Janus: The Papers of Neil Kinnock

Churchill/KNNK 19 contains:
1	Appointments and invitations
2	Visits
3	Visit to East Africa
4	Visit to Southern Africa
5	Visits to NK as European Commissioner
6	Visits by NK as European Commissioner

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The Papers of Neil Kinnock

Title	Appointments and invitations
Reference	KNNK 19/1
Covering Dates	1983–1992
Extent and Medium	4 archive boxes

Content and context

Correspondence on events and meetings to which NK was invited, with some briefings and notes on arrangements.

Churchill/KNNK 19/1 contains:

Appointments, invitations and meetings. Correspondents include: Renée Short; Phillip Whitehead [Centenary Director of the Fabian Society]; Robin Cook.
1 file.

May 1983-Aug 1983

Appointments, invitations and meetings. Correspondents include: Peter Hain (3); Alfred Dubs; Oonagh McDonald (3); Mark Fisher; Peter Pike (3); Anita Pollack; Barbara Castle; Jilly Cooper, Mail on Sunday; Bernard Crick; Christopher Pond, Director of the Low Pay Unit.
1 file.

May 1983-Sep 1983

Meetings to be arranged. Correspondents include: representatives of the ORT Resource Centre; Alexander Ferry, General Secretary, Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions (2); John Smith, on the Plowden Group; Frank Judd, Director of Oxfam (3); Ronald Davie, Director of the National Children's Bureau; Joan Lestor, Director of the Trade Unions' Child Care Project; David Warburton, Principal National Officer, GMB; Ted Rowlands; Christopher Harding, Chairman of British Nuclear Fuels plc (3); Sir Timothy Bevan, Director of Barclays Bank plc, on the bank's involvement in South Africa; Sir Austin Pearce, Chairman of British Aerospace; William McKelvey; Harriet Harman, on Women Against Pit Closures; Robert Reid, Chairman of Shell UK; Lord Marshall of Goring, Chairman of the Central Electricity Generating Board; Sir Emmanuel Kaye, on the Unquoted Companies' Group (3); representatives of various bodies relating to the London Docklands; Sir John Clark, Chairman of the Plessey Company plc; Wilfred Wood, Archdeacon of Southwark.
1 file.

Nov 1984-May 1987

Meetings to be arranged. Correspondents include: Sir Denys Henderson, Chairman of ICI; 7th Lord Harewood, Chairman of English National Opera (8); Patricia, Lady Harewood; Sir Arthur Hockaday, Secretary and Director-General, Commonwealth War Graves Commission (2); Judge Gerald Butler (2); Marie Staunton, Director, British Section, Amnesty International; Barry Jones on meeting the Chairman of Barclays Bank; Malcolm Harper, Director of the United Nations Association.
1 file.

Aug 1987-Nov 1989

Invitations to give speeches. Correspondents include: Peter Brighton, Director General of the Engineering Employers' Federation; Francisco d'Escoto, Dean of the Group of Latin American Ambassadors; Volker Dreike, Chairman of the London Diplomatic Association; [John] Alistair Graham, Director of the Industrial Society; Sir Richard O'Brien, Chairman of the Policy Studies Institute; Barry Sheerman; John Home Robertson.
1 file.

Apr 1988-Nov 1989

Invitations: Education and Training Seminars. Correspondence on arrangements for a speech given by NK to a conference for sixth form students.
1 file.

Apr 1986-Nov 1988

Appointments, invitations and meetings. Correspondents include: Derrick Walters, Dean of Liverpool; Donald Gray, Rector of St Margaret's, Westminster; Charles Morris, Vice-Chairman of Ponti's Group Limited; Norman Willis, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, TUC, on arrangements for a meeting with Lech Walesa, Chairman of Solidarnosc; Maharaja Rasgotra, Indian High Commissioner to Britain (2); Jeremy Bray, Labour spokesman on science and technology, on preparing for NK's Parliamentary and Scientific Lecture and on research laboratories for NK to visit (2); Colin Fisher, describing [? Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications] as NK's "evil genius". Also includes: Parliamentary Committee agenda, Nov 1989; papers on the Transport and General Workers Union Parliamentary Group annual general meeting; programmes for a rally at Beamish [County Durham], a Trades Union Congress northern gala, June 1989 and an official visit by Mikhail Gorbachev, Apr 1989.
1 file.

