Papers and correspondence on changes to GATT, mainly from the Empire Industries Association and British Empire League, relating to the protection of Commonwealth trade and Imperial Preference, particularly the Lancashire textile industry. Correspondents include: Alan Lennox-Boyd, Secretary of State for the Colonies [later 1st Lord Boyd of Merton] (2); Juliet, Lady Rhys-Williams [European League of Economic Co-operation]; Leo Amery; Robert Boothby; [George] Peter Thorneycroft, President of the Board of Trade; Henry Hopkinson, Secretary for Overseas Trade [later 1st Lord Colyton]; John Arbuthnot; Ronald Russell. |