Correspondence

Title

Correspondence

Shelfmark

CCO 500/65/1

Summary

Comprises:

CCO 500/65/1/1 - Index of correspondence and papers, n.d;

CCO 500/65/1/2 - Correspondence of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Edward Du Cann, and Harold Wilson, Nov 1964-Jan 1967;

CCO 500/65/1/3 - Correspondence (fols. 1-68), mostly concerning potential Conservative candidates for Parliament, Feb 1937-Jan 1951;

CCO 500/65/1/4 - Correspondence (fols. 69-136), Feb 1938-Nov 1963.

Correspondents include:

Amery, Leo, MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook;

Assheton, Ralph, Chairman of the Conservative Party;

Butler, Rab, Chairman of the Conservative Research Department;

Churchill, Sir Winston, Leader of the Conservative Party;

Douglas-Home, Sir Alec, Leader of the Conservative Party;

Du Cann, Sir Edward, Chairman of the Conservative Party;

Dugdale, Thomas, Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party;

Eden, Anthony, Leader of the House of Commons and Foreign Secretary;

Fraser, Michael, Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party;

Hacking, Sir Douglas, Chairman of the Conservative Party;

Heath, Edward, Leader of the Conservative Party;

Hoare, Sir Samuel, Lord Privy Seal;

Holyoake, Sir Keith, Prime Minister of New Zealand;

Hylton-Foster, Sir Harry, Speaker of the House of Commons;

Macleod, Iain, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer;

Marples, Ernest, Member of Parliament for Wallasey and Minister of Transport;

Maudling, Reginald, Shadow Foreign Secretary;

Maxse, Marjorie, Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party;

5th Marquess of Salisbury, Member of the House of Lords;

Soames, Christopher, Shadow Foreign Secretary;

Wilson, Harold, Prime Minister;

Lord Windlesham, Vice Chairman (Candidates);

Woolton, Lord Frederick, Chairman of the Conservative Party.

Subjects include:

Sir Alec Douglas-Home's public image;

An Iron and Steel Bill;

Ernest Maples' inability to attend the 1965 Conservative Party Conference to give a speech on technology;

Public opinion poll on Rhodesia;

A proposed study looking at the pros and cons of joining of the European Economic Community (EEC);

Prospective Conservative candidates for Parliament;

Nationalisation (including of steel);

Educational Reform White Paper, impact on Catholic schools of, 1943;

Discussion (including Winston Churchill) about creating 'The Union Party', an alliance with various 'Unionists' against socialism.

Includes:

Message from Ernest Maples MP to the Conservative Party Conference, 1965, concerning Conservative policy on technology [CCO 500/65/1/2];

Statement by Harold Wilson on the arrangement to put a memorial stone in Westminster Abbey for Winston Churchill [CCO 500/65/1/2].

Date

Feb 1937-Jan 1967

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (4 folders)