Chairman's Office correspondence with Macmillan and his Private Office

Title

Chairman's Office correspondence with Macmillan and his Private Office

Shelfmark

CCO 20/8/6

Summary

[258 folios]

Correspondents include:-

Bidgood, John C, MP for Bury and Radcliffe

Blakenham, Lord, Party Chairman (1963-1965)

Bryan, Paul, Conservative Party Vice-Chairman

Carr, Wiliam Compton, MP for Barons Court

Clark, William, MP for Nottingham South, Chairman, Political Council of the Junior Carlton Club

Davenport-Handley, David, Chairman, Rutland and Stamford Conservative Association

Dean, Paul, Assistant Director, Conservative Research Department

Drayson, George Burnaby, MP for Skipton

Durant, RAB, Young Conservatives' Department, Conservative Central Office

Dyke, JW, Secretary and Agent, Hammersmith Conservative Association

Eccles, David, 1st Viscount Eccles

Edwards, Sir Eric, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Union

Glover, Sir Douglas, MP for Ormskirk

Goldman, Peter, Director, Conservative Political Centre

Heading, Roger, Cambridge University Conservative Association

Hewitt, John, Leader's Private Office

Johnston, Ian Lawson, 2nd Baron Luke, Chairman, 1963 Campaign for Education

Joseph, Sir Keith, Minister of Housing and Local Government

Lawson, Sir Nigel, Chairman, The Coningsby Club

Macleod, Iain, Party Chairman (1961-1963)

Poole, Oliver, 1st Baron Poole, Conservative Party Chairman (1961-1963)

Robson-Brown, Sir William, MP for Esher

Tugendhat, Christopher, Chairman, The Coningsby Club

Turner, Barbara L, Universities and Teachers' Department, Conservative Central Office

Urton, Sir William, General Director, Conservative Central Office

Wyndham, John, Private Secretary to Macmillan

Zulueta, Philip Francis de, Private Secretary to Macmillan

Subjects include:-

Invitation for Macmillan to attend a dinner at the Carlton Club, Dec 1962

Invitation for Macmillan to attend a fete in Coventry, Jan 1963

Failure of the UK's EEC admission negotations, Jan 1963

Invitation for Macmillan to visit Bury, Feb 1963

Invitation for Macmillan and Lady Dorothy to attend the Junior Carlton Club's Political Ball, Feb 1963

Macmillan's attendance at the Conference of the Buildings Societies Association, Feb 1963

Invitation for Macmillan to address the Cambridge University Conservative Association, Feb 1963

Invitation for Macmillan to address the London Area Women's Annual Tea Party, Mar 1963

Resolution passed by Kettering Conservative & Unionist Association concerning de-nationalisation of the Steel Industry, Apr 1963

Macmillan's meeting with Party workers in Wolverhampton, Apr 1963

Macmillan's involvement with the 1963 Campaign for Education, Apr 1963

Proposed reform of the Conservative Party organisation, Apr 1963

Deputation from Rutland & Stamford Conservative Association concerning the proposed amalgamation of Leicestershire and Rutland into a new administrative county, Apr 1963

Request that RA Butler take on some of Macmillan's committee work to enable him to focus on presentation, May 1963

Bromley Conservative Association's concern that Macmillan, MP for Bromley, should not address public meetings in the constituency for fear of being disrupted, May 1963

Invitation for Macmillan to address the Haywards Heath Branch Young Conservatives, May 1963

The 'Marlow Declaration' concerning social and industrial relations and service of dedication concerning it to be held at Westminster Abbey, May 1963

Macmillan's invitation to address the Norwich Chamber of Commerce, May-Jun 1963

Message from Macmillan concerning to the Test Ban Treaty for inclusion in Pipeline, the journal of the Hammersmith Conservative Association, Jul 1963

Harold Wilson's proposed purchase of Soviet oil in return for British ship orders, Jul 1963

Macmillan's meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church of England stance on the independent nuclear deterrent, Jul 1963

Selwyn Lloyd's proposal for a Commonwealth Economic Development Council, Aug 1963

The Labour Party's policy towards the textiles industry, Aug 1963

Visit of Macmillan to Skipton during his holiday at Bolton Abbey, Aug 1963

Daily Mail opinion poll, Aug 1963

Date of the 1964 General Election

Dinner with the Young Conservatives' National Advisory Committee Sep 1963

Invitation from the Coningsby Club, Sep 1963

Appointment of Dennis Vosper as Chairman of the National Assistance Board, Oct 1963

Macmillan's visit to address the Cambridge University Conservative Association, Nov 1963

Use of Macmillan in by-election campaigning, Apr 1964

Includes:-

Draft paper, 'National Union Review Committee' by Sir Douglas Glover, 08/01/1963

Memorandum from Iain Macleod to Macmillan (and earlier 2nd draft prepared by Michael Fraser) concerning the implications of the failure of the EEC entry negotiations, 24-25 Jan 1963

Leaflet, 'Challenge Accepted', featuring text of Macmillan's speech broadcast on 30/01/1963 concerning the breakdown of the EEC admission negotiations

Ministry of Housing and Local Government paper, 'Local Government Reorganisation: Notes on the Rutland proposals for Mr Macleod's meeting with Mr Kenneth Lewis' , ND [Feb 1963]

Minutes of meeting of Bromley Conservative Association's Education & Propaganda Committee, 14/05/1963

Transcript of interview with Macmillan by Professor Robert Mackenzie concerning Pointing the Way, Macmillan's memoirs covering the period 1959-1961, broadcast on BBC1 on 06/06/1972 [26pp]

Date

Dec 1962-Nov 1963; Apr 1964; Jun 1972

Language

English

Physical extent

1 file