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 1/7
Covering Dates	1944–1974 (The majority of files date from 1960-72.)
Extent and Medium	8.5 archive boxes

Content and context

Papers on general subjects, including: overseas visits; the Middle East, particularly events in Aden [Adan], Saudi Arabia and the Yemen; Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; South Africa; Gibraltar.

Churchill/AMEJ 1/7 contains:

Papers on case of Lady Hoare against the London Clinic. Correspondence relating to the death of Sir Reginald Hoare and Lady Hoare's attempts to make nursing homes more accountable.
1 file.

Apr 1960-May 1960

Report on visit to the Yemen by Neil McLean. Includes related correspondence with "Billy" McLean.
1 file.

Oct 1962-Apr 1963

Report on visit to the Yemen and the Middle East by Neil McLean.
1 file.

Mar 1963-Apr 1963

Visit to Iran. Correspondence on JA's visit to the Shah of Iran, June 1965 (mainly letters of thanks).
1 file.

May 1965-Aug 1965

Visit to Jordan. Correspondence on JA's visit to King Hussein of Jordan (mainly letters of thanks).
1 file.

Sep 1965-Oct 1965

Visit to Israel. Papers and correspondence from JA's visit, 2-11 Nov 1965, including: drafts of a speech by JA on the relationship between Britain and Israel, given at a dinner in honour of 1st Lord Balfour; programmes for the visit; letters from Leo Amery to Vera Weizmann, 1953-55; letters of thanks.
1 file.

Nov 1953-Nov 1965

Aden, Saudi Arabia and the Yemen. Papers and correspondence on subjects including JA's visit to Aden [Adan], Jan 1965, his visit to Saudi Arabia, Apr 1967, conflict between Egypt and the Yemen and the withdrawal of British troops from Aden, with correspondents including: Catherine Amery; Sir [Gerald] Kennedy Trevaskis, former High Commissioner of Aden, on subjects including the failure of talks on the future of South Arabia and events in Aden (11); the Sultan of Muscat; [(Arthur) Anthony Greenwood], Secretary of State for the Colonies, on subjects including JA's visit to Aden and avoiding a debate on South Arabia while negotiations were going on between South Arabia and Aden (8); Sir Alexander Douglas-Home on subjects including his distrust of Greenwood's intentions over Aden (3); Sir Richard Turnbull, High Commissioner for Aden, on his concerns about JA visiting Aden before he arrived there himself; Sir William McLean, Colonial Office (2), enclosing papers on Parliamentary liaison in the Colonial Office and the new Commonwealth parliaments; Sir Arnold Hall, Director of Hawker Siddeley Group Limited (2), enclosing a note on the Group's interests in Saudi Arabia and promotional material on various aircraft; Sir [William] Reginald Verdon-Smith, Bristol Siddeley Engines Limited; 2nd Lord Caldecote, Deputy Managing Director of British Aircraft Corporation Limited; Duncan Duncan-Sandys [former Secretary of State for the Colonies] writing to the Amir of Beihan; the Amir of Beihan, on attacks against his country by Egypt; Sir William Luce [Political Resident in the Persian Gulf]; Sir [John] Hugh Boustead [British Political Agent, Abu Dhabi]. Also includes: note of a conversation between JA and Duncan-Sandys on whether JA should visit the Yemen, and also on the future leadership of the Conservative Party; statement by Greenwood on his visit to Aden, Dec 1964, and Parliamentary questions from JA to Greenwood on subjects including elections in Basutoland [later Lesotho], on Gibraltar and on Aden; Red Cross report on the use of chemical weapons in the Yemen; proposals from the Conservative Commonwealth and Overseas Council on negotiations with the Federation of South Arabia; notes for JA's talks with King Faisal of Saudi Arabia and Prince Sultan at Riyadh and Jeddah [Jiddah], Apr 1967; note of a meeting between JA and the Secretary of State for Defence [Denis Healey] on his impressions of Saudi Arabia from a defence viewpoint; galley proofs from JA's "Nasser's War in the Yemen".
2 files.

