1987 General Election: Manifesto planning notes and briefs (I): Correspondence and drafts concerning the preparation and printing of the Conservative Party’s 1987 election manifesto, including instructions to Ministers/Special Advisers and manifesto briefings for Conservative Parliamentary Candidates, Apr-May 1987
File
CRD 4/30/7/26
Correspondents include:-
- Rifkind, Malcolm, Secretary of State for Scotland
- Garner, Sir Anthony, Director of Organisation, Conservative Central Office
- Griffiths, Brian, Professor, Head of Policy Unit, 10 Downing Street
- Harris, Robin, Director, Conservative Research Department
- James, Howell, Special Adviser in the Department of Employment and Department of Trade and Industry
- Sherbourne, Stephen, Political Secretary, 10 Downing Street
Subjects include:-
- Production of a mini or popular version of the manifesto
- Preparation of the Welsh version of the Manifesto
- Scottish manifesto launch and briefing, May 1987
- Script for the Manifesto video
Includes:-
- Provisional structure for proposed Conservative Party manifesto, ND
- Draft foreword to the 1987 Manifesto, ND
- Draft manifesto section, ‘The Government’s achievements’, 13/04/1987
- Draft Chapter 15 of the manifesto, ‘Law and the Citizen’, 23/04/1987
- Draft manifesto section, ‘Conservative achievements: the first eight years’, 30/04/1987
- Draft manifesto section, ‘Conservative achievements in Wales’, 30/04/1987
- Draft manifesto section, ‘Conservative achievements: the first eight years’, 01/05/1987
- Draft manifesto section, ‘Conservative achievements in Scotland’, 01/05/1987
- Annotated draft of the Welsh Manifesto, 07/05/1987
- 1st draft of Chairman’s narrative for the 1987 manifesto video, 12/05/1987
Dates
- Apr-May 1987
Extent
1 file
Shelfmark
CRD 4/30/7/26
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