Janus: The Papers of Julian Amery

Churchill/AMEJ 1 contains:
1	Spain, the Balkans and the Second World War
2	General political
3	United Europe
4	War Office
5	Colonial Office
6	Air Ministry and Ministry of Aviation
7	General political
8	Department of the Environment
9	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
10	General political

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The Papers of Julian Amery

Title	General political
Reference	AMEJ 1/10
Covering Dates	1953–1997 (The majority of folios date from the 1970s to 1997.)
Extent and Medium	32 archive boxes

Content and context

General papers following the end of JA's ministerial career, on subjects including: the 1975 Conservative Leadership election; the various committees and associations of which JA was a member, including the Northern Ireland Committee and the Horn of Africa Council; foreign affairs, particularly on Albania, Canada, the Middle East and Rhodesia [Zambia and Zimbabwe]; overseas visits; JA's membership of the Parliamentary Privileges Committee; the CERCLE European-American Conservative organisation, chaired by JA.

Churchill/AMEJ 1/10 contains:

Conservative Central Office. Correspondence with Central Office on Conservative Party business, including requests to speak and prospective Parliamentary candidates sponsored by JA, with correspondents including: Andrew Mitchell, Conservative Party Vice-Chairman with special responsibility for candidates, on JA's suggested Parliamentary candidates (2); Sir John Cope, Conservative Party Deputy Chairman (2); John Spiers on his decision not to stand as JA's successor as MP for Brighton Pavilion (3); Sir Thomas Arnold, Conservative Party Vice-Chairman with special responsibility for candidates, on subjects including JA's suggested Parliamentary candidates (4); Kenneth Baker, Conservative Party Chairman; Peter Brooke, Conservative Party Chairman (4); Sir Anthony Royle, Conservative Party Vice-Chairman with special responsibility for candidates [later Lord Fanshawe of Richmond]; William Clark, Conservative Party Deputy Chairman; Lord Thorneycroft, Party Chairman on subjects including accommodating defectors from the Labour Party (2); [John] Marcus Fox, Conservative Party Vice-Chairman; Anthony Grant, Conservative Party Vice-Chairman (5); William Whitelaw, Conservative Party Chairman (2); 6th Lord Carrington, Conservative Party Chairman (3); [Keith] Harvey Proctor; Robert Elliott, Conservative Party Vice-Chairman (4); Sir Tufton Beamish [later Lord Chelwood] (2); Timothy Raison (4); Sara Morrison, Conservative Party Vice-Chairman. Also includes: summary of Conservative Foreign Affairs Committee meeting, Feb 1982, with notes of a discussion led by JA on the Soviet threat to the Middle East; text of the speech given by Margaret Thatcher, leader of the Conservative Party, at the 1977 Party Conference; transcript of a speech given by 6th Lord Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne] at the Party Conference on Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe]; text of a speech by Francis Pym, devolution spokesman, on the Labour Government's scheme of devolution for Scotland; briefing note on the Devolution Bill; briefing for the debate on the Southern Rhodesia Act 1965 (continuation) order 1976; extract from a speech by Francis Pym, fishing industry spokesman, on the industry's future; extract from a speech by John Biggs-Davison on the Labour Government's line on terrorism in Northern Ireland; copies of press cuttings on JA's visit to Northampton, Oct 1972, and his being heckled at a public meeting on the Fair Rents Act; programmes for visits.
3 files.

Jul 1971-Nov 1993

Conservative Leadership Election. Includes: diary notes on the Conservative Party's defeat in the October 1974 General Election and the resulting leadership election and JA's decision not to stand; notes on procedure for the election.
1 file.

Dec 1974-Feb 1975

Committee minutes. Minutes and papers from various committees of which JA was a member, including: the Museum of Empire and Commonwealth Trust; the Conservative Council on Eastern Europe; the Parliamentary Maritime Group's South West Atlantic Group (relating to the Falklands Islands, particularly fisheries and a new Antarctic patrol vessel to replace HMS Endurance); the British Horn of Africa Council (see also 1/10/38-42); Friends of the Union, on Northern Ireland, including correspondence with Ian Gow; the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, including minutes of evidence given by JA on Cyprus; the Watching Committee, mainly on Northern Ireland; the Conservative Party's Northern Ireland Committee.
3 files.

Oct 1975-Feb 1995

Political and other papers: Falkland Islands. Papers and correspondence with various associations related to the Falklands on the sovereignty and economic development of the islands. Also includes an extract from Hansard on the Middle East.
1 file.

Jul 1974-Apr 1985

Political and other papers: Falklands War memorial service. 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].
1 file.

Jul 1982-Aug 1982

Political and other papers: Anglo-Polish Conference. Papers from the eighth Anglo-Polish Round Table Conference at the University of Sussex, including papers on the political situation in Chile.
1 file.

Jul 1974

Political and other papers: devolution. Papers of the Union Flag Group, on organising opposition to the Scotland and Wales Bill. Includes correspondence with George Gardiner, secretary to the group and [Margaret] Betty Harvie Anderson [later Baroness Skrimshire of Quarter] and extracts from speeches by Francis Pym, devolution spokesman.
1 file.

May 1972-Mar 1978

Political and other papers: Concorde. Includes: souvenir pack from Concorde's inaugural transatlantic flight; special issue of Les Cahiers de Science et Vie to mark Concorde's 30th anniversary.
1 file.

May 1976-Jun 1992

Political and other papers: Tory Action. Circulars of the Tory Action right-wing pressure group and also of the Unison committee for action.
1 file.

Jan 1977-Feb 1980

Political and other papers: Watching Committee. Minutes of committee meetings on Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe].
1 file.

