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Notes on subjects including: damage done by infighting within the party and the Conservative lead in the polls; the report of the Franks Committee [on events leading up to the Falklands War]; defence policy. Also includes some correspondence, with a note from Alfred Lomas congratulating NK on a speech [?] relating to the European Community.

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Includes: report timetable; minutes; draft speech for NK on defence; paper on past policy on the Falklands; Socialist International papers; transcription of BBC On the Record interview with Sir Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary on arms reductions; summary of voters’ attitudes, particularly towards politics.

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Letters to JA from the general public on his criticism of the sermon preached by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, during the memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral [London].

Scope and Contents Subjects include: the Falklands War; devolution for Northern Ireland; comments on nuclear defence by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, in his Christmas sermon, 1982, and worsening relations between the Church and the Conservative Party; Britain's reaction to the American invasion of Grenada; the Harrods car bomb, planted by the IRA; calls for the resignation of James Prior, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, over the Maze Prison breakout; the deaths of Sir Hugh Fraser and Lord...

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Includes press cuttings on the campaign and its effect on defence policy.

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Subjects include: the imposition of martial law in Poland; defence spending; El Salvador; unemployment; the Northern Ireland Assembly; Winston Churchill's dream of a united Europe; the Falklands War; defence of merchant shipping.

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Includes NK's speech written for Michael Foot, Labour leader, in the debate on the invasion of the Falklands. Other subjects include: Labour’s education policy; education cuts; unemployment in Wales; support for the comprehensive system; a tribute to Robert Tressell, author of "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists"; the Falklands War; infighting within the party; private education; industry and education.

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Includes "the Bridgend speech" (Glamorgan, Wales), 7 June 83 and the John P. Mackintosh Memorial Lecture, at Edinburgh University, "Democratic Socialism or Social Democracy?". Other subjects include: the General Election campaign; non-nuclear defence; the need for a public enquiry into the sinking of the Argentine warship the General Belgrano, during the Falklands War; Labour’s economic programme; the threat to Labour from the Social Democrats.

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Interview with Major-General Julian Thompson [former Commander of 3 Commando Brigade] on the prosecution of the Ministry of Defence official Clive Ponting under the Official Secrets Act after he sent documents on the sinking of the Belgrano to Tam Dalyell. Also includes an interview on [?] Thompson’s book on the Falklands Campaign, "No Picnic".

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Print of questions asked by JEP at Prime Minister's Questions on Margaret Thatcher being the Iron Lady during the Falklands War, framed and presented to the Prime Minister at Christmas 1982, with a congratulatory letter from Ian Gow [Parliamentary Private Secretary to Thatcher].

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The papers cover Captain French's career from 1930, when he attended the R.N. Staff College at Greenwich, until his retirement in 1978.

Scope and Contents The papers chiefly relate to Sir John Nott's time in Margaret Thatcher's government, particularly his tenure as Secretary of State for Defence during the Falklands War. They include: papers relating to Nott's search for employment, 1975; papers collected for the production of Sir John's memoirs, including annotated drafts, original correspondence and dictation tapes; personal correspondence and other papers, 1982-1998; papers relating to his career with Lazards, mid 1980s onwards; material...

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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.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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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Also includes a copy of a pamphlet written by Coles for the New Europe group, on British influence and the euro.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.