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Includes: rough notes of a meeting with [? the British Coal Corporation] on the future of Merthyr Vale colliery [Wales]; notes on dealing with constituency correspondence and visits; notes from a press briefing on the [?] European Single Market Act and economic and monetary union.

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Rough notes of meetings on the Inter-Governmental Conferences on economic and monetary union, with individuals including: Jean Pierre Cot [Chairman of the European Parliament Socialist Group]; Pierre Mauroy [First Secretary of the French Socialist Party]; Gianni de Michelis [Italian Foreign Minister]; Klaus Hansch [Vice-Chairman of the Socialist Group]; Julian Priestley [Secretary-General of the Socialist Group]; Felipe Gonzalez [Prime Minister of Spain].

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Papers and correspondence, on subjects including: the Confederation of European Socialist Parties (and NK’s candidacy for its Presidency, 1992); Socialist International; European monetary and political union, particularly relating to the Political and Economic and the Monetary Intergovernmental Conferences and the Maastricht Treaty; the British Labour Group in the European Parliament (from June 1990 known as the European Parliamentary Labour Party, EPLP); Eastern Europe.

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Papers circulated to John Eatwell, Economic Adviser to NK (who was dealing with all three economic policy review groups), on the European single market.

Scope and Contents Includes: speech at Party headquarters, Walworth Road; draft of NK’s resignation speech, with statements from Bryan Gould, environment spokesman, and Jack Cunningham, campaign co-ordinator; speech for the Queen’s Speech debate; speech to the Parliamentary party; speech for debate on the Government’s opt out from the Social Chapter and majority voting on economic and monetary union, in the Maastricht Treaty; speech on the European Council meeting, Lisbon [Portugal, June 1992]; statement on...

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Includes copies of correspondence between NK and John Major, Prime Minister, extracts from Hansard and proposals for European Council directives on working conditions.

Scope and Contents This file relates to NR's interview with Dominic Lawson, published in The Spectator, which ultimately led to his resignation. Contents include: letter from Dominic Lawson regarding NR’s resignation 16/07/1990, letter from Dominic Lawson accompanying an issue of the Spectator with NR’s interview 11/07/1990, photocopy of a transcript from the interview, photocopies of press cuttings, synopsis of the week in Europe from the Commission of the European Communities, response to a letter to...

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Rough speech notes and source material on subjects including the single market, Britain’s presidency of the European Community and privatisation. Also includes: letter from Bjorn Engholm, leader of the German Social Democrats, congratulating NK on a speech; letter from Alun Michael.

Scope and Contents Includes: text of a party political broadcast for BBC Radio 4; speech for the launch of Labour’s environmental policy document, "An Earthly Chance"; speech for a debate on the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM); speech for a debate on Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait; response to a Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe statement on the signing of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and the end of the Cold War; speech to the NATO assembly; speech to the Confederation of European...

Scope and Contents Includes: an essay by NK for the 1992 Parliamentary Desk Diary on the role of Parliament; speech in response to a NATO summit on co-operative European security; speeches on the negotiations for the Maastricht Treaty, particularly on economic and monetary union and the Social Charter; speeches on the build-up to the General Election, including the London campaign; speech in tribute to [Bruce] Bernard Weatherill on his retirement as Speaker of the House of Commons; statement for a debate on...

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Subjects include: the completion of the single market of the European Community; the privatisation of the Patent Office and Companies House; reasons for the loss of the General Election, including memoranda on the defeat, and election and a post-election polling analysis.

Scope and Contents Includes: speech by John Smith, Party leader, at Labour’s Local Government conference; tribute to Oliver Tambo, National Chairperson of the African National Congress; speech on Wales 2000 [? to the Welsh Party conference] on development in Wales; drafts of a speech on the recession and European monetary union, and the need for greater European co-operation, with earlier speeches [?] as source material; speech to the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation conference on industry, speech for a...

Scope and Contents Includes: tribute to the BBC journalist and presenter Brian Redhead; lecture on the 10th anniversary of the banning of trade unions at GCHQ; note of Glenys Kinnock’s speech at an Equal Opportunities Commission conference on progress for women in Wales; speech to the US/EEC Association, New York [United States] on Western Europe after the Maastricht Treaty; NK’s Weinstock Memorial Lecture in Berkeley, "Beyond free trade to fair trade"; speech to the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, New York, on...

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Comprising a diary, correspondence and papers, speeches and lectures, and press cuttings

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Scope and Contents Side 1 is a recording of the UK Press Gazette Awards, 20 June, including a speech by NK as the guest of honour. Subjects include: Miliitant; a recent spat involving Edward Heath; democratic institutions and the need for constitutional change; Labour's Charter of Rights and the importance of a free press. Side 2 is a recording of a press conference held by NK and Guy Spitaels [leader of the Belgian Parti Socialiste], following a meeting of the Confederation of Socialist Parties...

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Includes: programme; correspondence on arrangements; timetables; text of speech on the European Single Market and aid needed for Eastern Europe.

Scope and Contents Includes: briefing for and rough notes of a meeting with the Spanish Ambassador, Felipe de la Morena, particularly on Spain’s political and economic situation and views on Europe; rough notes of a meeting with John Kerr [British Ambassador to the European Union] on Europe, particularly economic and monetary union and Margaret Thatcher’s unsustainable views; briefing for and rough notes of a meeting with Kuldip Nayar, Indian High Commissioner, including briefings for an earlier meeting with...

Scope and Contents Briefings and arrangements for visits and meetings, including: meeting with midwives, Royal College of Midwives Trust, to mark the first International Day of the Midwife, including correspondence with Ruth Ashton, General Secretary of the Trust; a dinner at the Italian embassy; meeting with Felipe Gonzalez, Prime Minister of Spain, including a briefing on the current state of the European Intergovernmental conferences on economic and political union; visits to Bonn, Germany (May and...