Mar 1977-May 1980

Political and other papers: Northern Ireland Committee. Minutes and papers of the Conservative Party's Northern Ireland Committee meetings, also including: an evaluation from the Northern Ireland Prison Governors Association into the report on escapes from the Maze Prison; notes on the Northern Ireland Bill, 1982; address by JA to the Constitutional Committee on Northern Ireland.
1 file.

May 1981-Jan 1984

Political and other papers: Friends of the Union. Papers and correspondence on the launch of the Friends of the Union group on Northern Ireland, including correspondence with individuals including: Ian Gow (4); James Molyneaux, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party; Sir John Biggs-Davison (2); 5th Duke of Abercorn [earlier Lord Hamilton]; Lord Grey of Naunton.
1 file.

Feb 1986-Aug 1986

Political and other papers: SALT II talks. American press releases on the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty between the United States and Soviet Union, including the text of the treaty and the address to Congress by President Jimmy Carter.
1 file.

Jul 1979

Political and other papers: Centre for Policy Studies. Minutes from a meeting of the Centre's Defence Group, on the group's future role.
1 file.

c 1983

Political and other papers: Global Economic Action Institute. Papers and correspondence from the Institute's UK branch (co-chaired by JA), particularly relating to a working lunch given by JA. Correspondents include: Sir John Hoskyns, Director-General of the Institute of Directors (3); Sir William Clark (2); Lord Bruce-Gardyne; Sir Terence Beckett, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry (2); Sir Edward du Cann (3); Ivan Fallon, Deputy Editor of the Sunday Times; Lord King of Wartnaby; Lord Lever; Andrew Knight, Editor of the Economist; Sir [James] Geoffrey Littler, Second Permanent Secretary at the Treasury; Sir Alan Walters; Sir [Christopher] Jeremy Morse, Chairman of Lloyd's Bank; [Anthony] Patrick Minford, Professor of Applied Economics, University of Liverpool; Brian Griffiths, Professor of Banking and International Finance, the City University; Sir Richard King (2).
1 file.

Jun 1985-Sep 1986

General political papers. Mainly consists of papers on foreign affairs, including: note on British arms sales to the Lebanon; copy of a letter from Maurice Macmillan to Edward Heath [Leader of the Conservative Party] urging him to defeat the Government on an amendment to the Queen's Speech; notes by JA on party policy; letter urging JA's constituents to vote yes in the referendum on whether Britain should stay in the European Community; copy of a letter from Ndabaningi Sithole, President of Zimbabwe to Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania, on the Zimbabwean Patriotic Front; briefings on Zimbabwe Rhodesia; briefings from the Foreign Affairs Research Institute; papers from a EUROSA conference, a union of European associations concerned with Southern Africa; articles on SALT [the strategic arms limitation treaty] and Iran; Foreign and Commonwealth Office briefings on détente and the Soviet threat, and black nationalist organisations in South Africa; copies of correspondence between Edmund Goldberger and Alan Walters [personal economic adviser to the Prime Minister] on economic policy.
2 files.

May 1970-Sep 1982

General papers on foreign affairs. Printed material and briefings on subjects including: the strategic vacuum in the Caribbean; refugees from Afghanistan; the Soviet colonial empire; Soviet influence in Pakistan; New Zealand's trade with the European Community; American public attitudes to defence spending; the threat to Scandinavia from the Soviet Union; political repression in Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe]; the background to the troubles in Ulster [Northern Ireland]; the World Council of Churches; Soviet naval power; Somalia; refugees in north-east Africa.
2 files.

Mar 1968-Aug 1980

Foreign affairs: South Arabia. Correspondence on issuing British passports to former ministers and rulers of the Federation of South Arabia [later South Yemen], with correspondents including: Sir Alexander Douglas-Home, Foreign Secretary [earlier 14th Lord Home, later Lord Home of the Hirsel] (7); 1st Lord Boyd of Merton [earlier Alan Lennox-Boyd]; Nigel Fisher; Duncan Sandys (2); [Robert] Michael Stewart, Foreign Secretary. Also includes a draft letter from JA to Douglas-Home on policy in the Middle East.
1 file.

May 1969-Jun 1972

Foreign affairs: South Africa. Copy of documents from the South African Department of Foreign Affairs on South West Africa and Namibia.
1 file.

Jan 1976-Jun 1979

Foreign affairs: Namibia. Fact sheets from the Namibia Information Service on the political situation, sent by Sir Trevor Lloyd-Hughes.
1 file.

Dec 1980-Dec 1985

Foreign affairs: China and Japan. Papers on a visit by British MPs (including JA as Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) to Japan, including: programmes; briefings on Japan and Korea; report from the Assembly of the Western European Union on China and European security.
1 file.

Apr 1978-May 1978

Foreign affairs: Saudi Arabia. Press cuttings and printed material on plans for growth in Saudi Arabia.
1 file.

Dec 1979-Apr 1980

Foreign affairs: Rhodesia, miscellaneous papers. Papers on the negotiations for a political settlement, including: briefings from the Rhodesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; newsletters from the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU); minutes of the settlement talks; minutes of meetings between the Transitional Government and the Anglo-American delegation; printed documents on the negotiations; report by Michael Latham on his visit to Rhodesia.
3 files.

Jan 1977-Oct 1978

Foreign affairs: Rhodesia, miscellaneous papers. Letters to JA from the general public commenting on his criticism of the policy of Margaret Thatcher [Prime Minister] on Rhodesia.
2 files.

