Correspondence, mainly between the Chairman's Office and Margaret Thatcher and the Leader's Private Office

Title

Correspondence, mainly between the Chairman's Office and Margaret Thatcher and the Leader's Private Office

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CCO 20/8/19

Summary

Correspondents include:-

Bruce-Gardyne, J Conservative Board of Finance

Butler, Adam, MP, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Mrs Thatcher

Churchill, Winston S, MP for Stretford

Clark, William, Deputy Party Chairman

Clarke, Windsor, Chairman, General Election News Conferences Committee, Westminster Press Ltd

Garner, Sir Anthony, Director, Organisation Department, Conservative Central Office

Glyn, Alan Dr, MP for Windsor and Maidenhead

Henson, H, Director, Henson's Decorators Ltd, Headingly, Leeds

Howarth, Alan, Personal Assistant to Party Chairman Lord Thorneycroft

Iveson, Tony, Director of Information Services, Trust Houses Forte Limited

Le Bosquet, Peter, Vice-Chairman, Nottingham Conservative Association

Leigh, Edward, Leader's Private Office

Muirhead, J, Organising Secretary, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association

Neave, Airey, Leader's Private Office

Osborne, Lady, Chairman, Leicester Conservative Federation

Oxenbury, Shirley, Chairman's Office

Patten, Chris, Director, Conservative Research Department

Rook, Major Alan, Chairman, Nottingham Federation of Conservative Associations

Saunders, W, Monmouth Trades Union Advisory Committee

Thatcher, Margaret, Party Leader

Thorneycroft, Lord, Party Chairman

Watkinson, Viscount Harold, President, Confederation of British Industry (1976-1977)

Subjects include:-

Referendum on the Common Market, 1975

Cancellation of Mrs Thatcher's visits to Nottingham and Leicester Conservatives, Jun 1975

Appointment of Leon Brittan as the official link between the Conservative Parliamentary Party and academics, Jul 1975

Financial crisis in Conservative Central Office, Jul 1975

Complaint against Mrs Thatcher's 'Do-it-yourself' campaign, Oct 1975

Presentations against electoral change, Jan 1976

Lunch with potential donors to the Conservative Party, Sir Charles Forte of Trust House Forte and Lord Alf Robens, of Vickers, Mar 1976

Resignation of Lord Chelmer as Joint Party Treasurer and the future relationship between remaining Joint Treasurers Lord McAlpine and Lord Ashdown, Apr 1976

Notes for a proposed speech for Mrs Thatcher to make in an attempt to resolve difference within the Party over economic policy, May 1976

Denial of Shadow Cabinet discussions on the possibility of coalition in the event of Harold Wilson's resignation, Mar 1976

Liaison between the Conservative Party and Confederation of British Industry, June 1976

Appearance of Mrs Thatcher on Thames Television programme 'Good Afternoon', July 1976

Use of 3 slots for party political broadcasts on Radio 4, August 1976

Edward Heath's attendance at the 1976 Conservative Party Conference, Sep 1976

The Swedish election results, 20/09/1976

Joint campaign with the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors and the Nation Federation of Building Trade Employers against the Labour Party's plans for local authorities' direct labour organisations, Oct 1976

Mrs Thatcher's visit to Gravesend and refusal to give a pre-arranged interview for BBC Radio Medway, 18/10/1976

Dinner with Area Chairmen, Nov 1976

Poor Conservative campaign during the Newcastle Central by-election, Nov 1976

Proposed joint venue for parties' daily press conferences during General Election campaign, Nov 1976

Reducing expenditure in the public sector under a Conservative administration, Dec 1976

Reflections on 1976 and plan of action for 1977, Jan 1977

Merger of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association with the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations

Proposed Minister for Trade Union Affairs, Mar 1977

Potential candidates for replacing Sir Peter Kirk as leader of the Conservative delegation in the European Parliament, Apr 1977

Formation of the European Democrat Union, Sep 1977

Resignation of William Clark MP as Deputy Chairman, Nov 1977

Pantomime performance of the 'Wizard of Oz', featuring Norman St John Stevas, along with Denis Healey MP and Cyril Smith MP and others, to be broadcast on BBC1 on 19/12/1977

Includes:-

Analysis of letters sent to Mrs Thatcher between mid-September and mid-November 1975, by Edward Leigh, 21/11/1975

Report on the Swedish general election, by Dr Alan Glyn MP

Mrs Thatcher's programme for the 1976 Conservative Party Conference, Oct 1976

List of Mrs Thatcher's engagements, Jan-July 1976, ND

Itinerary for Mrs Thatcher's visit the China, Japan and Hong Kong, 6-19 Apr 1977

Date

Jun 1975-Dec 1977

Language

English

Physical extent

1 file