Chairman's Office correspondence with Geoffrey Tucker, Director of Publicity
CCO 20/25/8
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Title
Chairman's Office correspondence with Geoffrey Tucker, Director of Publicity
Shelfmark
CCO 20/25/8
Summary
Correspondents include:-
Altman, Dr. V., Chairman, Dewsbury Conservative Constituency Association
Amery, Julian MP for Brighton Pavilion
Barber, Tony, Party Chairman
Berkeley, Humphry, Chairman, United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Cope, John, Personal Assistant to Party Chairman
Heath, Edward, Leader of the Opposition
Lambton, Antony, Viscount Lambton, MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed
Lindsey, John, Head of Broadcasting Section, Publicity Department
O'Brien, Gerald, Deputy Director of Publicity
Pearce, Edward A, Joint Managing Director, Davidson, Pearce, Berry & Tuck Ltd
Robinson, CW, Chairman, York Conservative Association
Tucker, Geoffrey, Director of Publicity
Subjects include:-
Meeting between Geoffrey Tucker and Ronan O'Rahilly, former proprietor of Radio Caroline
Poster campaign in target seats
Poster hoarding sites in critical seats
Content of Weekly News
Recruitment for the United Nations Association
Weekend staffing of Publicity Department at Conservative Central Office
Draft rebuttal statement concerning the balance of payments deficit
Party political broadcasts
Structure of the Publicity Department
Publicity strategy
Includes:-
Minutes and/or agenda of meetings of the Television Broadcasting Committee (otherwise referred to as the 'Broadcasting Group' or 'The Television Group' – which supervised the production of television and radio broadcasts leading up to and during the 1970 General Election campaign):-
08/01/1969
17/07/1969
24/07/1969
19/03/1970
Paper, 'Recommendations to Conservative Central Office for increasing the effectiveness of current outdoor advertising campaign', Frank Monkman, Advertising Agency Poster Bureau, ND [c.Oct 1969]
Press release issued jointly by Harold Wilson, Edward Heath and Jeremy Thorpe as Joint Honorary Presidents of the United Nations Association, 23/10/1968
Date
May 1968-May 1970
Language
English
Physical extent
1 file
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Collection contents
Conservative Party Archive: Conservative Central Office - Party Chairman's Office
Campaigning and Elections
Party Publicity and Advertising
Chairman's Office correspondence with Geoffrey Tucker, Director of Publicity
