Following the Conservatives' return to government after the June 1970 general election, the CPC Contact Programme was re-modelled. The August 1970 issue of CPC Monthly Report discussed the need for these changes: 'To begin with, it is surely wise to retain the 'three-way' nature of CPC activities. A majority of 31 is not so massive that we can afford to retire once more into cosy, esoteric little groups, and let the mass of the usually uncommitted go their own ways. Whatever else the Opinion Polls failed to show, they certainly indicated volatility among the electorate. Clearly, we must also retain the 'two-way' flow of information between the Government and the Party. One has only to recall how quickly the euphoria of the 1959 victory gave way to charges that the Conservative Government was 'out of touch' to recognise the vital role of the CPC in this field. It is probable, however, that certain changes are needed in the structure of the Contact Programme, now that the long-term 'rethink' of Party policy has been replaced by the job of putting the results into effect. In the first place, the need is for a Contact Programme more adaptable to immediate political events. CPC groups must become watch-dogs: sensitive to the moods of the Party and the electorate as a whole, and to the Government's actions. This conclusion, indeed, emerged from the discussion on the CPC's future at the Oxford Summer School....Accordingly, the Contact Discussion Programme will take a slightly altered form when it restarts in September. The three-month overall theme will end; and so will the Masterbriefs. Both these were valuable in the context of long-term discussions, but inevitably limited the extent to which the programme could adapt to events. The CPC leaflet, on the other hand, can be written and printed rapidly; and this will in future be expanded into a larger, more comprehensive briefing document. The three discussion questions will remain; but we shall be in a better position to choose subjects which are topical. In this way, the CPC will be better able to keep its finger on the political pulse.'

The Contact Brief series retained its 3-fold leaflet format throughout its existence. Its numbering sequence began with No. 34, continuing the sequence used for the Masterbrief.