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Press cuttings mainly on AFB's birthday, but also including articles by AFB on the world economy, "One Hundred Nations call for a New International Economic Order" [see also FEBR 2/39], on his memories of the Abdication Crisis, on disarmament, "To Stay Alive - Man's Basic Right" and the history of the peace movement, "A People's Movement for Peace".

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This series includes printed literature, reports and correspondence in relation to nuclear energy and disarmament.

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Phyllis Brockway (3); [Anthony] Tony Benn, sending good wishes for AFB's recovery after his fall, on the importance of the [World Disarmament Campaign, WDC] and looking forward to AFB's book on the Levellers ["Britain’s First Socialists"]; [Kathleen] Nora Brockway (3); George Cunningham; Ron Todd, National Organiser of the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), apologising for missing a meeting to finalise the organisation of the World Disarmament Campaign; N G...

Scope and Contents Includes correspondence with General Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson, January-February 1978 Also includes briefing note for MT from John Stanley MP (her Parliamentary Private Secretary relating to "NATO and the new Soviet Threat", based on a report by American Senators Nunn and Bartlett to the Senate Committee on Armed Services, May 1977 Also includes Conservative Research Department briefing notes on the Government's statement on the defence estimates for 1978, March 1978;...

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Comprising a typescript of Nicol's opening statement for the forum, a draft summary of the forum with annotations, and correspondence with Jan Martenson (Assistant-Secretary-General, Centre for Disarmament, United Nations) about the summary.

Scope and Contents Comprising a typescript of Nicol's opening remarks; a draft programme for the workshop sent with a letter from Elise Boulding (Visiting Montgomery Professor, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire); a copy of guidelines for UN programme of Fellowships on Disarmament; an introductory statement by Nicol for a previous event on disarmament ("Neglected Aspects of Disarmament" panel, 31 Oct 1978); a programme for an earlier colloquium on "The Societal Context for Disarmament: Prospects for Breaking the...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of Lord Hailes as Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Federation of the West Indies, 1958-1962, showing, in fascinating detail, the working out of this experiment in federation. There are numerous papers relating to Lord Hailes's long tenure of office as Assistant, Deputy Chief, and finally Chief, Whip and these include many letters from his fellow Conservatives showing the high esteem in which they held him.Amongst the...

Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence on AFB's pamphlet, "The Test for Belgrade", relating to the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE), disarmament and arms control, including: correspondence with Lord Goronwy-Roberts, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, with FCO comments on the pamphlet and briefing papers on CSCE, particularly the Final Act signed at Helsinki [Finland] in 1975 and follow-up meetings in Belgrade [Yugoslavia, later Serbia], 1977; draft foreword to the...

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Correspondents on the council include: Raymond Whitney (4); Lord Duncan-Sandys on his doubts about the council; Henry Kissinger.

Also includes: a speech by Whitney on peace through arms control; draft of a paper by Michael Davis, director of the council, 'A Light in the Nuclear Darkness'; discussion paper by Davis on disarmament and human rights; Foreign and Commonwealth Office papers on arms control and disarmament; council bulletins.

Scope and Contents Correspondents, mainly inviting PC to various events, include: Michael Fidler, Board of Deputies of British Jews and National Director of the Conservative Friends of Israel, on subjects including ambiguities in a statement by PC on the occupied territories and Israel's borders (8); Edgar Croker, Secretary and Chief Executive of the Football Association (3); Sir Archibald Forbes on the Lucifer Golfing Society; Sir John Ford [former British High Commissioner in Canada] offering his services to...

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Questions answered by NK on subjects including: non-payment of the Poll Tax; getting Labour's message across; open Government; transport policy; the non-nuclear defence strategy and arms reductions; the role of the party membership; industrial relations.

Scope and Contents A series of letters sent by Sir Robert Woodburn Gillan to Maysie Fisher between January and December 1936. While the majority of the letters are in chronological order, there are several exceptions. The letters remain in their original order.Subjects for letters dated January to May 1936 include: elopement, the arrival of spring, repression, Gillan’s appearance, the universe, visit from daughter Iris and son-in-law Bryan, Iris’ treatment of her mother [Mary Gillan], wife’s [Mary...

Scope and Contents Hand-written and typed drafts for AFB's pamphlet "The Test for Belgrade" [see also FEBR 2/38], on the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE), disarmament and arms control, with the text of a foreword by Lord Noel-Baker [earlier Philip Baker], and a hand-written draft for AFB's survey "One Hundred Nations call for a New International Economic Order", May 1978, on the appointment of a Director-General for Economic Affairs by the United Nations, and the economic challenges...

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Comprising an annotated draft and final typescripts of Nicol's introductory statement. The panel was held as part of United Nations Disarmament Week (24-31 Oct 1978).

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Comprising a typescript of Nicol's statement to a Conference of Research Institutes on Disarmament, held in Geneva.

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Includes briefing notes for MT from John Stanley MP (her Parliamentary Private Secretary), including his notes of a meeting for Conservative MPs to talk to John Newhouse (Assistant Director of Arms Control and the Disarmament Agency, US Government), February 1977; lists of MT's weekend reading (see also THCR 2/6/1/199 & 5/1/2/193) and copies of newspaper and journal articles etc, February 1979; and MT's correspondence with Geoffrey Pattie MP, February 1979

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part 1: papers relating to the defence debate, 28 July 1958, including earlier papers, January 1957-July 1958
part 2: one-step disarmament and international policy, March 1958- July 1959

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Includes material relating to the United Nations Association, the League of Nations, the International Peace Conferences, Pugwash conferences and on the arms industry.

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Files on Africa and Asia, Egypt, India and general topics.

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Includes: briefing material relating to "SALT" [SALT II, Strategic Arms Limitations Talks, ratified June 1979]; copy of article by Robert Moss, "Anglocommunism?" ("Commentary", February 1977); briefing material for MT from Robert Conquest on "The Human Rights issue", with attached letter from Conquest to MT, 12 May 1977; and briefing material from Keston College, May 1978

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Notes for speeches and lectures on various subjects including international affairs (including law), the Labour Party, disarmament, sports and athletics, the London School of Economics and the League of Nations.

Scope and Contents The collection now at Cambridge has certain limitations. In the first place, it comprises only Baldwin's political papers: family and personal papers are not included. Secondly, it is perhaps more revealing of Baldwin's colleagues than of the man himself. As G.M. Young observed in the preface to his biography, Baldwin "kept no diary, circulated no memoranda to his colleagues, rarely wrote a political letter, and still more rarely made a copy of anything he did write". Thirdly, there is...

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Comprising a typescript of Nicol's statement, with a filing note.

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Personal, political and literary papers

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.