Feb 1964-Jun 1967

Middle East, Yemen and Ethiopia. Includes: correspondence with [Archibald] David Stirling relating to the Yemen and Saudi Arabia; note between JA and [? Lord Boothby]; copy of a message from Sir Winston Churchill to General Cemal Gursel, President of Turkey, asking him to show mercy on recent death sentences; note from JA to [? Neil "Billy" McLean] about arranging a drop; extract from JA's diary for 1-3 July 1967 on having dinner with King Hussain of Jordan, King Hussain's account of attempts to unite Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian forces against attacks from Israel, and JA's subsequent meetings with the Israeli Ambassador; copy of a letter from JA to an unknown correspondent on proposals for Aden [Adan]; notes of meetings on the Middle East; note on the situation in Ethiopia.
1 file.

Sep 1961-Jul 1975

Visits to Middle East. Includes: notes and programmes from JA's visit to Iran, Jun 1965: note on JA's visit to Jordan, Jan 1967, including talks with King Hussein and Wasfi Tall, Prime Minister of Jordan; [?] notes from JA's visit to Aden [Adan], Jan 1965; note of a meeting with King Feisal of Saudi Arabia, Jan 1965; draft paper on the Government's decision to withdraw from Aden. . Also includes: Conservative pamphlets; draft paper on the left and right wings of the Conservative Party; proposal from the Rhodesian Government on the Rhodesia Independence Constitution; discussion paper on Joseph Chamberlain's Imperial Preference campaign, 1902.
1 file.

Jan 1965-Jan 1967

Reports on the Yemen by Neil McLean. Reports on operations in the Sana area, including related correspondence with "Billy" McLean and a copy of a letter from Wilfred Thesiger on the lack of medical facilities, appealing for the Red Cross to move nearer the front.
1 file.

Dec 1967-Jan 1968

Political notes and papers. Includes: speech notes on the economic situation; text of a speech by Edward Heath, Leader of the Conservative Party, at Walsall [Staffordshire], on immigration (Jan 1969); rough notes on Communist influence in Southern Africa; newsletters from the Yemen.
1 file.

Nov 1967-Feb 1969

Aden and Yemen. Includes: press cutting with an article by David Smiley on prospects for peace in the Yemen; memorandum by Sir [Gerald] Kennedy Trevaskis, former High Commissioner of Aden, on the situation in the Gulf region; statement by [?] JA on the rumoured decision to close down the British base at Aden [Adan]; memorandum on the Yemen by Neil McLean.
1 file.

Apr 1965-Jun 1968

Middle East. Includes: presentation by the Palestine National Liberation Movement to the United Nations Conference on Human Rights against the actions of Israel; papers from a seminar on the Middle East, held by the Israel Academic Committee on the Middle East; papers from the British Council of Churches on the Middle East; summary by Sir Anthony Buzzard [British Council of Churches] of a House of Commons debate on the Middle East (Apr 1970); proposal for supplying the Jordanian Army with transports.
1 file.

Apr 1955-Jun 1970

Qatar. Papers and correspondence, mainly on arranging a meeting between JA and Sheikh Khalifa Al-Thani, Deputy Ruler of Qatar, during Sheikh Khalifa's visit to London.
1 file.

Jul 1968-Jan 1969

Arabian Gulf. Correspondence, particularly relating to JA's visit to Abu Dhabi, Muscat [Masqat] and Oman, Qatar, Jordan and Beirut [Lebanon] in 1969, with correspondents including: the Sultan of Muscat; Sir Arnold Hall, Chairman of Hawker Siddeley Group Limited (2); the Sultan of Abu Dhabi; [Robert] Michael Stewart, Foreign Secretary; Edward Heath [Leader of the Conservative Party]. Also includes: notes of a talk with the Shah of Persia on the deteriorating situation in the Middle East, and Britain's continuning presence in the Gulf; letters of thanks; notes on JA's meetings with the Sultan of Abu Dhabi, King Hussein of Jordan and Camille Chamoun, former President of Lebanon, on the future of the Gulf, and the situation in Jordan and the Lebanon.
1 file.