Aug 1979-Oct 1979

Foreign affairs: Rhodesia, miscellaneous papers. Papers on the negotiations for a political settlement, including: statements by Francis Pym, Foreign and Commonwealth affairs spokesman; briefings from the Rhodesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; copy of the draft constitution; report by Cledwyn Hughes on his mission to Southern Africa; extracts from the American Congressional Record; minutes of the Watching Committee on the Rhodesia debate in the House of Commons (Apr and Nov 1978); copies of correspondence between 6th Lord Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne], David Owen, Foreign Secretary and Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia, on whether Smith would be granted leave to visit Britain; copy of a letter from John Davies to Ian Gow on his view of the negotiations; report by General Sir Walter Walker on his tour of Rhodesian Army and Air Force units.
2 files.

Jun 1977-Feb 1979

Foreign affairs: Rhodesia, miscellaneous papers. Papers on the negotiations for a political settlement, including: copies of laws passed relating to Rhodesia; chronology of British initiatives for a settlement; briefings from the Rhodesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; British and American reports on the 1979 elections; economic survey of Zimbabwe Rhodesia; various articles.
3 files.

Dec 1978-May 1980

Foreign affairs: Rhodesia, miscellaneous papers. Papers on the negotiations for a political settlement, including: opening statements and other papers from the Lancaster House Conference; memoranda on the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU PF)'s election manifesto and breaches of the cease-fire; report of a fact-finding mission by the American-African Affairs Association; notes on the Lusaka Conference [Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Lusaka, Zambia, Aug 1979]; copy of the Commonwealth Secretariat's analysis of the constitution for Zimbabwe Rhodesia. Also includes: memorandum by the Salisbury Group on the Conservatives' first year in office; constituency brief on pay bargaining.
1 file.

Mar 1979-Apr 1980

Foreign affairs: letters on Rhodesia. Letters received by JA from the general public, mainly during the Lancaster House Conference and following JA's speech on Rhodesia at the Conservative Party Conference, Blackpool [Lancashire], Oct 1979.
1 file.

Jul 1979-Dec 1979

Foreign affairs: letters on Rhodesia. Letters received by JA from the general public on Rhodesia, mainly commenting on a speech by JA in Parliament following the Rhodesian elections, Mar 1980.
1 file.

Jan 1980-Mar 1997

Foreign affairs: visit to South West Africa. Maps, brochures and briefings on Namibia and Southern Africa.
1 file.

1980

Foreign affairs: Portuguese Presidential Election. Memoranda on the elections of October 1980 and on the political situation in Portugal, by Kaulza de Arriaga [chairman of the MIRN party].
1 file.

Nov 1980

Foreign affairs: Canada. Background papers and correspondence on the Canada Bill, the role of the British Parliament in returning the Canadian constitution to Canadian control, and protests from Canadian civil rights groups, with correspondents including Gilles Loiselle, Agent General for Quebec in London, Sir Bernard Braine and Jean Casselman Wadds, Canadian High Commissioner to Britain.
3 files.

Dec 1980-Mar 1982

Foreign affairs: Oman. Copies of letters from JA to Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman, mainly on the international political situation and the situation in Britain and on meetings of the CERCLE European-American Conservative organisation, also including an agreement with Coastal Petroleum, for which JA was acting as a consultant in Oman.
1 file.

Apr 1990-Apr 1997

Foreign affairs: Albania. Copies of material sent out by King Leka I of Albania on the situation in Albania, including an appeal on behalf of the Military Council for the Liberation of Ethnic Albania, an account of King Leka's arrest in Thailand and press cuttings on Albania.
1 file.

Dec 1976-Nov 1977

Foreign affairs: King Leka I of the Albanians. Correspondence with and on King Leka on subjects including the political situation in Albania.
3 files.

Mar 1978-Feb 1996

Foreign affairs: Albania. Correspondence on subjects including the political situation in Albania, a memorial to British war dead, the Anglo-Albanian Association, development of Albanian oil resources and a visit to Albania in 1991 by JA, David Smiley and Alan Hare, with correspondents including: Stephen Nash, Chargé d'Affaires at the British Embassy, Tirana (3); Sali Berisha, President of Albania (4); Douglas Hogg, Minister of State, Foreign Office [later 3rd Lord Hailsham] on subjects including the British diplomatic presence in Albania (2); David Smiley (11); Kenneth Clarke, Home Secretary; Alan Hare (5); Malcolm Rifkind, Secretary of State for Defence, on the history of the Albanian Gendarmerie in the 1930s; Michael Tait [Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office, with responsibility for Soviet Union and Eastern Europe] (2); 6th Lord Carrington (2); Norman Lamont, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the Albanian economy; Lord Home of the Hirsel [earlier Sir Alexander Douglas-Home and 14th Lord Home]; [Macdonald] Max Hastings, Editor of the Daily Telegraph; [?] 6th Lord Salisbury; Brian Crozier; Douglas Hurd, Foreign Secretary, on subjects including negotiations over the Corfu Channel case; 1st Lord Gladwyn [earlier (Hubert) Gladwyn Jebb]; Margaret Thatcher; Nicholas Shakespeare, Daily Telegraph; Steven Norris.
3 files.

Feb 1990-Mar 1997

Foreign Affairs: Romania. Includes: Christmas cards from Ion Iliescu, President of Romania, and other Romanian politicians; press releases on co-operation with NATO.
1 file.

Feb 1993-Dec 1996

Horn of Africa Council. Correspondence and papers from the council (of which JA was president), particularly correspondence with Louis FitzGibbon (council secretary) on general council business and other subjects including: the alliance between Libya, Ethiopia and South Yemen (the tripartite pact of Aden); aid for Somalia; the threat to Africa from the Soviet Union; human rights in Ethiopia. Also includes the draft text of and JA's foreword to FitzGibbon's book "Ethiopia Hijacks the Hijack".
3 files.