Apr 1989-Sep 1990

Northern invitations. Correspondents include Jack Thompson, Alan Donnelly, Ronald Campbell and John Hutton, inviting NK to various events in their constituencies.
1 file.

Aug 1985-May 1990

Appointments, invitations and meetings. Correspondents include: Denis Healey; Peter Brighton, Director General of the Engineering Employers' Federation; Dennis Turner; Wilfrid Stevenson, Director of the British Film Institute (2); Sir Denis Forman, Director, Granada Group plc (3); Sir John Harvey-Jones, Chairman of Parallax Enterprises Limited; Douglas McClelland, Australian High Commissioner to Britain; Nicholas Serota, Director of the Tate Gallery; Dennis Stevenson [Chairman of Trustees, Tate Gallery]; William Matovu, Ugandan High Commissioner to Britain; Barry Sheerman; John Rea Price, President, Association of Directors of Social Services (3); Peter Preston, Editor of the Guardian (2); Brenda Dean; Bryan Davies, Secretary, Parliamentary Labour Party; Ian Linden, General Secretary, Catholic Institute for International Relations; Keith Vaz; Campbell Christie, General Secretary, Scottish Trades Union Congress; Leslie Griffiths, Superintendent Minister of the West London Mission (5); Nicolas Kent, Artistic Director of the Tricycle Theatre (2); Sir Sigmund Sternberg, Deputy Chairman of the Labour Finance and Industry Group (3); Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury; Simon Haskel, Secretary of the Labour Finance and Industry Group (4); 3rd Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, Opposition Chief Whip, House of Lords; Sir Simon Gourlay, President of the National Farmers' Union (NFU) (2); Bryce Harland, New Zealand High Commissioner to Britain; Norman Willis, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC). . Also includes: programme for North Atlantic Assembly meeting, Nov 1990; Glenys Kinnock's diary for Nov-Dec; Parliamentary Labour Party diaries, Oct-Nov; briefing for a visit to GEC Plessey Telecommunications (GPT) in Beeston, Nottingham; timetable for a visit to Luton, May 1990; note of a meeting between NK and Alf Morris on disability policies.
2 files.

Jan 1990-Dec 1990

Appointments, invitations and meetings. Correspondents include: Philip Mawer, Secretary-General, General Synod of the Church of England; Ben Elton; John Morris; Leonard Lauder, President of Estée Lauder Companies; Adam Ingram; Frank Cook. Also includes: various briefings, including for a meeting with John Garrett on campaigning in the south, May 1990, a meeting with delegates from Towyn [Wales] on flood relief and for a reception at the Museum of London for North Atlantic Assembly delegates; notes on a lunch with the Engineering Employers Federation and a meeting with industrialists in Haydock [Lancashire]; notes on meeting with George Rees and Gwyn Williams on the coal industry, March 1990.
1 file.

Jan 1990-Dec 1990

Appointments, invitations and meetings. Correspondents include: Sir Denys Henderson, Chairman of ICI; Lord Graham of Edmonton, Opposition Chief Whip, House of Lords; 3rd Lord Grenfell, World Bank; David Blunkett; Kjell Eliassen, Norwegian Ambassador to Britain; [Lawrence] Tom Sawyer, Deputy General Secretary, National Union of Public Employees (NUPE); John Major, Prime Minister; [Thomas] Murray Elder, General Secretary, Scottish Labour Party; Campbell Christie, General Secretary, Scottish Trades Union Congress; Sir Paul Greening, Master of the Royal Household; Boris Biancheri, Italian Ambassador to Britain; Jeremy Bray; Sir Michael Atiyah, President of the Royal Society; Thomas Pendry and Gerald Kaufman (2); Sir Sigmund Sternberg; Peter Morgan, Director-General, Institute of Directors; Rhodri Morgan; Margaret Douglas, Chief Political Advisor, BBC (2); Ron Todd, General Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) (2); Garfield Davies, General Secretary, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW); Michael Jopling, Honorary Secretary, British-American Parliamentary Group (3); Sir David Nicholas, Chairman of Independent Television News Limited (ITN); Chris Smith, chairman of Tribune; John Howell, Director of the Overseas Development Institute (2); Roy Hudd (2); Norman Atkinson. Also includes: briefing for visit to RAF Laarbruch, Germany; note of a meeting on the Socialist Group Industrial Policy Conference; timetable for a visit to Coventry by Glenys Kinnock; questions for an interview on BBC Radio 1 with Nicky Campbell; background note for NK's dinner with the Institute for Public Policy Research, on key issues for the economy.
2 files.

