Party Chairman's correspondence with the Conservative Overseas Bureau
CCO 20/15/1
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Party Chairman's correspondence with the Conservative Overseas Bureau
Shelfmark
CCO 20/15/1
Summary
Correspondents include:-
Blakenham, Lord, Party Chairman (1963-1965)
Butler, RA, Party Chairman (1959-1961) and Home Secretary (1957-1962)
Emmet, Mrs Evelyn, Chairman, Conservative Overseas Bureau (1959-c.1965)
Herwarth, Hans von, German Ambassador in London (1955-1961)
Lloyd, Selwyn, Foreign Secretary (1955-1960)
Low, Sir Toby, Deputy Party Chairman (1959-1963)
Macleod, Iain, Party Chairman (1961-1963)
Milne, Robert, Secretary, Conservative Overseas Bureau (c.1950s)
Redmayne, Martin, Chief Whip (1959-1964)
Sharples, Richard, MP for Sutton and Cheam (1954-1972)
Subjects include:-
Appointments to Conservative Overseas Bureau posts, 1959-1964
Closer links between the Conservative Party and the German CDU/CSU, 1959-1964
Position of ex-Prime Minister Sophocles Venzelous of Greece, 1960
Contact with Italian Christian Democrats, 1960
Visit of Italian CDU delegation, 1961
Visit to India of Evelyn Emmet, Chairman, Conservative Overseas Bureau, 1960
Visit of Swiss Conservatives, 1962
Nouvelles Equipes Internationales (NEI) Conference, Strasbourg, 1963
European Union of Women's Bi-annual Conference, Rome, 1963
12th CDU Conference, Hanover, Mar 1964
Includes:-
Summary of the functions of the Conservative Overseas Bureau, ND (c1959)
Summary of the functions of the Conservative Commonwealth Council, ND (c1959)
Progress report of the Conservative Overseas Bureau 1949-1955, Robert Milne, 1955
Union Internationale des Democrates Chretiens pamphlet, Un Appel Pour L'Europe. Declaration de la Conference de Presidents des Partis Democrates Chretiens de l'Europe des Six, faite a Bruxelles le 8 fevrier 1963, ND [1963]
Date
Nov 1955; Nov 1959-Mar 1964
Language
English
Physical extent
1 file
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Collection contents
Conservative Party Archive: Conservative Central Office - Party Chairman's Office
The Party Organisation
Liaison within the Party Organisation
Conservative Overseas Bureau
Party Chairman's correspondence with the Conservative Overseas Bureau