Apr 1969-Jul 1970

Visit to the Arabian Gulf and other papers. Includes: rough notes on retaining Britain's presence in the Gulf; programme for JA's visit to Saudi Arabia, Mar 1969; note by JA on the Gulf and its neighbours; pamphlet on the Israeli Military Government's Civil Administration. Also includes: speech notes for a debate on the Labour Government's economic policy; letter from Sir Richard Hayward, Chairman of the Supplementary Benefits Commission, enclosing a booklet on benefits; memoranda by Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, President of the Pan-European Union, on a United Europe; letters of congratulation on being elected as MP for Brighton Pavilion [Sussex].
1 file.

Dec 1968-Jun 1969

Abu-Dhabi dossier. Papers on a frontier dispute between Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia, including notes on the situation in Jordan, a timeline of the dispute, copies of earlier documents and maps, particularly relating to oil rights.
1 file.

Oct 1970-Nov 1970

Congo. Comic poem by JA.
1 file.

c 1960-c 1970

British Guiana: Parliamentary Questions. Papers and correspondence on independence for British Guiana [Guyana], including: correspondence with Lionel Luckhoo, Commissioner for British Guiana, a pamphlet on the first 100 days of consultative democracy and notes by Luckhoo on independence; report by a Commonwealth team of observers on the Guianian elections, 1964; copies of Parliamentary questions on the West Indies and other colonial subjects, including a suggestion from Duncan Duncan-Sandys, former Secretary of State for the Colonies; memorandum and speech notes for JA on the second reading of the Gambia Independence Bill; memorandum by Sir William McLean, Colonial Office, on policy and progress in colonial constitutional changes; notes for the defence debate, Dec 1964.
1 file.

Nov 1964-Jun 1965

Gibraltar. Papers and correspondence on the future of Gibraltar, including: press cuttings; report by Patrick Wall on his visit to Gibraltar; suggestions by Nigel Fisher [Conservative spokesman for Commonwealth Affairs] for negotiations with Spain; notes on the frontier situation; statements by Sir Joshua Hassan, Chief Minister of Gibraltar, and others to the United Nations Special Committee on progress in ending Gibraltar's colonial status, with extracts from the UN record.
1 file.

Sep 1963-Mar 1966

Visit to Gibraltar. Papers and correspondence on JA's visit to Gibraltar, Mar 1965, including: report by Patrick Wall on his visit to Gibraltar; correspondence with individuals including [Ernest] Howard Davis [Director of Labour and Social Security, Gibraltar] and General Sir [Alfred] Dudley Ward [Governor of Gibraltar]; briefing notes from the Colonial Office, the Spanish Ambassador to Britain and the Royal Institute of International Affairs, including papers of the United Nations Special Committee on Gibraltar; press reports from Gibraltar; speech notes and programmes for JA.
2 files.

Feb 1965-Sep 1965

Colonial Office. Includes: Commonwealth Parliamentary questions on colonial and Commonwealth affairs; Colonial Office staff lists; paper from the Gibraltar Chamber of Commerce, "Facts on the Gibraltar Problem"; paper presented to Parliament by the Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for the Colonies on Gibraltar, and recent differences with Spain.
1 file.

Feb 1965-Apr 1965

Invitation and instructions for the state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill.
1 file.

Jan 1965

Conservative Commonwealth Council. Papers from the council's twelfth annual conference, including: rough speech notes; letters of thanks to JA from 10th Lord Selkirk, Chairman (4); papers on the future of Africa, the future of the dependent Commonwealth territories, policy in the Indian Ocean area, Commonwealth migration and trade, aid, investment and insurance.
1 file.

Apr 1965-May 1965

Conservative Defence Policy Committee. Includes: printed papers on defence estimates; notes for the defence debate and service estimates debate; report of the Plowden committee of inquiry into the aircraft industry, with rough notes by JA and first reactions from the Society of British Aerospace Companies Limited; letter from Sir Alexander Douglas-Home [earlier 14th Lord Home, later Lord Home of the Hirsel] on negotiations with Ian Smith [Prime Minister of Rhodesia] on education; letter from [Leonard] Robert Carr, asking for JA's advice on the Air Corporations Bill; transcripts from the Conservative Party Conference, of speeches by Douglas-Home on foreign affairs, and by [John] Enoch Powell on defence; defence policy group minutes, with papers on the reorganisation of the Territorial Army and general defence policy.
1 file.

