Janus: The Papers of Sir William Gorell Barnes

Churchill/BARN contains:
1	Committee Notebooks
2	Papers relating to Gorell Barnes' period as Personal Assistant to the Prime Minister, Clement Attlee
3	Papers relating to Gorell Barnes' period as Assistant and Deputy Under Secretary, Colonial Office
4	Personal correspondence
5	Lectures on Colonial Topics
6	Conservative Commonwealth and Overseas Council Papers
7	Royal Institute of International Affairs
8	Published Material

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The Papers of Sir William Gorell Barnes

Title	Conservative Commonwealth and Overseas Council Papers
Reference	BARN 6
Covering Dates	1965–1972
Extent and Medium	14 files + 1 volume

Content and context

Files of correspondence, minutes and reports arising from Sir William's membership of three Conservative Commonwealth and Overseas Councils including various working parties and Annual Conference.

Churchill/BARN 6 contains:

Papers for Conservative Commonwealth Council 12th Annual Conference. Includes papers on 'The Future of Africa'; 'Policy in the Indian Ocean Area'; 'Commonwealth Migration'; 'The Future of the Dependent Commonwealth'; 'Trade, Aid, Investment and Insurance'.
1 file.

Apr 1965

Commonwealth and Europe Group. Includes a list of members of the group and papers on Britain joining the European Economic Community.
1 file.

Jan 1966-Mar 1967

Commonwealth Policy Study Group.
3 files + 1 volume.

1965–1967

Papers for 1968 Conservative Commonwealth and Overseas Council Annual Conference. Includes paper on Commonwealth Sugar Agreement, and papers on the implication of Britain joining EEC for 1970 Conservative Commonwealth and Overseas Council Annual Conference.
1 file.

1968–1970

Reports of Action Committee for the United States of Europe. Includes reports and the resolutions adopted by the committee .
1 file.

1969

Common Market Advisory Group. Papers and reports.
1 file.

1970

Commonwealth and Europe Group Working Party on the Implications of Joining EEC. Includes correspondence, minutes and working papers for paper prepared for 17th Annual Conservative Commonwealth and Overseas Council Conference.
2 files.

1969–1970

Papers for Conservative Commonwealth and Overseas Council 17th Annual Conference.
2 files.

Sep 1969-Apr 1970

Papers for Conservative Commonwealth and Overseas Council 18th Annual Conference. Papers on conference theme "Britain's Role in a Changed World".
1 file.

1971

Papers for Conservative Commonwealth and Overseas Council 19th Annual Conference. Includes papers of ad hoc Working Group on effect of European Economic Community (EEC) on relations with North America and minutes of the Executive Committee of the Council.
1 file.

Aug 1971-Mar 1972