Jan 1983-Aug 1986

Horn of Africa Council. Correspondence and papers from the council (of which JA was president), particularly correspondence with Louis FitzGibbon (council secretary) on general council business. Other correspondents include: Ewen Fergusson [Deputy Under-Secretary of State (Middle East and Africa), Foreign and Commonwealth Office] on aid to Ethiopia and Sudan; Sir Donald Hawley; Tom Normanton; John Browne; James Johnson (2); Sir Bernard Braine; Cranley Onslow, Minister of State, Foreign Office, on concerns about aid to Ethiopia reaching the right people; Timothy Raison, Minister for Overseas Development, on aid to Somalia and Zimbabwe. Also includes reports by FitzGibbon on political missions to the German Bundestag and European Parliament, the international conference in Sudan on Islamic law, 1984, and the Soviet influence behind the tripartite pact of Aden [the alliance between Libya, Ethiopia and South Yemen] and a paper on strategic areas in the Red Sea.
2 files.

Jul 1982-Jun 1986

Mar 1985-Jul 1989

Horn of Africa Council. Correspondence and papers from the council (of which JA was president), particularly correspondence with Louis FitzGibbon (council secretary) on general council business and other subjects including human rights violations by Ethiopia and famine. Other correspondents include: 10th Lord Bessborough; Lord Grimond; 4th Lord Avebury [earlier Eric Lubbock]; John Home Robertson. Also includes accounts by 7th Lord Ailsa of visits to Ethiopia and Somalia, 1983.
2 files.

Nov 1983-Mar 1988

Horn of Africa Council. Correspondence and papers from the council (of which JA was president), particularly correspondence with Louis FitzGibbon (council secretary) on general council business and other subjects including FitzGibbon's family history, his wish to stand as Parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavilion after JA's retirement and his ideas on Anglo-German relations and a memorial to the Katyn Massacre. Other correspondents include: Baroness Chalker, Minister for Overseas Development, on subjects including aid to Ethiopia (3); David Hope, Bishop of London; Sir James Eberle, Director of the Institute of International Affairs; 4th Lord Avebury [earlier Eric Lubbock] on the military situation in Ethiopia and Eritrea (3); Douglas Hurd, Foreign Secretary, on negotiations between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Also includes: report by FitzGibbon on his mission of information to Libya, 1991; notes of meetings with the TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] and EPDA [Ethiopian Peoples' Democratic Alliance]; report on FitzGibbon's fact-finding mission to the Sudan, 1984.
4 files.

Jan 1984-Jul 1996

Visits abroad. Correspondence and papers on visits to places and events including: China; the CEDI congress (European Centre of Documentation and Information); a forum on world aviation; Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe] and South Africa; Jordan; Romania; Oman; Israel; Iran. Correspondents include: Eldon Griffiths; [Dudley] Geoffrey Stewart-Smith, Director of the Foreign Affairs Research Institute; [David] Evan Luard, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office, on oil prospects in Jordan; 6th Lord Carrington (2); Sir [Arthur] Michael Palliser [Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office] on JA's visit to Romania and recent visits to Britain by Romanian ministers (2); Patricia, Lady Jellicoe (sending postcards via JA); William Deedes, Editor of the Daily Telegraph; Mark Bonham-Carter on the Anglo-Polish Round Table Conference (2); Stephen Hastings on going on safari to Botswana with JA (2). Also includes: an extract from JA's diary on his visits to China and Romania, May-June 1976 and article by JA on Romania; notes of JA's talks on Rhodesia with local officials and politicians, September 1975, including members of the ANC [African National Congress] and with Ian Smith [Prime Minister of Rhodesia]; letter from JA to [Leonard] James Callaghan [Foreign Secretary], giving his impressions of the political situation in Oman.
3 files.

Jun 1974-Nov 1976

Visits abroad. Correspondence and papers on visits to places including: the United States Senate; Poland (for the Anglo-Polish Round Table Conference); Egypt; Romania; Iran; Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe]; Japan and Korea; South Africa and Rhodesia; Somalia; Oman; China; France. Correspondents include: Christopher Mallaby [Head of East European and Soviet Department, Foreign Office]; Lord Cranborne [later 7th Lord Salisbury]; Julian Ridsdale [Chairman of the British Japanese Parliamentary Group] on leading a Parliamentary delegation to Japan (4); [Arthur] Henry Brind, British Ambassador to the Somali Democratic Republic; [?] Julian Critchley; Brian Crozier on a CERCLE [European-American Conservative organisation] meeting in Washington [United States] (2); Edward de Haan, British Embassy, Paris; Sir [John] Nicholas Henderson [British Ambassador to France]; Sir [Arthur] Michael Palliser, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office; Humphrey Atkins [Opposition Chief Whip, later Lord Colnbrook]. Also includes: notes of JA's meetings with Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, and Kamal Hassan Ali, the Egyptian Minister of Defence, Oct 1979; transcript of a BBC interview with JA about his visit to Romania, Sept 1979; note by JA on his visit to Romania; rough notes of meetings in South Africa, mainly on the situation in Rhodesia; transcript of an interview with JA for the Rhodesian Broadcasting Corporation; minutes of meetings between David Owen, Foreign Secretary, John Graham [Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office] and Ndabaningi Sithole, President of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), J M Gopo (African National Congress) and others, 1978; minutes of meetings with Mohamed Ziad Barre, President of the Somali Democratic Republic, and other Somali ministers, 1978; programmes for the Sultanate of Oman National Day Parade; diary of JA's visit to Washington], Nov 1977, for a CERCLE meeting, with talks on subjects including South Africa and Rhodesia and on the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT), including a talk with Henry Kissinger [former American Secretary of State]; rough notes on South Africa and Rhodesia, Aug 1977; report on a visit to Kenya by members of the Rhodesian National Farmers' Union; rough speech notes for a CERCLE meeting in Munich [Germany] on the threat from the Soviet Union; notes from JA's visit to China, Jan 1977, on Chinese foreign policy, defence and the general political scene, with notes of meetings with the Vice-Premier Li Hsien-Nien and the Foreign Minister, Huang Hua; briefing for visit to China.
3 files.

