Disarmament Campaign (III): Correspondence and papers

Title

Disarmament Campaign (III): Correspondence and papers

Shelfmark

CCO 20/37/4

Summary

Correspondents include:-

Blaker, Peter, Minister of State for the Armed Forces

Booth, John G, Chairman, Taunton and District Branch, The Monday Club

Boyne, Sir Harry, Director of Press and Communications, Conservative Central Office

Cowell, Tim, Assistant Director (Youth), Conservative Central Office

Garner, Sir Anthony, Director of Organisation and Community Affairs, Conservative Central Office

Johnson, David, Chairman, Wessex Area Young Conservatives, and National Secretary, Youth for Multilateral Disarmament

Nott, John, Secretary of State for Defence

Parkinson, Cecil, Conservative Party Chairman

Prisk, Mark, Chairman, Reading University Conservative Association

Shipley, Peter, Conservative Research Department

Subjects include:-

Rejection of unilateralism by Reading University students

Difficulties with distribution of anti-CND Ministry of Defence literature

Anti-CND conference entitled 'Peace not Appeasement', held at Conservative Central Office, Feb 1982

Appointment of an MP to coordinate the Conservatives' anti-CND campaign

Briefing Conference for MPs on CND and deterrence, held at Conservative Central Office, Mar 1982

CND demonstrations, Jun 1982

Includes:-

Anti-CND leaflets, c1982-1983:-

Coalition for Peace Through Security:- CND: Communists Neutralists Defeatists, 30 Questions...And Honest Answers about CND

Foreign and Commonwealth Office:- The Nuclear Debate, Britain and Arms Control

Ministry of Defence:- Nuclear Weapons and Preventing War, How to Deal with a Bully, Trident. Vital for Britain

Also includes:-

Anti-CND literature pack produced by Youth for Multilateral Disarmament, 'Peace and Defence: Speakers Notes' by Phil Pedley, 1981

Conservative Research Department briefing pack, 'Deterrence and Disarmament', Jan 1982

Conservative Research Department paper, 'Trends in the Disarmament Movement', Peter Shipley, 22/01/1982

Photocopies of leaflets distributed by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, ND [1982]

Briefing paper for circulation to MPs on the impact of the Defence cuts on the Royal Navy, Apr 1982

Photocopy of Socialist Worker flyer promoting demonstrations against President Reagan's visit to the UK, and the Falklands Conflict, Jun 1982

Statement entitled 'The Church and the Bomb' by Peter Blaker MP, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, in response to publication of the report of the Church of England's Working Party of the Board of Social Responsibility, Oct 1982

Date

Dec 1981-Oct 1982

Language

English

Physical extent

1 file