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1987 General Election (including Strategy Group)

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CRD 4/30/7/8-10

Summary

Comprises:

1. CRD 4/30/7/8 - Strategy Group correspondence and papers, Oct 1986-Jun 1987. Correspondents include:

Britto, Keith, Deputy Director, Special Services Department, Conservative Central Office

Dobbs, Michael, Chief of Staff

Harris, Robin, Director, Conservative Research Department

Ingham, Bernard, Press Secretary, 10 Downing Street

Ridley, Nicholas, Secretary of State for the Environment

Sherbourne, Stephen, Political Secretary, 10 Downing Street

Tebbit, Norman, Party Chairman

True, Nicholas, Special Adviser to Secretary of State for Health and Social Security, Norman Fowler

Papers include:

Annotated note circulated to Strategy Group members listing the main issues affecting the next two weeks [Author not given, but probably Bernard Ingham], 2 Nov 1986

Memoranda concerning publication of details of the policy groups in The Independent, 3 Nov 1986

'Notes for the Home Secretary's presentation on Law and Order - Strategy Group - 3 November', Douglas Hurd, 6 Nov 1986

'Defence issues and their presentation', George Younger, 12 Nov 1986

Memorandum concerning 'Labour and Defence', 13 Nov 1986

Paper, 'Strategy Group: The Next Two Weeks', Bernard Ingham, 17 Nov 1986

Paper, 'Health Policy', Norman Fowler, 21 Nov 1986

Memorandum concerning Cold Weather Payments, 21 Nov 1986

Paper, 'Public Opinion - Problems and Opportunities', (2nd draft), Norman Tebbit, Dec 1986

Memorandum concerning the possibility of a Party Political Broadcast on Health, 25 Nov 1986

Paper, 'Speaking Note [for] Strategy Group - Monday 15th December', Keith Britto, 12 Dec 1986

Paper, 'Presentation this year', concerning a proposed Presentational Strategy in the lead-in towards the general election [Author not given], 15 Jan 1987

Paper, '"Managing the Economy" (PG/86/1) - Final Report: Comments', Robin Harris, 14 Jan 1987

Paper, 'Labour's Programme for Local Government', Peter Davis, Conservative Research Department, 5 Feb 1987

Paper, 'Home Office Responsibilities and the Manifesto', Douglas Hurd, 6 Feb 1987

Paper, 'Strategy Group: The Next Two Weeks', [Author not given, but probably Bernard Ingham], 15 Feb 1987

Paper, 'Law and Order and the Manifesto: Strategy Group Meeting on Monday, 9th February 1987' - comments on Douglas Hurd's paper, Robin Harris, 6 Feb 1987

'Paper from Kenneth Clarke for discussion at Strategy Group meeting: Inner Cities policy', 12 Feb 1987

'Paper from Nicholas Ridley for discussion at Strategy Group meeting on 16 February 1987: Inner Cities', 14 Feb 1987

Paper, 'Education Policy: Paper for Prime Minister's Strategy Group meeting, Monday 2 March 1987', Kenneth Baker, 27 Feb 1987

Paper, 'Agriculture and Rural Life', Michael Jopling, Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 6 Mar 1987

Paper, 'Note on Farming and the Countryside', Nicholas Ridley, 5 Mar 1987

Memorandum to the Prime Minister, 'Opinion Research Findings', Norman Tebbit, 18 Mar 1987

2. CRD 4/30/7/9 - Strategy Group: Handwritten draft notes of meetings by Robin Harris, Secretary of the Group, Jun 1986-May 1987. [2 spiral-bound notepads; heavily abbreviated; includes doodles].

3. CRD 4/30/7/10 - Labour Councillors, 1986-1987.