Jan 1991-Jul 1991

Appointments, invitations and meetings. Correspondents include: Keith Vaz; Gavin Strang; [Lawrence] Tom Sawyer, Deputy General Secretary, National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) (2); Swraj Paul, Chairman of Caparo Group Limited; Anthony Cleaver, Chairman of IBM United Kingdom Limited (2); Donald Macdonald, Canadian High Commissioner to Britain; Gordon Brown; Jack Cunningham; Richard Lambert, Editor of the Financial Times; Ghillean Prance, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [London]; Sir Michael Caine, Chairman of Booker plc; Richard Rogers; John Hutton, with press cuttings on his views on the fourth Trident (relating to a visit to Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Limited, Nov 1991); [Charles] Noel Davies, Chief Executive of VSEL plc; 6th Lord Carrington [earlier Peter Carington]; Sir Graham Day, Chairman of British Aerospace; Sir Leon Brittan, Vice-President of the European Commission; Joop Hoekman, Dutch Ambassador to Britain; Merlyn Rees; Ken Follett; Jimmy Knapp, General Secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT); Donald Gray, Rector of St Margaret's, Westminster; George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury; Sir Allen Sheppard, Chairman of Grand Metropolitan plc; Giacomo Attolico, Italian Ambassador to Britain. Also includes: programme for the Strings and Roses event, Birmingham; note from Colin Byrne [Chief Press Officer] on marking the anniversary of John Major's first year in office.
2 files.

Aug 1991-Dec 1991

Appointments, invitations and meetings. Correspondents include: Peter Hennessy; Stuart Randall; Austin Mitchell; Thomas Pendry; John Birt, Deputy Director-General of the BBC; Kenneth Baker, Home Secretary. Also includes: list of NK's European visits and visitors, May-Dec ?1991; statement by Bettino Craxi [head of the Italian Socialist Party] and Achille Occetto on the attempted coup against Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union; agenda for the Parliamentary party officers' meeting, July 1991.
1 file.

Jan 1991-Oct 1991

Appointments, invitations and meetings. Correspondents include: Professor Sir David Williams, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge; Donald Gray, Rector of St Margaret's, Westminster; Sir Allen Sheppard, Chairman of Grand Metropolitan plc; Malcolm Ross, Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office; John Major, Prime Minister, on the Dissolution of Parliament before the General Election; Bill Morris, General Secretary Elect, Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU); Bill Owen; Joan Lestor; [?] Patricia Hewitt on subjects including the design of the election manifesto (2); Kenneth Kaunda; Alan Williams, advising NK to offer Wales a referendum on devolution; Lord Graham of Edmonton, Opposition Chief Whip, House of Lords; Paul Dacre, Editor of the Evening Standard; Angus Stirling, Chairman of the Royal Opera House; "Jack" [Bernard Weatherill], Speaker of the House of Commons; John Bruton, Leader of Fine Gael; Alex Eadie, Secretary, Miners' Parliamentary Group; John Healey; Malcolm Harper, Director of the United Nations Association; Hugh Bayley; Jeremy Isaacs, General Director of the Royal Opera House. Also includes: note on the appointment of David Mellor as Secretary of State for National Heritage, and the need to establish a comparable role in Opposition; draft text for the press launch of the 1992 General Election campaign; filming schedule for [?] an election broadcast, directed by Hugh Hudson; programme for a visit to South Africa, Feb 1992; briefing on a visit by Laurent Fabius, First Secretary, French Socialist Party; notes on the launch of the London campaign; programme for visit to Manchester, Jan 1992; programme for a rally at York, Jan 1992.
2 files.

Oct 1991-Jun 1992