Jul 1965-Jul 1967

Rhodesia. Various papers on the independence negotiations between Britain and Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe], including: printed documents on the negotiations between the British and Southern Rhodesian Governments; Monday Club pamphlets; issues of various newspapers; printed documents on the effect on pensions of sanctions against Rhodesia; arrangements for JA's visit to Rhodesia, Jan 1966; extracts from Hansard from debates on Rhodesia; chronology of events; Sir Alexander Douglas-Home [earlier 14th Lord Home, later Lord Home of the Hirsel] commenting on a letter from a former Government Security Officer for Northern Rhodesia [Zambia] on a proposal to send British troops to protect the Kariba Dam; minutes of the Watching Committee and of the Monday Club Rhodesia Emergency Committee; transcripts of broadcasts by Zambia Radio to Southern Rhodesia, urging people to work against the Government; texts of speeches by Edward Heath, Leader of the Conservative Party, and Douglas-Home; letter from Robert Turton [later Lord Tranmire] on Canadian legislation relating to independence; memoranda on the Rhodesian Constitution of 1961; statements from the British Council of Churches and the Conference of Missionary Societies.
2 files.

Nov 1964-Dec 1965

"Rhodesia file 2". Letters of support from the general public for JA's stand against the Government's policy of imposing sanctions on Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe], also including transcripts of radio broadcasts, with JA taking part in discussions on Rhodesia.
4 files.

Nov 1965-Jan 1966

"Rhodesia file 3". Letters of support from the general public for JA's stand against the Government's policy of imposing sanctions on Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe], also including: notes for speeches by JA on Rhodesia; briefing papers on Rhodesia; chronology of events; minutes of a meeting of the Watching Committee, Jan 1966; questions put to Humphry Berkeley, MP for Lancaster, by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Society in Rhodesia; memorandum from Sir William McLean, Colonial Office, on colonial constitutional changes during 1965.
3 files.

May 1965-May 1966

Rhodesia. General papers on Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe], including: pamphlet by John Biggs-Davison for the British Commonwealth Union; pamphlet of collected articles by Dean Acheson on the Rhodesian question; extracts from Hansard; record of a meeting between JA and [Thomas] George Thomas, Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations [later 1st Lord Tonypandy] on JA's forthcoming visit to Rhodesia [Mar 1967] and the Government's policy on Rhodesia; chronology of events, 1971-72.
1 file.

Jun 1966-Dec 1972

Rhodesia. General papers and correspondence on Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe], including: minutes of meetings of the Watching Committee; printed papers from the Rhodesian Government on relations with Britain and a proposed new constitution; reports of talks with the Rhodesian Government, 1968-69; note from a talk with George Thomson [Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs]; letters from [Robert] Michael Stewart, Foreign Secretary, and Maurice Foley, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign Office, on JA's visit to Rhodesia [Jan 1969], with notes of JA's meeting with Foley; letters from Sir [Thomas] Hugh Beadle, Rhodesian Chief Justice, with a copy of the judgement in the constitutional case of a stay in execution for criminals in Rhodesia; extract from a speech to the Young Conservative Conference by Duncan Duncan-Sandys [former Secretary of State for the Colonies]; papers from JA's visit to Rhodesia, Mar 1968, including judgements on death sentences, programme and rough notes of meetings; notes on the chances of a constitutional settlement, and on executions and reprieves; economic survey of Rhodesia, 1967; draft article by JA, Feb 1969; programme for JA's visit to Rhodesia, Jan 1969, sent by Sir Frederick Crawford.
2 files.

Mar 1968-Apr 1970

Visit to Rhodesia. Papers from JA's visit to Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe], including a programme for the visit, sent by Sir Frederick Crawford, the text of an address by Sir Albert Robinson [former High Commissioner in Britain for the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland] on a British proposal for amendments to the constitution and an article by Lord Malvern, former Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland [earlier Godfrey Huggins] on the constitution.
1 file.