Dec 1976-Dec 1979

Visits abroad. Correspondence and papers on visits to places and events including: conference of the Association of Political Risk Analysts, 1983; Pakistan, 1983; CERCLE [European-American Conservative organisation] meeting, 1983; Jordan, 1983; Romania, 1983; Israel, 1982; CERCLE meeting, 1982; Egypt, 1981; Anglo-Polish Round Table Conference, 1981; South Africa and Namibia, 1981; CERCLE meeting, 1981; Oman, 1980; South Africa, 1980; Romania, 1980; Hungary, 1980; Pakistan, 1980; France, 1980; Jordan, 1980; Oman and Abu Dhabi, 1980; Anglo-Polish Round Table Conference, 1979. Also includes: correspondence with Brian Crozier, on CERCLE meetings; rough notes for JA's speech to the Association of Political Risk Analysts; notes of JA's meeting with Pakistani defence ministers on the situation in Afghanistan; reports by JA on his visit to Pakistan; report by JA on his visit to Jordan, including talks with Prince Hassan and King Hussein; note by JA on Foreign Office organisation; reports by JA on his visit to Romania, 1983, including talks with foreign ministers and President Nicolae Ceausescu; report by JA on his visit to Israel, with text of his speech for the Balfour Dinner, 1982; reports on JA's visit to Egypt, including talks with President [Mohammed] Hosny Mubarak and the Egyptian foreign minister; papers from the Anglo-Polish Round Table Conference; rough notes on JA's visit to Namibia; report on JA's visit to South Africa, 1980; note of a meeting with the Romanian foreign minister and President Nicolae Ceausescu, 1980; report on JA's visit to Pakistan, 1980, including notes on Afghanistan; note on meeting Iranian exiles in France, General Gholam Oveisi and Shahpour Bakhtiar [former Prime Minister of Iran], June 1980; report on JA's visit to Jordan, 1980; report on JA's visit to Oman and Abu Dhabi, Mar 1980; note of a meeting with Shahpur Bakhtiar, Mar 1980; report on JA's visit to Israel, 1980.
4 files.

Oct 1979-Nov 1983

Visits abroad. Correspondence and papers on visits to places and events including: CERCLE [European-American Conservative organisation] meetings, 1984-85; Honduras, Costa Rica and El Salvador, 1984; Jordan and Iraq, 1984; a Parliamentary delegation to the Falklands, 1984; Sudan, 1984; Israel, 1984; South Africa, c 1984-85; Jordan, 1985; Oman, 1985; Saudi Arabia, 1986; South Africa, 1986; Global Action Conference, Indonesia, 1986; United Arab Emirates, 1986; South Africa, 1987; Oman, 1987; Angola, 1988; Brunei, 1988; Oman, 1988. Correspondents include: Peter Summerscale, British Ambassador to Costa Rica; 2nd Lord Trefgarne, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces, on JA's visit to the Falklands; Louis FitzGibbon, Secretary to the Horn of Africa Council; [Ronald] Timothy Renton, Minister of State, Foreign Office; Jonathan Aitken; Sir Patrick Wright [British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia]; Sir [Richard] Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary, on relations with Saudi Arabia; Margaret Rothwell, British Embassy, Jakarta [Indonesia]; Sir [William] Hamilton Whyte [British High Commissioner in Singapore]; Roger Westbrook, British High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam; Robert Adley, Chairman of the British-ASEAN Parliamentary Group (2); Lord Carver; Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, thanking JA for his report on Oman. Also includes: CERCLE paper by Brian Crozier on Soviet strategy for Southern Africa; report by JA on his visit to Jordan and Iraq, including talks with Tarik Aziz, Iraqi Foreign Minister, Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq and with King Hussein of Jordan; report by JA on relations with South Africa; briefing on the Falklands and report by JA on his visit; report by JA on his visit to the Sudan; report by JA on his talks with Israeli ministers, including Shimon Peres, Prime Minister of Israel and Yitzhak Shamir, Foreign Minister; report on JA's visit to South Africa, 1984-85; report on JA's meeting with King Hussein and Prince Hassan of Jordan; notes on JA's visit to Saudi Arabia, on oil policy and foreign affairs; report on JA's talks with South African ministers, 1986, including P W Botha, President of South Africa and on JA's visit in 1987; note on JA's meeting with the Sultan of Oman, 1987; account of JA's visit to the headquarters of UNITA [The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola], including meeting Jonas Savimbi, leader of UNITA; report on JA's visit to Brunei; report on JA's visit to the Sultan of Oman, 1988.
3 files.

