Foreign and defence policy, 1955-[c. 1970], 1981

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MS. Healey 88

Held in our offsite storage facility

Comprises:

Correspondence, mostly from Healey's time as Labour Party Spokesman on Foreign Affairs, and some correspondence from Healey's time as Defence Secretary. Subjects include the Ministry of Defence, Gerald Reynolds, the Baghadad Pact, European socialist parties, Germany, engagements, the Angolan War of Independence, the European Common Market, Spain, the World Convention of Race Relations, the Bilderberg Group, Israel and NATO. Includes correspondence from Hugh Seton-Watson, Stewart Udall, George Young, Ian Mikardo, Poalo Vittorelli, Hugh Gaitskell and Ivan Kairov. Also includes booklet with scale of secretarial charges. 1955-1961, 1968-1969
Papers regarding foreign and defence policy, including reports of the Mediterranean Study Group and the Middle East Working Party Committee, notes regarding defence policy and expenditure, Brazil and the Royal Ordnance Factory Leeds, and correspondence. Also includes codes of conduct for members of the Parliamentary Labour Party, photographs of Healey, personal correspondence, and Labour Party membership card. 1957-1959, 1966-1968
Papers from a visit to Middle East Command, Aden, by Healey in his role as Secretary of State for Defence. 1965
Note regarding the Ministry of Defence. Undated [c. 1970]
Copy of paper Denis Healey and Rational Decision-Making in Defence by Peter Nailor. Undated [1981]

Dates

1 box (5 folders)

Some material is closed.

MS. Healey 88

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