Internal memoranda, press cuttings and papers concerning Conservative Party monitoring the Labour Party
CCO 20/2/12
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Internal memoranda, press cuttings and papers concerning Conservative Party monitoring the Labour Party
Shelfmark
CCO 20/2/12
Summary
Correspondents include:-
Aldington, Lord, Deputy Party Chairman (1959-1963)
Butler, RA, Party Chairman (1959-1961)
Fraser, Michael, Director, Conservative Research Department (1959-1964)
Simms, RE, Chief Publicity Officer, Conservative Central Office (c.late 1950s-1960s)
Subjects include:-
The Labour Party's re-affirmation of its commitment to Clause 4 of its 1918 constitution, committing it to 'common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange...' at the Labour Party Conference, Scarborough, 1958
Labour Party Funds, ND
Hugh Gaitskell and the Labour leadership, 1960
Labour's Defence policy and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, 1960
Abstentions by Labour backbench MPs in Parliament, and the numbers of Labour Ministers, 1967
Includes:-
Conservative Research Department paper,'Thoughts on Blackpool', 04/12/1959 [Author: RMF/JVM]
Fabian Society pamphlet, Labour in the Affluent Society by RHS Crossman MP, June 1960
Conservative Research Department paper,'Labour in the Affluent Society by Richard Crossman', 15/06/1960 [Author: JD/JAEP]
Labour Party pamphlet, Constitution of the Labour Party, Aug 1960
Paper presented to the Liaison Committee, 'Socialism in the Sixties', Peter Goldman, 08/12/1962
Transcript of Labour Party Political Broadcast by Harold Wilson, broadcast on 27/02/1963
Transcript of NBC's interview with Harold Wilson upon becoming Leader of the Labour Party, 07/04/1963
Draft statement of condolence issued by Iain Macleod, Party Chairman, upon the death of Hugh Gaitskell, ND [Jan 1963]
Conservative Research Department brief, PI(65)8 'Analysis of the agenda for the 64th Labour Party Conference', 06/09/1965 [Author: HK Speed]
Labour Party pamphlet, New Challenges in Education, Mar 1967
Labour Party pamphlet, Industrial Democracy, Mar 1967
Labour Party pamphlet, Overseas Aid, [Talking Points No. 22], 1967
Labour Party pamphlet, Strikes, [Talking Points No. 23], 1967
Labour Party pamphlet, Council House Rents, [Talking Points No. 24], 1967
Date
Dec 1959-Mar 1967
Language
English
Physical extent
1 file
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Collection contents
Conservative Party Archive: Conservative Central Office - Party Chairman's Office
Monitoring of, and Contact with, Other Political Parties
Labour Party
Internal memoranda, press cuttings and papers concerning Conservative Party monitoring the Labour Party