Dec 1983-Oct 1988

Visits abroad. Correspondence and papers on visits to places and events including: Albania, 1992; Oman, 1992; the third Antalya conference on international security and co-operation, Turkey, 1992; Serbia; Romania (on a hunting trip), 1991; Albania, 1991; Oman and Jordan, 1991; Abu Dhabi; South Africa, 1991; European Parliament, Strasbourg [France], 1990; Romania, 1990; a meeting of CERCLE [European-American Conservative organisation] in Brussels [Belgium], 1989; Parliamentary delegation to the United Arab Emirates, 1986. Correspondents include: Frank Steele; John Duncan, British Chargé d'Affaires, Albania; Michael Robinson, [British Chargé d'Affaires, Belgrade, Serbia]; Sir Timothy Daunt, British Ambassador to Turkey; 10th Duke of Rutland [earlier Lord Granby] on visiting Romania (2); Sir Stephen Hastings on visiting Romania (2); Lord King of Wartnaby; Winston Churchill (2); Lawrence Freedman, Professor of War Studies, King's College, London, on the 1992 Nassau conference on the history of nuclear warfare, Washington [United States] (2); John Major, Prime Minister, on JA's visits to Oman and Jordan; Douglas Hurd, Foreign Secretary, on JA's visits to Oman, Jordan and Abu Dhabi and to Romania (4); Tom King, Secretary of State for Defence (2); David Gore-Booth, Assistant Under Secretary of State (Middle East), Foreign Office; Sir Robin Renwick, British Ambassador to South Africa; King Leka I of Albania; Michael Atkinson, British Ambassador to Romania; William Waldegrave, Minister of State, Foreign Office, on JA's visit to Romania, 1990; Nicholas Ridley, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry; [Henry] Paul Channon [later Lord Kelvedon]; Ivor Porter on visiting Romania (5); Lord Tombs, Chairman of Rolls-Royce plc, on business with Romania; David Howell; Louis FitzGibbon, Secretary of the British Horn of Africa Council; Sir Leon Brittan, Vice-President of the European Commission, on a CERCLE meeting; 2nd Lord Jellicoe; Sir William Clark; Sir Peter Tapsell; Lord Thomas of Swynnerton, on an Anglo-Spanish conference; [Richard] Anthony Nelson; Andrew Faulds; Lord Fanshawe of Richmond [earlier Anthony Royle]; Geoffrey Robinson; Lord Bonham-Carter; John Home Robertson (2); Lord Cranborne [later 7th Lord Salisbury]; Stuart Bell (2); Henry Armitage [Honorary Secretary to British-Saudi Arabian Parliamentary Group]; John Cartwright; John Browne; Robert Kilroy-Silk; Jonathan Aitken. Also includes: speeches from the third Antalya conference; papers from the Nassau conference; report on JA's visit to Albania, 1991; note on the political situation in South Africa; note of JA's conversation with Valery Giscard d'Estaing on subjects including his views on Europe; reports on JA's visit to Romania, 1990; note of JA's meeting with Rifaat Al Assad, Vice-President of Syria; note of JA's meeting with Jacques Delors [President of the European Commission] on European Monetary Union; note on a Marshall Plan for Central Africa.
3 files.

Jul 1986-Jul 1993

Visits abroad. Papers and correspondence on visits to places including Romania, Albania and South Africa, with correspondents including: John Major, Prime Minister, on JA's visits to Oman and Romania (2); Sir Robin Renwick, British Ambassador to the United States; Andrew Bache, British Ambassador to Romania; Sir Julian Paget; Owen Horwood (3); Gavin Relly [Chairman of Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Limited]; Julian Ogilvie Thompson [Deputy Chairman of Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Limited]; Harry Oppenheimer [Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Limited]. Also includes: briefing note on the Middle East peace process; notes on JA's visits to Romania, 1993, including meetings with the President, Ion Iliescu, and with the Minister of Defence and head of the security service; report on JA's visit to Albania, 1991 (copy of report in 1/10/47).
1 file.

1990-Jun 1996

Cercle. Correspondence and papers on arrangements for meetings of the European-American Conservative organisation, chaired by JA, with correspondents including: Lord Cranborne [later 7th Lord Salisbury] (3); 4th Lord Kimberley (5); Sir Peter Tennant (5); Ian Gow (2); Nicholas Winterton (2); Julian Ogilvie Thompson; Winston Churchill (5); Alastair Goodlad; John Carlisle (5); Sir Julian Ridsdale (4); Peter Temple-Morris (4); Lord Chalfont [earlier Alun Gwynne Jones] (5); John Wilkinson (4); George Gardiner; Nicholas Elliott (4); Jonathan Aitken; Sir Philip Goodhart (3); Lord Thomas of Swynnerton (5); [Arthur] Nicholas Soames (2); Denis Worrall (2); Elie Kedourie [Professor of Politics in the University of London]; Sir Yue-Kong Pao; General Bernard Rogers; 9th Lord Granard; R V Jones; Basil de Ferranti (3); Gavin Relly (2); Richard Needham [6th Lord Kilmorey] (2); "Billy" [Neil McLean].
2 files.

Aug 1985-Aug 1988

Cercle. Correspondence and papers on arrangements for meetings of the European-American Conservative organisation, chaired by JA, with correspondents including: Sir Philip Goodhart; Peter Temple-Morris (2); Lord Fanshawe of Richmond [earlier Anthony Royle]; Peter Walker (2); Lord Cranborne [later 7th Lord Salisbury] (2); Alistair Horne (3); Lord Thomas of Swynnerton (3); Henry Kissinger; Michael Heseltine (3); Julian Ogilvie Thompson; Howard Baker Jr; Nicholas Elliott (3); Winston Churchill (2); Denis Worrall; Brian Crozier; Sir Peter Tennant; Sir John Leahy; Sir Julian Bullard; [Henry] Paul Channon [later Lord Kelvedon]; [Arthur] Nicholas Soames; Lord Chalfont [earlier Alun Gwynne Jones] (2); 4th Lord Kimberley; Sir Antony Acland, British Ambassador to the United States; Gavin Relly; Conrad Black; Richard Nixon.
2 files.