Jan 1969

Visit to South Africa. Papers from JA's visit to South Africa, Jan-Feb 1969, including correspondence on arrangements, particularly relating to meetings of the Vaal Reefs Exploration and Mining Company Limited (of which JA was a director), with minutes of company meetings. Also includes: text of a speech by JA to a Conservative May Day rally on the threat to Britain's overseas trade from the Government's colonial policy; draft of an article on China, American power in the Far East and the British withdrawal from the Far East.
1 file.

Nov 1968-Feb 1969

South African papers. Includes: draft letter to the press by JA on the confused aims of the mission of Sir [Richard] Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary, in South Africa; summary sent by Howe of the Government's view on a recent Commonwealth Review meeting on South Africa, 1986; letter from John Carlisle to Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, supporting her stand against further sanctions on South Africa; Monday Club paper by JA, John Carlisle and Richard Stallabrass on South Africa and the West; annotated paper on the advantages to a Conservative Government in planning an economic and political strategy in Central and Southern Africa; paper by Stephen Hastings on strategy towards Southern Africa, particularly relating to the views of the South African, Rhodesian and Portuguese Governments, with a follow-up paper on relations with South Africa; paper on future policy towards Central and Southern Africa under a Conservative Government.
1 file.

Feb 1970-Aug 1986

Southern Africa. Includes: tributes to Jan Smuts; paper on future policy towards Central and Southern Africa under a Conservative Government; note by JA on general areas of agreement and doubt over future policy; paper on the advantages to a Conservative Government in planning an economic and political strategy in Central and Southern Africa.
1 file.

Mar 1970-Jul 1970

South East Asia. Addendum to a speech by Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore, on the results for the balance of power in Asia of the United States withdrawing from Vietnam.
1 file.

Jun 1966

China. Includes: correspondence relating to JA's visit to Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore in Nov-Dec 1968, with correspondents including Ei Whan Pai, Korean Ambassador to Britain and Peter Wilkinson, British Ambassador to Vietnam; draft article by JA on the political situation in China; papers from the Asian Peoples' Anti-Communist League Council and World Anti-Communist League.
1 file.

Apr 1967-Nov 1969

Visit to Far East. Correspondence relating to JA's visit to Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore in Nov-Dec 1968, with correspondents including: Sir Eric Griffith-Jones (3); Ei Whan Pai, Korean Ambassador to Britain; [Robert] Michael Stewart, Foreign Secretary. Also includes: photographs of JA meeting Air Force officials in Korea and JA in the Chinese legislature; some papers from JA's visit to Ghana in Feb 1968.
1 file.

Aug 1968-Feb 1970

Visit to Far East. Papers from JA's visit to Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, including: itineraries, with rough diary notes; rough notes on the political situation; rough notes of meetings.
1 file.

Nov 1968

Visit to Far East: pamphlets.
1 file.

Nov 1968-Dec 1968

Visit to Rome. Papers and correspondence on JA's visit to give a lecture at the NATO Defense College in Rome [Italy], Jul 1969, including rough lecture notes on the international situation.
1 file.

1969-Aug 1969

Paper on a World Economy Stabiliser by L St Clare Grondona.
1 file.

Oct 1969

Conservative Central Office. Correspondence with Central Office on subjects including speaking engagements, meetings and campaigns. Correspondents include and Robert Elliott, Vice-Chairman of the Party and Patrick Cosgrave, Conservative Research Department. Also includes: paper on themes for Europe, for use in supporting the Government's policy on Europe and the Common Market; text of a speech by [John] Enoch Powell to the Young Conservative Conference on immigration (Jan 1970); texts of speeches by Joseph Godber, agriculture spokesman, on agricultural policy in the 1970s; briefing for the second reading of the Representation of the People Bill; briefing on the Fulton Report on the Civil Service.
2 files.

Apr 1968-Dec 1971

Conservative Party Conference. Papers and correspondence from the 1969 Party Conference, Brighton [Sussex], mainly invitations, programmes, arrangements etc, with rough speech notes on industry and the economy.
1 file.

Jul 1969-Oct 1969

Conservative Party Conference. Papers and correspondence from the 1971 Party Conference, Brighton [Sussex], mainly invitations, programmes, arrangements etc, with copies of motions for a debate on housing.
1 file.

