Disarmament Campaign (III): Correspondence and papers, Dec 1981-Oct 1982

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CCO 20/37/4

Correspondents include:-

Blaker, Peter, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
Booth, John G, Chairman, Taunton and District Branch, The Monday Club
Boyne, Sir Harry, Director of Press and Communications, Conservative Central Office
Cowell, Tim, Assistant Director (Youth), Conservative Central Office
Garner, Sir Anthony, Director of Organisation and Community Affairs, Conservative Central Office
Johnson, David, Chairman, Wessex Area Young Conservatives, and National Secretary, Youth for Multilateral Disarmament
Nott, John, Secretary of State for Defence
Parkinson, Cecil, Conservative Party Chairman
Prisk, Mark, Chairman, Reading University Conservative Association
Shipley, Peter, Conservative Research Department

Subjects include:-

Rejection of unilateralism by Reading University students
Difficulties with distribution of anti-CND Ministry of Defence literature
Anti-CND conference entitled 'Peace not Appeasement', held at Conservative Central Office, Feb 1982
Appointment of an MP to coordinate the Conservatives' anti-CND campaign
Briefing Conference for MPs on CND and deterrence, held at Conservative Central Office, Mar 1982
CND demonstrations, Jun 1982

Includes:-

Anti-CND leaflets, c1982-1983:-

Coalition for Peace Through Security:- CND: Communists Neutralists Defeatists, 30 Questions...And Honest Answers about CND
Foreign and Commonwealth Office:- The Nuclear Debate, Britain and Arms Control
Ministry of Defence:- Nuclear Weapons and Preventing War, How to Deal with a Bully, Trident. Vital for Britain

Also includes:-

Anti-CND literature pack produced by Youth for Multilateral Disarmament, 'Peace and Defence: Speakers Notes' by Phil Pedley, 1981
Conservative Research Department briefing pack, 'Deterrence and Disarmament', Jan 1982
Conservative Research Department paper, 'Trends in the Disarmament Movement', Peter Shipley, 22/01/1982
Photocopies of leaflets distributed by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, ND [1982]
Briefing paper for circulation to MPs on the impact of the Defence cuts on the Royal Navy, Apr 1982
Photocopy of Socialist Worker flyer promoting demonstrations against President Reagan's visit to the UK, and the Falklands Conflict, Jun 1982
Statement entitled 'The Church and the Bomb' by Peter Blaker MP, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, in response to publication of the report of the Church of England's Working Party of the Board of Social Responsibility, Oct 1982

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