaim Weizmann, late President of Israel; the 1952 Commonwealth Conference; Imperial Preference and GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade); the role of the United States, Europe and the Commonwealth; the need for national and Imperial reconstruction; genealogy; the Central Eastern European Conference; the 1951 General Election; the Horatian Society; the modern Commonwealth; the...

Scope and Contents Annotated texts of speeches by JEP on subjects including: relations between politicians and the press; free speech, particularly adverse reactions to JEP's speeches and intolerance shown by universities; Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; housing policy; the world monetary system; the balance of payments deficit; reform of the House of Lords; Labour prices and incomes policy; taxation; nationalisation, particularly of the railways; Conservatism since 1951; trade union law; national unity,...

Scope and Contents Annotated texts of speeches by JEP on subjects including: agricultural policy; industrial relations and trade union law reform; immigration; political violence, particularly in Northern Ireland and in the universities; inflation; nationalised industry; Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe and Zambia]; exports and productivity; industrial safety legislation; the General Election; Britain's entry into the Common Market; Vietnam; taxation; housing; the free market; teachers' strikes; the nuclear deterrent;...

Scope and Contents Annotated texts of speeches by JEP on subjects including: prices and incomes policy; taxation; nationality legislation; Britain's entry into the Common Market; immigration, particularly of Asians from Uganda, and also concerning the departure from the Commonwealth of Pakistan and Bangladesh; housing; Northern Ireland; inflation; political violence, in universities and Northern Ireland; volunteer defence reserves; strikes; the Industrial Relations Act; nationalised industry, particularly the...

Scope and Contents Annotated texts of speeches by JEP on subjects including: Labour prices and incomes policy; Conservatism; responsibility of the press; the wreck of the oil tanker Torrey Canyon; trades union closed shop policy and intimidation; Labour economic and housing targets; relations between the Labour Government and the unions; the nuclear deterrent; selection in education; the balance of payments deficit; Vietnam and Britain's role in South East Asia; North Sea gas and Labour's National Economic...

Scope and Contents Annotated texts of speeches by JEP on subjects including: Labour economic policy, particularly price and income policy and savings policy; the extension of higher education; the coverage of race issues by the press and BBC; industrial relations, trade union law and strikes, including the teachers' strike; Britain's entry into the Common Market and the effects of the Market on Germany; immigration; the balance of payments and the exchange rate; housing; Training Boards; pension policy;...

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Subjects include: the philosophy of Toryism; defence; the referendum on Britain staying in the European Community; the Government's economic policy; cuts in the housing subsidy; the procurement of fighter aircraft for NATO; inflation; the situation in Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; détente in southern Africa; Britain's place in Europe; the aviation industry; British policy in the Middle East.

Scope and Contents Subjects include: the successes of British air transport; the Labour Government's attempts to wreck the aviation industry; the cancellation of the TSR-2 strike and reconnaissance aircraft; Labour's policies [includes Conservative Research Department cuttings and a pamphlet on "Labour's tarnished record"]; Vietnam [including notes by Philip Goodhart on his recent visit to South Vietnam and on the military situation there, Oct 1965]; policy in the Middle East, India and South East Asia;...

Scope and Contents Includes list of CS's speaking engagements, his Cyril Foster Lecture at the University of Oxford, May 1980 and his address to Chatham House, July 1980, on Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, his speech to the Party Conference on Europe and the wider world, Oct 1980, his Churchill Memorial Lecture to the English Speaking Union, on Britain, Europe and the United States, Nov 1980 and the Ewart Biggs Lecture (in French) on European co-operation, Dec 1980. Other subjects include European political...

Scope and Contents Subjects include: the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia] [following the "Prague Spring"]; the state of the economy following devaluation; relations with southern Africa, particularly South Africa and Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; finding a successor to Antonio Salazar, Prime Minister of Portugal; the 1969 Budget; youth and Britain's future; Vietnam; the Arab summit, Rabat [Morocco], 1969; Joseph Chamberlain, including lessons for a United Europe...

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Subjects include: Conservative policies, including notes from JA sent to Edward Heath, Leader of the Conservative Party [see also AMEJ 6/49]; foreign policy; Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; the economic crisis; the need for the cruiser HMS Invincible; the Oct 1974 General Election; the philosophy of Toryism; the miners' strike; Northern Ireland; defence; the Conservative Party leadership contest.

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Subjects include: foreign policy and defence; Berlin, symbol of détente or confrontation; the civil war in Angola; the economic crisis; Britain's and Europe's interests in Central and Southern Africa; Sir Winston Churchill's political philosophy; Home Rule for Scotland; the sale of council houses; Romania; the future of the European aviation industry; Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; Britain's decline.

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Subjects include: Joseph Chamberlain; the threat from the Soviet Union; Scottish and Welsh devolution; the Labour leadership crisis; the situation in China; Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; the crisis in Southern Africa; the success of Concorde.

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Subjects include: Soviet designs on Africa; Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; council housing; a profile of R A Butler; relations between China, Japan and the Soviet Union; common interests with Japan; the revolution in Iran.