Aug 1971-Oct 1971

Conservative Party Conference. Papers and correspondence from the 1972 Party Conference, Blackpool [Lancashire], mainly invitations, programmes, arrangements etc. Correspondents include Peter Blaker and 2nd Lord Tweedsmuir, Chancellor of the Primrose League [earlier John Buchan].
1 file.

Jun 1972-Oct 1972

Visit to Pakistan and Tehran. Correspondence on JA's visit to Pakistan and Iran, Jan 1970, including a photograph of JA with [? officials of the United Bank Limited, Karachi]. Also includes: lists of whips' responsibilities and party committees and all-party notices; Conservative Central Office agent's report on the General Election in the south east.
1 file.

Jan 1970-Jul 1970

Anglo French Committee. Papers and correspondence on forming a committee to promote Franco-British co-operation, and meeting General Pierre Billotte, former French Minister of Defence, with correspondents including: [John] Selwyn Lloyd (4); General Billotte (8); Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, President of the Paneuropean Union (2); Maurice Druon; Eldon Griffiths (5); Raymond Gunter; [Alastair] Brian Walden; Charles Longbottom, Chairman of the Ariel Foundation; John Biggs-Davison; Sir Alexander Douglas-Home [later Lord Home of the Hirsel]; 8th Lord Lansdowne [earlier George Mercer-Nairne] (2); [Aubrey] Geoffrey Rippon; Richard Wood [later Lord Holderness]; Maurice Edelman; 5th Lord Harlech [earlier (William) David Ormsby-Gore]. Also includes: minutes of a meeting with Billotte ; membership lists.
1 file.

Nov 1969-Sep 1970

Africa and the Middle East. Includes: correspondence on sending relief personnel to Nigeria [following the civil war], with correspondents including Benjamin Whitaker, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Development; extracts from Hansard for debates on the Middle East, Feb-Mar 1970; chronology of recent events in Basutoland, later Lesotho.
1 file.

Jan 1970-Jul 1970

Miscellaneous personal and political papers. Includes: extract from message from Albanian mission, 1944; map showing distribution of Somalis in East Africa, 1963; all-Party notices and a note on industrial relations policy, 1969; extracts from a press conference on Israeli-Arab peace proposals, c 1970; newsletters from Eastern Europe, 1974.
1 file.

Sep 1944-Nov 1974

Miscellaneous personal and political papers. Includes: briefing on homelessness in London; correspondence on Leo Amery's archive; minutes of a Monday Club meeting, Apr 1971; note on possible amendments to the Rhodesian constitution; letter from Florence Amery to [Florence] Elsa, Lady Richmond, on John Amery, following his trial for treason, 1945; text of a speech by Rear-Admiral Sir Anthony Buzzard to the Liberal International British group, on Britain and the Middle East; reprint of a photograph of Joseph Chamberlain, 1905.
1 file.

Dec 1945-Jul 1971

Miscellaneous political papers. Includes: press extracts on the conflict between Israel and the Arab states; papers from the British Council of the European Movement; text of a speech by John Biggs-Davison at a Monday Club conference, on NATO and the wider world; Conservative Research Department papers on NATO and Czechoslovakia, and recruitment and reserves for the armed forces; text of a pamphlet by George Young on race relations and immigration, "Who Goes Home"; Balfour Day Dinner speech by Tony Benn on Britain's relations with Israel and hopes for a settlement in the Middle East; memorandum on the simplification of the tax system; text of a speech by Edward Heath [Leader of the Conservative Party] on the economic record of the Labour Government.
1 file.

Oct 1968-Dec 1969

Miscellaneous political papers. Includes: text of a speech by Winston Churchill at Westminster College, Fulton [United States], 1972, 25 years after the "Iron Curtain" speech; collected articles by Ray McHugh, Vice-President of Copley News Service, on West Germany and the future of Europe; briefing on the financing of student unions, with a letter from William van Straubenzee, Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Education and Science; correspondence between JA and Anthony Royle, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [later Lord Fanshawe of Richmond] on the Oxfam appeal for Pakistan; rough notes on the death of the Iraqi politician Nuri es-Said in 1958.
1 file.

Nov 1971-May 1972