Mar 1988-Oct 1990

Cercle. Correspondence and papers on arrangements for a meeting of the European-American Conservative organisation, chaired by JA, in Muscat [Masqat, Oman] with correspondents including: [Richard] Anthony Nelson; [Henry] Paul Channon [later Lord Kelvedon]; Sir John Leahy; Peter Temple-Morris; William Waldegrave.
1 file.

Aug 1990-Jan 1991

Cercle. Correspondence and papers on arrangements for meetings of the European-American Conservative organisation, chaired by JA, with correspondents including: Kent Durr, South African Ambassador to Britain; Lord Cranborne [later 7th Lord Salisbury] (2); Sir John Leahy; Howard Baker jr; David Faber; [Richard] Anthony Nelson (2); Alistair Horne; Henry Bellingham; Peter Temple-Morris; Sir Stephen Hastings; 4th Lord Kimberley; Winston Churchill; Julian Ogilvie Thompson; Richard Luce.
1 file.

Jan 1991-Dec 1991

Cercle. Correspondence and papers on arrangements for meetings of the European-American Conservative organisation, chaired by JA, with correspondents including: Patricia Rawlings; Sir Philip Goodhart; Sir Alan Walters; Jack Dellal; Lord Cranborne [later 7th Lord Salisbury]; Kent Durr, South African Ambassador to Britain; 10th Duke of Rutland; Henry Bellingham; Margaret Thatcher; Ivor Porter; Julian Ogilvie Thompson; [Henry] Paul Channon [later Lord Kelvedon]; Alistair Horne; 4th Lord Kimberley. Also includes: rough speech notes for JA for a meeting in Vienna [Austria].
1 file.

Feb 1991-Aug 1992

Cercle. Correspondence and papers on arrangements for meetings of the European-American Conservative organisation, chaired by JA, with correspondents including: Lord Chalfont [earlier Alun Gwynne Jones] (4); Lord Cranborne [later 7th Lord Salisbury] (4); Anthony Nelson (4); Winston Churchill (3); Frank Steele (4); Sir Charles Powell (2); Edward Bell (4); [Henry] Paul Channon [later Lord Kelvedon] (2); Kent Durr, South African Ambassador to Britain (3); Patricia Rawlings (2); Sir Philip Goodhart (2); Antoine Pinay; Alistair Horne (2); [Arthur] Nicholas Soames (2); Jonathan Aitken (2); Ivor Porter (2); 4th Lord Kimberley (2); Sir Stephen Hastings (2); Sir Peter Tennant (2); 4th Lord Bethell; John Wilkinson; Nicholas Elliott (2); Lord Wyatt of Weeford; Julian Ogilvie Thompson; Henry Bellingham; Sir Christopher Prout [later Lord Kingsland]; Sir Alan Walters; Douglas Hurd; 6th Lord Carrington; Shimon Peres, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs; Rocco Forte, Chairman of Forte Plc (2).
4 files.

Jun 1992-Apr 1994

Cercle. Correspondence and papers on arrangements for meetings, future leadership and finances of the European-American Conservative organisation, with correspondents including: John Wilkinson; Vaclav Klaus, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic; Lord Younger of Prestwick; Anthony Nelson; Brian Crozier (3); Michael Shea; Baroness Rawlings; Jonathan Aitken; Antoine Pinay; Lord Chalfont [earlier Alun Gwynne Jones]; Lord Cranborne [later 7th Lord Salisbury], Treasurer of Cercle (4).
2 files.

Nov 1989-Aug 1995

Cercle. Correspondence and papers on arrangements for meetings of the European-American Conservative organisation, with correspondents including: Jonathan Aitken, Chairman of Cercle (5); Shimon Peres, Prime Minister of Israel (2); Brian Crozier; Sir Kenneth Newman.
1 file.

Mar 1985-May 1996

Paper by John Browne on Mikhail Gorbachev. Paper on Gorbachev and his likely impact on East-West relations, following Browne's meetings with him during Gorbachev's visit to Britain in 1984.
1 file.

May 1985

Parliamentary Privileges Committee. Papers and correspondence relating to the committee, of which JA was a member, including minutes of evidence and papers presented to the committee.
4 files.

Mar 1985-Jul 1985

Parliamentary Privileges Committee. Papers and correspondence relating to the committee, of which JA was a member, including minutes of evidence and papers presented to the committee.
3 files.

Apr 1986-Jun 1987

Miscellaneous political papers. Includes: papers on the visit of Jonas Savimbi, President of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) to Britain, 1989; extract from a speech by JA on the IRA; text of a speech by [John] Enoch Powell at Brighton [Sussex] on the future of Northern Ireland, 1988; Foreign Affairs Committee report on Cyprus, 1987; papers from the Jonathan Institute's second conference on international terrorism, 1984; text of an address by Lord Chalfont [earlier Alun Gwynne Jones] on unilateralism, neutralism and pacifism, 1982; pamphlet from Patrick de Laszlo on a programme for national recovery, 1968; draft plan for a Central and Eastern European Coal and Steel Community, c 1953.
2 files.

c 1953-Oct 1989

Miscellaneous political papers. Includes: papers from the Global Economic Action Institute's Western Hemispheric conference on economic and social order, 1984, with a letter to JA from Sir [Richard] Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary, and rough speech notes; lecture on leadership, 1984; report of the Conservative study group on bank lending, 1981; lecture by R V Jones on Britain's post-war economic record, 1979.
2 files.

