Scope and Contents Briefing for a meeting with Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia. Also includes: correspondence with Kaunda and Peter Zuze, Zambian High Commissioner, mainly on the situation in South Africa; press cuttings on meetings of Commonwealth heads of government, Southern Africa and sanctions; speeches, statements and press releases by NK and Roy Hattersley, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party; press cuttings on NK’s visit to East Africa, July 1985; remarks by NK on the launch of the Manley Report on...

Scope and Contents Includes: correspondence with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, on critics of the South African Government taking refuge in the British consulate; correspondence with Desmond Tutu, on subjects including whether Tutu would invite the British Ambassador to his installation as Archbishop of Cape Town, given British policy on South Africa; press release on NK’s meeting with Allan Boesak; letter from NK to Samuel Nujoma, President of Namibia, on his decision to join the Commonwealth; NEC...

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"The autobiography of Kingsley Fairbridge", with a preface by LSA.

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Correspondence and papers about Lloyd's personal business interests and those of the government.

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Notes on saving dollars on copper, particularly relating to copper production in Northern Rhodesia [later Zambia], written by JA for [Arthur] Christopher Soames [Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill].

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Maurice Hankey, Clerk of the Privy Council; Sir Robert Borden, congratulating LSA on becoming Secretary of State for the Colonies, commenting on the November General Election and the caucus system, and on a federal system for Ireland (3); Estella, Lady Cave (2); [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain on a row with LSA in the Shadow Cabinet; Winston Churchill, on subjects including a story from Herodotus, Churchill’s distress at the political situation, with the Empire being...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Henry Lewin, supporting LSA's position on tariffs (3); 1st Lord Lloyd on subjects including his disagreement with LSA on Indian constitutional affairs (4); [Herbert] Paul Latham, thanking LSA for his help in his election campaign; Sir Roderick Jones [Chairman and Managing Director of Reuters]; Sir Arthur Crosfield; Sir Robert Vansittart [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]; Sir Samuel Wilson [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies] on...

Scope and Contents Correspondence, mainly with representatives of the United Central Africa Association, including John Wallace (5) and [Ferdinand] Stephen Joelson (2) on LSA's help in establishing an organization to support Britain's colonial interests and LSA's acting chairmanship of the United Central Africa Association. Other correspondents include: 1st Lord Trenchard; 6th Lord Winterton [earlier Lord Turnour]; Roy Welensky [Roland Welensky]. Also includes: foreword by LSA to a United...

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Correspondence on Lewanika's stay at the University of Swansea, and also on African affairs, particularly relating to Northern Rhodesia and Barotseland [later Zambia]. Other correspondents include Alan Lennox-Boyd [Secretary of State for the Colonies, later 1st Lord Boyd of Merton].

Scope and Contents Includes correspondence with: Jim Spicer MP; Michael Spicer MP; Iain Sproat MP; Keith Stainton MP; Ivor Stanbrook MP; John Stanley MP (includes copy of report by Stanley and Douglas Hurd MP on their visit to South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Rhodesia [Southern Rhodesia, later Zimbabwe], 15-28 October 1978; and handwritten notes on "Foreign Affairs [Conservative Committee], July 25 [1978]"); Anthony Steen MP; Norman St John-Stevas MP; Michael Stewart MP; John Stokes MP; and William van...

Scope and Contents Correspondents on arrangements and invitations for LSA's tour include: R Laing, Manager of the Passenger Department, the Union Castle Mail Steamship Company Limited (4); representatives of the Mercantile Marine Department, Board of Trade, on travel and accommodation (6); 1st Lord Stonehaven, Governor-General of Australia [earlier John Baird] (3); the Governor of New South Wales [Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair]; [Arthur] Cosmo Parkinson [Assistant Secretary, Colonial Office]; 14th Lord Lovat...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series describes the contents of the personal filing kept by Margaret Thatcher’s while at No 10 Downing Street and are items which were of particular interest or importance to her. Many of these papers complement or are duplicated in other series. This personal files series was added to after her departure from Downing Street in 1990. There are some papers from Margaret Thatcher's early political career (1949-), but generally very little before she became Prime Minister in 1979....

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Includes: speeches of welcome and programmes from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association tour of Central Africa, Mauritius and Malta, August 1951; later papers and correspondence on Central African federation, particularly relating to Northern Rhodesia [later Zambia]; papers on the Rholanglo Group Bill, providing for the transfer of Rhodesian Anglo American Limited and associated companies, from Britain to Northern Rhodesia.

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The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.

Scope and Contents Part 1, 1978-79: includes copies of speeches given by MT at the opening of the Lusaka Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, 1 August 1979, at the Lusaka meeting, 3 August 1979, and at the Zambian Press Association awards, 6 August 1979; copy of "Hansard" relating to a Parliamentary debate on South Africa, 8 December 1978; papers relating to the guest list to the visits to London of President (Daniel Arap) Moi of Kenya in June 1979, May 1979, and President (Hastings) Banda of...

Scope and Contents Various papers on the independence negotiations between Britain and Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe], including: printed documents on the negotiations between the British and Southern Rhodesian Governments; Monday Club pamphlets; issues of various newspapers; printed documents on the effect on pensions of sanctions against Rhodesia; arrangements for JA's visit to Rhodesia, Jan 1966; extracts from Hansard from debates on Rhodesia; chronology of events; Sir Alexander Douglas-Home [earlier...

Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence on subjects including: the easing of European Community sanctions against South Africa; the political situation in Lesotho, with correspondence between NK and King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho; briefing for a meeting with Sir Shridath Ramphal on his departure as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth and correspondence with Ramphal; declaration from the European Council Dublin Summit on Southern Africa, with statement by NK; election results for Namibia; protests at the...

Scope and Contents Annotated texts of speeches by JEP on subjects including: the Common Market, including the European Monetary System, the views of David Owen, Foreign Secretary, on the Common Agricultural Policy, a directly elected European Parliament, fisheries policy and human rights policy; the Gospels; the Orange Order; the marriage of the heir to the throne to a Catholic; North Sea gas and oil; the representation of Northern Ireland in government, its constitution, the use of the Irish currency,...

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Interview on the work done by diplomatic wives.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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Briefings and arrangements for NK's tour of Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique on 8-18 July, with press cuttings, some correspondence and speech notes.