Feb 1977-Jun 1986

Miscellaneous political papers. Includes: papers on the composition of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, 1989; Friends of the Union pamphlets on Northern Ireland, 1989; summary of refugee accounts from Mozambique, 1988; papers on a merchant bank for Latin America; speech by Richard Nixon, former President of the United States, on American foreign policy, 1985; paper on Japanese defence policy, 1981; papers on a Warsaw Treaty conference, 1980; Foreign Affairs Committee report on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the consequences for British policy, 1980; extract from a speech by Edward Heath on the economy, 1980; lecture by Nicholas Lyell on defence in the 1990's; scheme for business opportunities in the Middle East, 1980; papers on oil exploration in India, 1980-81; speech by Thomas Wells, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Ontario, on the Canadian constitution; reports of the Central American Pipeline Company, 1978.
4 files.

Jun 1976-Nov 1989

Miscellaneous political papers. Includes: appeal by John Browne against the House of Commons Members' Interests inquiry, 1990;. minutes of evidence from the Foreign Affairs Committee on sanctions against South Africa, 1986; letter from John Wilkinson, enclosing a speech by Sir [Richard] Geoffrey Howe [Foreign Secretary] on defence in the nuclear age, 1985 and also a report from the Assembly of the Western European Union on the military use of space,1984; report on resistance groups in Afghanistan, 1985; intelligence reports on the Sudan, including a letter from Sir Alexander Stirling, British Ambassador to the Sudan, relating to a scheme to invest in oil exploration in the Sudan, 1984; papers on tensions in Palestine, particularly relating to the water supply for Israel and Jordan, 1984; report of the American national bipartisan commission on Central America, 1984, with other papers on American policy towards Central America, particularly Nicaragua; Conservative Research Department briefing on the National Health Service, 1983-4; draft paper on the constitutional position of the Falkland Islands.
4 files.

Jul 1982-Jun 1995

Miscellaneous political papers. Includes: copies of telegrams between Winston Churchill, Prime Minister, and Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States, on American aid being given to Egypt, 1953; correspondence on the Community Charge, including a letter from Sir Peter Hordern on local government finance; memorandum on protecting the West's sources of oil in the Gulf; paper by Sir Philip Goodhart [Chairman of the Anglo-Taiwan Parliamentary Group] on relations with Taiwan; correspondence on a speech by JA at Westminster Methodist Central Hall on Northern Ireland and the IRA; correspondence with 6th Lord Salisbury and Ian Gow on the Hillsborough Agreement [the Anglo-Irish Agreement]; memorandum on the Westland Crisis; summary of Richard Nixon's activities in 1985, and preview of his engagements for 1986; papers on the case of the Maguire Seven [convicted of handling explosives used in the Guildford pub bombings].
1 file.

Mar 1985-Nov 1989

Miscellaneous political papers. Includes: papers of the Global Economic Action Institute, 1989; Conservative Research Department briefing from John Moore [Secretary of State for Social Security] on social security reforms, 1989; order of service for Alphonse de Bourbon, 1989; note on a series of violent incidents at Anglo-American Corporation mines; article by Richard Nixon on the Bush agenda in American foreign policy, 1989; booklet on European political co-operation; papers on the Soviet Union and glasnost, 1988; report on the American economy, 1988; programme for visit to South Africa, 1987; copy of Edward Heath's Lothian memorial lecture on European unity, 1987; notes on Ndabaningi Sithole, founder of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU).
1 file.

Dec 1986-Mar 1992

Miscellaneous political papers. Includes: briefing on Europe and the Inter-Governmental Conferences from [William] Tristan Garel-Jones, 1991; submission by James Molyneaux, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, to the Strand I talks on Northern Ireland, 1991; press material from the Information Committee for the Iraqi Opposition, 1991; speech by Ion Iliescu, President of Romania, to the last meeting of the Warsaw Treaty Political Consultative Committee, 1991; transcript of a witness seminar on the building of the Berlin Wall [Germany], 1958-61, 1991; Bruges Group speech by Nicholas Ridley, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on the future of Europe, 1990; speech on defence, for comment, 1990; memoranda sent by JA to Margaret Thatcher [Prime Minister] on defence, foreign policy and the economy; offprint of an article on the Suez Crisis and its consequences for the Conservative Party by Lord Beloff, 1989; report by Lord Cranborne [later 7th Lord Salisbury] on a visit to Somalia, 1989; draft letter from JA on foreign investment and the money supply; draft note on the Gulf crisis, 1987; synopsis of a programme on the TSR2 strike and reconnaissance aircraft.
2 files.

Feb 1981-Jul 1991

Miscellaneous political papers. Includes: press cuttings; extracts from Hansard; transcript of an interview with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, for Weekend World, Jan 1983; paper by Sir Philip Goodhart for the Bow Group on job sharing.
1 file.

Sep 1982-May 1989

Official Secrets Bill. Correspondence on the bill to reform the Official Secrets Act, mainly relating to the question of authorisation for memoirs by former members of the security services, with correspondents including: Richard Shepherd (3); George Young; Douglas Hurd, Home Secretary (4); David Waddington, Chief Whip; Lord Paget of Northampton; 1st Lord Gladwyn [earlier Hubert Gladwyn Jebb]; 4th Lord Bethell; Lord Greenhill of Harrow; Lord Chalfont [earlier Alun Gwynne Jones]; Lord Rawlinson of Ewell; Lord Fanshawe of Richmond [earlier Anthony Royle]; Lord Home of the Hirsel [earlier Alexander Douglas-Home and 14th Lord Home] (2); Malcolm Turnbull on the memoirs of Peter Wright [former Assistant Director of MI5]; Brian Crozier.
1 file.

Jun 1988-Mar 1989

Conservative Philosophy Group. Correspondence on meetings of the group (of which JA was chairman), with correspondents including: Alan Duncan, secretary of the group (3); David Owen; Jonathan Aitken [? secretary of the group] (4).
1 file.

Mar 1990-Nov 1993